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All of existence is exponential -- what we experience as linear is an accident of local slope. :cool:

Incomprehensible gobbledygook, which may have a grain-of-truth phrase, "inflation aids debtors, and hurts lenders" in it. But having debt repayment tied to money supply is a guarantee of glutenous credit use and eventual disaster -- to quote Traffic, "The percentage you're playing is too...

business closures: you are certainly able to give your dollars to anyone you wish, but when you seek to command others to move their capital that way (via tax/wealth shifts), that's stealing, and has a long history of grotesque inefficiency. You "can't think of a good reason"? Well...

Your post suggests both a lack of capital and a lack of options market knowledge, and your choices are best outside of options... • charitable contribution: 100% guaranteed, lends you a warm feeling, possible tax benefits. • taking the money in cash, and setting fire to it in the side yard: 100%...

((to D08)) Indeed -- a total fiction (if broadly held -- even in the orthodox, non-Morganist world :rolleyes:)... • There is no mathematical proof of such a policy-driven outcome. • Equations/models which purport to show such an outcome eventually come around to a...

Because it's bad signalling behavior. It suggests Mommy will always be there. It enables a calcification of any sort of danger response mechanism -- it *disables* fight-or-flight -- entirely necessary in any (responsible) economic environment. It is insidious, bit-by-bit sponging its way through...

BP is a poor term; it is a gift that may be taken away at any time. EL (or better, Net Liq.) is a responsibility, and must be paid heed 100% of the time. IB (and all the other platforms) have 10,000 different ways to cut this subject, but the only one that matters is Net Liq. -- pay it due...

I have recommended multiple, strategy-driven accounts for a while. I know of no downside, and there are multiple upsides, on a trade-by-trade, weekly, and (tax-time!) annual basis.

The what? o_O

Wake me when we clear 2650.:cool: S&P earnings * 20 = how much? :wtf: But wait -- "20" is high for a historical p/e, right?:confused: Yes, Cupcake, tha's right. Tha's right. :rolleyes: Now, roll over and go back to sleep.....o_O ((For those who "trade" without actually knowing "the math(s)"...

Satisfaction of an option contract does not require any sort of permanent disposition of the underlying shares.

stocknews, zerohedge, and investopedia -- the Three Musketeers of how to lose your shirt.

A fine example of how to predict yesterday's weather. :cool:

:confused: Nooooooo. No no no noooooo. (I'm quoting Family Guy's "Consuela" here...) It's a capacity question: if everyone had it at once, hospitals would be overwhelmed, supplies would be consumed much faster than could be re-supplied, health staff would be decimated, and *millions* of people...

• "Let your winners run; cut your losers short." Position management! Place your trades with a SL/TP bracket in place. • "Make hay while the sun shines." (Clubber Lang) There will be minutes, hours, days and weeks and *years* when your proffered style of trade will be disadvantaged -- Develop an...

I am not a fan of Rick Santelli, but he made a great What-If statement that illustrates the market's reactions to things.... But then I have to read the idiot comments calling for his firing, as if he was making national medical policy. WTF, people. :banghead:

Oh, facts -- who needs facts? I mean, really! Who needs 'em? :confused:

I would look in the mirror, first. I have handled multiple accounts on TWS for years, and *still* double- and triple-check the account roller, and still make mistakes (or attempt to, but get stopped by TWS).....

There was an issue in the early-morning hours; it was cleared up before 4am eastern. Newb needs to pull up the panties, and realize that even a rock-solid platform like TWS will have hiccups, and it's the trader's responsibility to plan for that. If the newb thinks IB is not satisfactory, then...

I appreciate the spirit of your post -- but somehow, I doubt its accuracy re "0% hard work"...:cool: