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Yes the name of the game is stay in the game...don't let them take your lunch money by realizing a loss.

Hodling is not brainless at all...it takes an understanding of where price is going. I was assigned @ 26.05 and my break even is actually $19.73 now. I don't cut losses by closing a position...I cut losses by collecting premium. I manage risk by size of position. I only trade stocks where the...

You'd be surprised how many traders believe in this fallacy. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/15/why-an-investment-loss-is-harder-to-gain-back.html

Yes! But it is not the nature of stocks...the math is irrelevant. I count 6 recoveries beyond the losses, versus 3 fails going back to Jan. :)

Hey so my break even on MARA is $22...meaning it has dropped 27.27%. For it to return to $22 means it will have to increase by 37.5%. So is it harder for stocks to recover from losses than it is to suffer the losses? This wasn't my original topic, but I changed my mind so this is always a...

I'm not sure how it works in the US but typically you don't get to just say you made no money lol when there is a huge paper trail with your broker showing every single pnl on each and every trade.

Naked puts are not a good idea at any skill level. Most option strategies are defined risk so not a lot can go wrong..especially with the built in risk management brokers have. You can lose just as much money just as fast trading regular stocks. Btw if you've never been quizzed the questions are...

IMO for 0-5 DTE flies > verticals > singles > straddles > strangles

But if I am long an option that expires itm I am not contractually obligated to do anything. The problem is the broker may have a rule that any contract that ends .01 itm will be exercised unless instructed otherwise. So if you are long a call that finishes $2 itm, instead of cash settling the...

What if a call expires in the money and you don't have the shares to deliver?

The question is how are banks still in business? I was already with IBKR, but was also using my banks platform because its quicker to move funds in and out...but with e-transfer under 3k only takes a few hours sometimes on IBKR. Now I have to move all my funds to IBKR but my mara position is...

Can't get either in Canada. That's why IBKR is the best, especially for international accounts.

Psychology doesn't matter at all.

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How is is free if you are paying 1.25 per contract? Scaling up in size just means more costs! Anyway, if you want all the useless bells and whistles then YOU should pay for it. The only thing I need the broker for is to transact the trade. They should have a tier system if that's the case.

Yeah but in Canada IB is the best and only option afaik where you can get .15-.65 depending instead of 1.25. I was able to get .75 with TD when it was TOS.

You're ok with paying 1.25 per contract? Its not a big deal if you're trading 1 lots lol. D is paying 0.15... is trading not for him either? I will only be placing options trades on IBKR going forward.

I saw that page ..but theres another one that shows starting at .15 depending on the criteria.

TOS? Charles Schwab?