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When stocks are hard to short, it pays to have multiple accounts. When I wanted to short JSDA, Schwab had it available and other brokers didn't. The commissions was $10 plus an exchange fee, so normally I'd use a broker that costs less. In the more general case, all brokers will...

If you're using Windows, the File->Print... dialog box should have a Print Range section. The default is All, but you can also choose Pages from: x to: y. Just type in the page range you want to print. Choose File->Print Preview... to see how many pages total can be printed.

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2007/01/04/crude-not-so-sweet/ has an interesting take on this.

Deep in the pit? How many people are in it?

The Morning Exchange writers are particularly annoying. For the last couple weeks in December they had Michelle acting like a cheerleader. "Will the Dow set another record today?" I understand they need to pump the Dow because the WSJ is their partner, but do traders really care? Also...

This may have been addressed already, but (a) YM and ES dropped a lot in the final few minutes on Dec 29 (b) Europe was up big on the morning of Jan 2. So the YM futures were up appropriately, and were traded until early in the morning before trading was suspended for the day in memory of...

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070102/20070102005435.html IMPAX Reports SEC Actions Tuesday January 2, 5:25 pm ET HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. (OTC:IPXL - News; "IMPAX" or the "Company") reported that on Friday December 29, 2006, the Securities and Exchange...

You get a 60 cent credit for the combo. At expiration, if the stock is $35 or more, the 30 C will be worth $5 more than the $35 C, so the combo will be worth -$5.

The reviews on Amazon for that book point out that it's about ISOs and NQSOs, not about ordinary equity put and call options. Do you still recommend it for people who want to trade options?

That combo would have cost around $2.00 on Monday ($4 for the put, $2 for the call), when he bought the stock (at $15), not $.50. At the end of the day, when the stock was at $11.42, $3.50 lower than his purchase price, the option combo was at around $5 ($6 for the put, $1 for the call), a...

I bought some at the bounce off $455. To be specific, I bought 2 of the Jan 450 call. In at $17.30, out at $18.50. I feel like such a piker! Do any of you daytrade GOOG options? Do you go deeper ITM than the closest strike? Do you swing trade? The theta is scary at first, but if you...

Here are a couple of recent ones: VG's high was just 25 cents above its IPO price the first day, then it started heading downward. It was down 12% its first day, and has closed below the IPO price ever since. WRSP went up a few dollars on its first day, but ever since its second day it...

Although the trial data show more deaths when PH was administered than saline, there is an advantage over saline if real blood won't soon be available. Not an issue for trauma patients on their way to a hospital, but could be useful in battlefield situations. So one long shot is that the US...

Harry, I apologize.

Looks like the PPI disappointment was brushed off. As someone said in another thread, we're in a state where bad news is good and good news is great. I suspect the Dow will be pushed to 12500 in the next day or two regardless of how bad the economic news is.

The end-of-month options started a few months ago. SPY has 'em, too. I think the .625 options are from the MSFT special dividend a couple years ago. It affected the near-term options then and all the LEAPs.

Given that both you and the website you mentioned are both located in the same town in Delaware, would you mind disclosing any relationship you have with that site? Nothing wrong with posting tips to save us money, but if you're also advertising for a website you have an interest in, posts like...

Which venues would need to be included for a broker to be considered direct access? (Not trying to be argumentative, just asking). Ameritrade will let you route to NSDQ/INET, ARCA, and all 6 options exchanges. Schwab will let you route to ARCA, INET, BTRD, BRUT, NTRD, and SuperMontage.

With stocks like BRK/B, all the trades seem to be small multiples of 10. Is that considered a round lot for stocks with a high price-per-share?

I waded in today. Bought 5 Jan 60 calls @ 1.75. Will sell if YUM gets back to $61.00 (yesterday's close) within the next few days.