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    Basic question for experienced options traders

    found this link on stocktwits http://www.silverdoctors.com/david-morgan-on-why-silver-is-a-better-long-term-investment-than-gold/
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    16 yo actress star Rachel Fox, day trading guru?

    i saw the first video.. she is claiming 64% Returns.. and asking us to watch her show.!!!...
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    Basic question for experienced options traders

    seems like.. a good idea would be to cost average whatever strategy you employ... no way of telling the bottom. so keep the trades in play for the big fat payout next year... my plan will be to concentrate of Jan 2015. options.
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    Basic question for experienced options traders

    nice .nice.. http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=slv i trust silver to rebound better than gold.. unfortunately I dont like buying calls i will be selling ITM puts.. strike 20 . .jan 2015 for 2.95 so my breakeven is 17.00 if this thing falls.. if it goes over 20. my max gain is...
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    Can you still get 200:1 leverage?

    kind of interesting... leverage is a double edge sword.. if u r wrong.. u will blow up. at lightning speed. .. someone I know was asking me -he wanted to go long USDJPY.. and will bet 10K.. his bet in 2014. -is 10% depreciation. calculations and 1:100. if there is a 1% downside swing, he...
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    Interactiver brokers.. web trader today sucks.@! big time

    damn you. IB... cant u figure out your freaking servers... web trader.. if i click.. on an order.. takes 1 minute to respond... anyone else having this issue.. called them... transfered me -back forth
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    Buying some CONN's at $77.20 looking for a All-Time High

    as of now.. Jan 85 calls seems to be an attractive short.. i will sell some....
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    Trader turns $1,500 into a million

    +1.. ES mini... how many folks spend a life time and then loose in the long run... it is truly the most efficient instrument around...
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    Buying some CONN's at $77.20 looking for a All-Time High

    sorry.. but this is one heck of a bubble... its sales will suddenly plummet and u will hold the bag.. the best thing of the stock market is that there is no rhyme or reason..
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    What is your take on Daniel Kahneman's theory? Happiness is not more than 60-75k/year

    i think I have read this premise10 years back.. it definitely is thought provoking. (ie. that the sweet point is 50-70K) and having more doesnt necessarily help as you keep up with the Joneses and there is no end to that. but read this.. excerpt from the book ----------...
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    Aggressive Weekly Option Trades

    WHAT YOU HAVE QUOTED IS 100% TRUE. AND MENTIONED IN THE BOOK. THE DISCPLINED TRADER BY MARK DOUGLAS FEW FOLKS GET IT .THAT THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN AMOUNT OF WORK AND MONEY MADE TRADING. LIFE IS FULL OF RANDOM EVENTS.. JUST DONT TRY TO WORRY/SELF REFLECT. TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
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    bid ask price jumps as soon as you place your trade.. huh?

    hey.. i have seen this too often. so please chime in here. if you have seen similiar example good ole SPY>. most liquid traded options.. yesterday . the 181.5 call. OTM. weekly expiring . the bid ask was 4-5 cent.. I placed a limit sell 50 qty for 4 cent.. as soon as i hit the send, it...
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    Martingale?

    Just did a bit on Friday. ,,, was short spy 180.5 strike calls intraday,,, and started loosing, so I lclosed for a loss and in order to recover. Opened double number of contracts of 181. Which expired worthless.... But to come to think of it cud have been murderously wrong for me... Spy
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    cheapest to do Option Spreads. size 50

    interesting.. did not know that.. in an IRA.. they allow u to go long and short ES options... but I dont do ES at all. only SPY. so I think i will stick to Optionshouse since it is the cheapest for a 50 contract spread.. (iron Condor style).
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    cheapest to do Option Spreads. size 50

    hi. i have an IRA. in Tradeking and was about to move it to IB. but since this is an IRA, and I cant do naked(my strategy) I will need to do spreads.. thats fine.. so I checked saw for example... TK for sa y50 contracts.... a spread will cost me... 5 bucks plus 100 *.65 = 70 $ example...
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    Careful for sell off on strength here- AMZN

    hey.. i have too many stories to tell ya on amzn. i have been shorting it since 80s.( OTM Calls) then I gave up at 250. .now I am bullish.(sell OTM puts. each week) dont laugh.. when it was in the 280s.. my trading buddy and I had put a target of 350 by mid 2014. we were supposed to sell mid...
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    Selling out of the money puts with low risk

    once like clock work in 2007 period.. i held 100 shares RIG.. rode it up from 50s to 155 some how my timing was good and each month I was selling OTM calls on RIG and never getting assigned. my run came to an end when I got assigned. so in effect I rode up the appreciation and got premiums...
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    Selling out of the money puts with low risk

    hmm.. good utilization of available margin. so u r sure u dont have to pay any margin interest.. ?? also 50K.. margin.. in event of a black swan, say the very stocks u are put fall like crazy. then 2 things. first of all your original portfolio is reduced and u will get a margin call, and u...
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    IB Cancel Fee on Single Option

    CORRECT... I used to see 1-2 USD $ charges 3 yrs back when I was trading options actively. I re started in the last 3 months ans was curious. when I scanned thru. many trades. all I found was a single CENT.. wow. this is inconsequential now.. grin.... and for spreads. simple answer. since u r...
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    NICKEL and DIME us- INCREASES IN FEES......

    NOTIFICATION - MODIFICATION TO US REGULATORY FEES Dear IB Customer, You are receiving this communication as you have US option or bond trading permissions or have selected the Cost Plus commission plan for US stocks each of which requires payment of any exchange, regulatory, and...
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