Search results

I have a KITCO app on my smartphone and from time to time I check the price of gold to see how it is doing. Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium are always updated and they always give the closing price. But for the last couple of weeks or so, the price of Rhodium is always 685 bid, 785...

Yeah, I am a rookie here. I have had an IRA for many years and traded individual stocks but I want to use more leverage with options. I know using covered calls is the safest thing to do, but I have never seen any stats on those that use them that don't. I have been reading a lot about this...

Do most of the traders here use covered calls ? Or just buy a call/put contract, but nothing else to protect yourself ? Are there certain situations where a naked call/put is more acceptable than using one that is covered ? I wonder what percentage of contracts are covered and what percentage...

When you say Investment Management, do you mean stockbroker / financial advisor ? Then you need a Bachelor's degree. A Business background is best but FA are salesmen. You don't need a B.S. in Business but it helps. You need charisma and sales skills. You also need a clean background without...

Doesn't anyone know more about cars than I do on this forum ?

Thanks, I appreciate it. But I wonder if puts and calls are traded at different rates based on the general direction of the market. It seems that if the market is rising (as a trend ) that there would be more calls than puts. However, I have seen a few times that there are more put options...

I am not Mormon but the best resource I have ever seen is the LDS Book of Preparedness. They collate articles and resources on survival techniques and independent living. It's about 500 pages long and it's free. But IMO, one of the most overlooked assets in a collapsed economy, resulting in...

Trends come and go, but I doubt if we will revert to 13 year old boys writing stock quotes on a black board. And people getting rich because they sit next to the trading counter, eavesdrop on the telegraph machine and rush to the counter and buy/sell stocks before they are posted on the Board...

What's 5 years between forum members......:)..........I knew it was the WW2 era, I was just off by a few years. I am only half way through the book, but it is an interesting read. He explains a lifestyle related to an era that will never return. Everyone should read it.

I own number 7, McMillan on Options; but I have not read it.....yet. That is the premier book on Option trading that is most frequently recommended. That is next on my list to read. I am currently reading number 30, Reminisces of a Stock Operator. It's the story of Jesse Livermore. A stock...

I always thought that there should be some kind of agreement with colleges, the SEC and other state agencies that would allow a college Senior to get their Series 7, 66 etc...while they were still in college. You take a CPA exam to determine your qualifications to be an accountant, you should...

Yeah, but he is an old guy and does not inspire energy and motivation in me. If she picks Bernie it will be because he will be a 1 term V.P. He was born September 8, 1941. Bernie will be 75 when he is inaugurated. I think it will be someone more youthful that will play to Gen X and Millenials...

I hate that woman sooo bad....and her husband too. Anyone is better than her. She made a comment about supporting Libya so it does not result in refugees like they have in Syria. Newsflash Hillary.......If you and Obama did not start bombing Syria, a nation that was not a threat to the U.S...

I spoke to a broker once and he found a small firm, explained the circumstances, paid the guy 1k, paid for his test and he was sponsored for the Series 7. I don't think that happens very often, but it worked for him.

I watch Jim Cramer's Fast Money when I have the chance. On his set, he has a scoreboard. The top of the scoreboard always has the current date. On the left and right is a bull and a bear. Underneath the bull and bear are numbers that change daily...12-35........90-78,......3-12 etc. I have...

FINRA is the organization that records the names of all the brokers and firms that are licensed to do business in the U.S. I checked the guy's name and Capital Assets limited and neither one of them came up. It makes you go hmmmm.... They keep records for a minimum two years even after...

^ Good idea.

I guess most people heard about his death last week. What I found surprising is that the police researched the data on a 'smart box' in his car to determine how fast he was going and that he even tapped the brakes 'gently for a brief moment before he hit the wall at 78 mph. That is a lot of...

Yeah, I threw everything at it.... I tried restarting in safe mode and I did not see a difference. So......last night I reinstalled Windows10. I never did that before. There were 3 options and I used the one that says 'save all my shortcuts' etc.... It took 2.5 hours to cycle through...

I have another laptop that I only use to search items.......it's a backup and the one I had before this one. I downloaded a trojan I could not eliminate. It takes forever to open a page, it is incredibly slow. I was leery of using it again for personal items like banking etc... I called...