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Anybody know the average historical return for the S&P 500 index for the last 60+ years. I have heard 10% and 12%. Anybody know which one is correct? thanks

very informative. thank you for the responses and links

if you have a theoretical option pricing model like this one: http://www.intrepid.com/robertl/option-pricer1/option-pricer.cgi, what should you put in when it asks for volatility (in percentages per annum) should that be the historical volatility over the past 256 days? Is there an easier...

I have 2 different sources for historical volatility data. One is ivolatility.com and the other is Robert's Historical Stock volatilities. I want to know the volatility on GOOG right now. I get different numbers from the different sources. I will show below Roberts "1 month"...

Has anyone read Natenberg's Option volatility & pricing? He talks about defining a volatility number associated with a stock as a one standard deviation price change, in percent, at the end of a one-year period. He says, "suppose a stock is currently trading at 100 and has a volatility of...

I want to hedge myself and invest in Europe. What stocks can I buy here to expose myself to europe? Is there any ETF that is a broad Europe play? the ones I know are country specific (EWP, EWQ, EWU, EWG) I don't want to have to pick just one. Is there any that have broad exposure?

anybody know what is going on with Herballife (HLF) ???

Neke, Just curious, where did you learn to trade? books, seminars, mentor, or trial and error,? if so, which books, seminars, etc.? How many years have you been trading? Besides your job and trading, do you have other streams of income?

anybody know why all the dry bulk shippers are getting killed today?

Does anybody here have experience in all 3 with at least 5 years total experience? If you take into account capital gains taxes, how much better returns could day or swing trading produce as opposed to investing over 1 year. I'm not interested in the opinion of people that only do one and...

Did Warren Buffet ever sell covered calls?

i want to buy low implied volatility (I.V.) and sell high I.V. How can i do that and what am i looking for? What is considered high I.V. and what is considered low I.V.? ISRG 230 NOV Puts has I.V. of 60%. is that considered high, low, in the middle?

what exactly is implied volatility in options and how do you use that info to profit from it? I know the general definition of implied volatility, but i don't know what to look for with that indicator. For example if an option has implied volatility of 100%, what does that mean and how...

I have been writing naked options for a while now and 15% is average. People will tell you things like, "why sell an option and limit your upside and have unlimited risk?" Don't listen to them. It is very consistent if you know what you are doing and are not greedy. You have to look at it...

where can you find a companies "float" of their shares outstanding?

What is the difference between per common share and per diluted share? I keep seeing earnings "per common share" and per diluted share on financial reports. what is the difference? what do they mean by "diluted

Anyone know when bidu is scheduled to report their earnings in October? I can't find a link anywhere. i went to yahoo finance and it goes to July when you click the earnings report date. please confirm with link if you have it. thank you

Because I am going to buy it tomorrow.

Can someone look at BIDU today and the Dec. 370 calls. Bidu is basically flat today up maybe .10 at the close The December 370 calls are up way over that. I know the last call price is quoted at the ask ($10), but the bid is even up way over that. This option is supposed to have a delta...

I formed a general C (corporation) earlier this year to claim my stock and options trading as a business and avoid the capital gains taxes that come along with short term trading. I am not sure if I should make it an S corp. I heard there are different tax advantages between a C and an S corp. I...