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Losses you should be taken when you feel you are wrong in a given time frame. If your time frame is 1 day, you need to get out now, if your time frame is one month, you can afford to wait and see few days. Technical analysis plays an important role when to get out. There are times when I can...

Re: A Not to be critical of your trades or anything like that I would not trade 20 point spreads on the call side and 45 point spread on the put sides. The reason is your security and safety. If SPX touches your short strike your long strike would be of little value hence it won't offset...

You don't know who and what was involved, so limit your imaginations to reality. Listen to news and digest the facts instead of coking up weird stories and tales stereotyping people in that part of the world.

After all there is money to made? Good for you. I donot play the short term downsides, too risky for my taste.

Methinks, Bhutto was perceived as a US stooge and the breaded ones didn't like her. Methinks the "bearded one" has a hand in this.

Musharraf has calculated that his opponents won't last till election day, so let them run free, at the end of the day he will still be king!

You mean we would attack Pakistan and take control of nukes? WOW.

Market was poised to fall this morning. All 3 major indexes were in overbought conditions. Market was poised for a pullback. Look at the charts and stochastics.

I just calculated my 2007 yearly returns since Jan 1, 2007 at 112% . Would I qualify ? Best months Sept, Oct, Dec 2007. Worst months July, August and November with a loss in August trading SPX condors.

There is a certain amount of time till the consumer can hold back his desire and need for housing, after that he is flapping in the wind like a dried up piece of clothing. He would take all kinds of risks and stupid flagellation to provide a place for his kids and brood. He will have to provide...

Once these lame brain idiots who are living in rented coops and one bed room apartments, washing clothes at public wash rooms decide to start buying real estate how long it will take to push prices 6% higher? Gentleman I want you to ponder that question seriously.

Is that all? After hearing for months how the real estate bubble is going to burst and all those bad news day after day and all those endless blogging is this all the damage that can be done to real estate? Just a mere 6% ?

If you were in GOOG, RIMM, AAPL, POT, MOS, FSLR, FWLT,BIDU you would be laughing all the way to the bank with me in 2007. I sold real meaty and juicy options on these assets all year round time and again , netting more than 100% of my working capital since the start of the year. Change your...

A Million dollar home doesn't sells for 500K. Its pure fantasy. Unless there are some dire circumstances and that too is very rare. This is the kind of lopsided speculation that some the buyers/consumers did and look where they are now? Between a rock and hard place. Now they will have to...

You are doing good. Zillow is not the accurate tool though, its an estimate and their estimates tend to be slightly on the downside of things. You need to add special features and remodeling etc to get a better estimation.

There will always be lots of people who cannot qualify for a mortgage. Thats a fact of life. There is a whole gaggle of have nots floundering aimlessly living in housing projects, trailers, converted vans, camping on someone's land, living in warehouses and hooking up with mom and day eating...

When you own real estate be very careful of gold diggers and other parasites. They can start putting leins and taking you to court. Have a pre-nup drawn up before you tie that piece of real estate with your romantic interest. Real estate is a sitting duck in a lawsuit. Protect it.

This year these cash broke idiots dont have real estate home equity lines so they are attacking credit card limits and milking them to whats they are worth. No real estate refinancing and the gravy train at a standstill, this the second best alternative.