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As far as I know, there is no market maker per se. With electronic trading, the market maker for the same stock are many. I think, that is why MSFT is so liquid. Option spreads for leaps are some times 5 to 10 % of the option price. Only volume and open interest reflects and sometimes the...

I will give you a specific idea... Buy DXD at this level or if DJI goes higher. For a 100k portfolio, buy 25000 dollar worth. And, you are hedged for 50K on downside and you have 75k cash. You can buy some ETF in Singapore or Brazil or Canadian Oils for upside... and you have a neutral...

Hello... There is an old French proverb... You can go a long way after you are tired. And, I like another one.... Luck is the residue of hard work.... So, please donot give up.... You can trade a stock or a market and do well at it. I have been trading AAPL and RIMM for about a...

Of course one should write the rules down and follow them with careful discipline. And, each trader is different as his comfort level with risk and knowledge of market varies... I am going to share the generics for critical feedback from the forum..... A) Market tops are determined by...

Both Bush and Ben provided a lot of information... Ben said that he knows Mortgage Industry and told Cramer that he gets the CMO mess and he may or may not do anything, depending on how the economy muddles along. And Bush said that he would bail out some to blunt political noise from...

Despite all the noise and various investing styles, the EARNINGS and the growth of these earnings is what propels the stock price up. If you look at the list, RIMM continues to go up as its dominance in corporate users remains unchallenged. IPHONE is for the non business user.... GS...

I think you should buy stuff that has been sold off... like GS, RIMM and AAPL..

I think exact opposite will happen... They want to bleed the hedge funds and weak hands some more and get the market lower. Huge rally on rumors of fed rate cut next week...

All the traders are wondering about the cause of increased volatility with which the DOW moves up and down... Here is my thinking... A lot of hedge funds have the high yield paper and some of it involves mortgage backed securities of subprime variety. Also, some funds have derivatives that...