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why dont they go after streetaccount or briefing. They do the same thing.

no sorry I just reread what I wrote. I mean why do some brokers don't allow clients to buy a stock and then excercise a put. Or conversly sell a stock and then excercise a call. Alot of brokers force you to excercise first and then do the buying and selling of the underlying. But allowing...

long put.

I remember watching him on a cnbc interview once, and buffet said that he would donate all of his money when he dies. But he changed his mind this weekend, and has decided to donate it all while he is alive. Sorry for the confusion. I wasn't talking about him not ever giving to charity, but...

no. I chased only a few times in my life, and everytime got burned. So no.

I heard swift wasn't a good place to work at. How was your experience working at swifttrade mnx.

you beat me to it? I was going to post that link

maria's okay. I liked her better in the 90's before she became so jaded.

Is anybody worried about buffet's health? If this sudden rush to philanthropy might be a rush todo some good because he is ill or had a brush with illness?

excercise an option. Some brokers allow you to sell the stock and then excercise. But some firms prohibit that for some reason. And they only allow short and then excercise. Or some firms make you excercise and then sell. How come?

About 3 years ago, I came upon a situation where I had to resort to selling a stock, and then excercising it. There was a huge spread on bid and ask. And the bid wasnt reflecting the value of the options by 20 cents. I held 310 2.50 put options on mirant. And I was in a sticky situation...

I was wondering do most writers hedge their bets or do they just sell the contract? I know alot of the professionals and market makers, hedge their writes by buying the underlying or shorting the underlying but in cases of hard to borrow stock, how do they hedge. Do they just write a big...

you would expect the market at least to level off with oil falling and commodities plummeting. However, the markets just keep falling faster.

I wasn't really surprise with the action in the markets today. But I am surprise by how fast and sharp the markets dropped. But this brings up the question, what will happen to the markets when bin laden is finally killed or captured. Up or down

Has anybody been noticing that alot of late cycle metal stocks like alcoa and alcan have been just straight down for the last 5 days. And alcan for example has been down 4+ percent for 4 days in a row. Not to bad if your a swing trader.

that is what I was alluding. You need the big institutional firms to create a liquid market first. That liquidity would then attract other players. If they did that strategy first, I think you would have a more robust ssfutures market.

I would give neider a break. I think everybody in their life has been humbled once or twice. Whether it's in trading or in real life. How many times have you seen a proud man in his youth, turn to a humble man in older age?

How come they didnt do a bigger share specification for ssfutures? I think they would have gotten more institutional interest if they have made them bigger. At 100 share futures, they might have well just bought in the money calls, or out right shares. The only reason I would use SSFs if I...

Since it's summer, this is probably the best time to ask the perpetual question of full time traders, do you take time off? I know alot of traders are workoholics and just can't stand taking time off from trading. But do you take vacations or just a few days off a year from trading.

chaosnsx do you get xm radio through the internet?