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well today I bought 120 jan. 07 43.00 puts.....i see it as risking 1 point upside with 2-3 points to the downside on this trade...i know the nasdaq has been carrying this market the past week especially.....but I will profit atleast .10 cents per contract as the volitility of the qqqq makes for...

problem is that the qqqq`s are stronger than the dow or s&p, if anything the qqqq`s are holding the dow up lately or bringing it back from totally selling off.....the nasdaq has a lot of momentum....i would rather short the dow in the near-term....dow has maybe 100 upside....and 500-700 downside...

i had the direction right bought 18 more early when the ym was still high thursday morning for 80 sold them for 91......worst trade i ever made......lol.......i had like 20 options....the ym went down 50-60 points in my direction made about 900 bucks....what a waste of my time.....and the fill...

wait til atleast wed of this week....seems like there are more shares being slowly dumped on the market......remember oversold can become even more oversold....see yahoo at 22.70...dell at 18.75...or close to it..........intc 16....and change....msft 22.....and change.....so humana could still...

What are the main advantages of options on the ym? Is it the fact that you gain increased leverage by only margining about 420 dollars versus 2,500 rounding per contract? Moreover, if you are buying a put for jan. 07 at 11,800 for 85.....what does the 85 represent besides the market...

bidu for about 3 months!!!

i read the first 2 pages....but intelligence.....has nothing to do with happiness/unhappiness.....or how you look at the world`s current state.....that is more of a psychological/personality prepossession. The world is what it is.....but value judgements....of "this state of the external...

yeah....the sec.....never goes after the real crooks....wallstreet....Goldman Sachs has been loaded with crooks for decades.....its like taking candy from children......they do things like pump Bidu on their IPO tour.....the stocks climbs to 114....the next morning they release a 5:00 am press...

sometimes...the chicks maria b. did this once and the blond mommy did it also...where they didn`t know what the next story was about....and they were just reading it off the telatype moniter "whatever it is really called"...and it was obviously for te first time...and they completly give the...

Actually, limit orders that are sent minutes in advance are problematic because the mm/specialist has time to set up his moves....if your going to use limit orders to exit a position....put it in at the last minute....so he is too busy to "mess" with it....but how many limit orders that are...

thank you:)

all bullshit....he made his money by being connected.....same thing for all piggybackers---from that era---there was so much collusion on positions....and inside info....les alexander....carl icohn(sp) soros....even kramer....once you are well connected and gain some leverage....you can`t...

that was funny though.....i felt guilty for laughing...but it was reflexive funny.......and i feel guilty for everything....so....neitzsche would have a field day with this guilt/conformity laden conditioning thread:)

That irony about sentence structure was worth the time of reading this thread:)

Its who you know....wait tables at the best steak house near you...and make connections....or better yet....go caddie at the best golf course (private) near you....you would be surprised how incompetent people like to have people who they are comfortable with and won`t intimidate them around the...

THEY are a tool....don`t fall in love with your products or tools....but you still need to put all the pieces together....if something news related affects the economic outlook...your pivot plays will get crushed.....but they are solid technical analysis tools ....all else being equal ....or...

it depends if it is a momentum stock....like goog, cme, appl....when those are running...you just hang on for the ride.....let your winners run......ma is sort of a momentum stock....before the last week or so....but since the ipo.....that was a momentum stock.

where are you located---i am in houston rcj-----can`t wait for yao ming and rockets to start playing this year---besides watching ut football------basketball---and yao ming my fav sport----(formal)....i like ufc....and travis pastrana....double back flip was insane....that`s the only thing i`ve...

oh yeah peix....i imagine that stock has quite a short squeeze about now...just not sure what news coulld turn it for a nice pop....as I think oil looks week to at least 55 here....bad for ethanol stocks....unless bill gates invests more dough in this dog....or adm....gets some favorable...

nope...i`m doing this ach with my bank and ib has been slow 4 days now ....they have to credit/debit.....so i will probably be up and trading thursday afternoon with ib....plus it has been tough scraping this 10,000 grand together for this futures account....so i am still waiting for checks to...