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    hows housing in your backyard?

    In D/FW, we never saw a huge rise in prices....maybe 30% in 8 years on my house. But things here are still booming. I'm in the commercial construction business and we are still turning work away. We work on some high end residential and it's still booming, lots of California money still...
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    Whats this!!!! Farmland prices rise faster than some Manhattan and London apartments

    I also walked beans in Iroquois County Illinois in my youth. The land that was $3k a acre 5 years ago is now over $5k an acre. Lease rates are still around $150 an acre...if you have the money to carry it, it's a good investment. Me, I never could afford teh 20% down and big vig.
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    Options Mentoring

    I have family in Chicago, so I thought I'd take a vacation this summer and go to one of his seminars at the CBOE. He will also discount the amount of the seminar towards his mentoring. I'll evaluate the situation after the seminar, but am leaning towards paying the 5K....hell, I lost that...
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    Getting Orders filled with big spreads

    I looked at RUT, but as you know, RUT made a huge move upwards in the last few weeks, which probably would have blown out the upside on a FEB IC. He said in one of his videos that if an underlying was up more than 5% (can't remember the exact amount, it's in my notes laying on my desk at the...
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    Getting Orders filled with big spreads

    I'll try the SPY angle....one reason I was trying to stay away from 10 lot (or more) Condors on SPY was simply the cost of commission angle, but I definately see your point as far as getting a 3 lot Condor filled. I'll give SPY a try, as basically it's for education purposes for the next few...
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    Getting Orders filled with big spreads

    Yes, sorry, it was a typo
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    Getting Orders filled with big spreads

    Been trying to put on an SPX iron condor, but the spreads are HUGE. I've tried placing limit orders in the middle and slowly (.05) intervals towards the bid, but it seems that in order to get one filled it won't be worth the risk/reward. I'm doing as suggested in another thread, trading...
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    Covered Call "Buy/Write" Selection Websites...

    http://www.optionsnerd.com has some good screening methods I've found useful
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    Options Calculator

    Looking for an options calculator, either web based or excel based. Need something that: Determines pricing (overpriced/underpriced) Profit probability Risk evaluation ROI and annualized yields All of this for basic options and spreads. Any recommendations? Trying not to...
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