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I buy a deep ITM Leap call. I write an OTM short-term call. the short-term call expires worthless. Do I book a short-term gain. Or do I subtract the gain from my basis on the Leap? And if the latter, does it affect when I can claim a long-term capital gain on the Leap? Another way of looking...

I'm in Sydney most of the time, and CNBC Asia and CNBC Europe are substantially better (less happy talk, less cheerleading) than CNBC (USA). But they both are, unfortunately, more stock-centric than Bloomberg, which I can get 24/7 here, thankfully. If you trade currencies, futures, foreign...

Ditto. I am also amazed people here watch CNBC if they have the Bloomberg alternative.

Is there really any substantial difference between CFDs and options? Benefits?

IB asks if I want this RTH only. Is there a danger in having a stop on ES outside of RTH? Same for Es options?

Thanks much. I'll give it a look when I return to the States and get a Windows machine, or retry Excel via Windows on a Mac.

I keep a fairly simple spreadsheet of my trades on Interactive Brokers' TWS, and one of my more tedious chores is updating them, either nightly or weekly. Is there a way to modify my Excel so that the cells with current price data that I plug in manually (and perhaps other cells) are updated in...

But, as I said, these are naked option positions. No hedges either with the spot or further OTM options.

I notice that the handful of CTAs out there who use naked puts (or calls) as a strategy generally stick to SP 500 futures. But several of them seem to have expanded into ZN (10 year bond options.) Yet when I look at the number of strikes where there is a bid/ask, and the number of months out you...

I agree, generally. But I have a sixth sense that coffee may get a lot of retail interest, more so than the other ags, especially on the IB platform. The mini Gold contract there has done fairly well, I think.

Anyone know when the mini-Coffee contracts will start trading electronically? What are the best sources of fundamental information on the coffee futures market? Thanks.

Ok guys thanks for the input; I am abroad for a while and stepping up my Excel and VBA makes more sense than buying Tradestation. But I'll give the latter some thought when I return to the States. Any links to tutorials, books, online classes for Excel/VBA wold be appreciated.

My mistake it is HKD. Looking for Dec. 07 coffee mini contracts, the 12,500 lbs -- not the 37,500 lbs.

Do they offer mini-Coffee contracts? I can't seem to find one on the site. Is it really $200 a month for a data feed for Hong Kong stocks, or am I misreading? Thanks

He walks by occasionally. Says Good Morning. Seems like a nice guy. Wish he would do something about the cost of books and mailing books in Australia. It is so much more expensive to buy -- and sell -- books here than in the States.

I have the following, the offers are $20 each or $15 ea. if you take them all: Tharp's Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom (HC) Lien and Schlossberg's Millionaire Traders (HC) Droby's Inside the House of Money (HC) Hooper's Covered Calls and Leaps (HC) Jim Rogers; Hot Commodities (PB)...

Meaning expanding my Excel and learn VBA knowledge?

Thanks. I understand what you say and am not surprised. As for Excel VBA. I know a bit about generic Excel. What is the best way to upgrade to VBA? Classes at a local college?

Looking for a program (preferably for Mac) or service that provides average daily trading ranges for stocks, futures and, if possible, options. Any exist?

K, let's say your pushing 50, trade a bit on your own for yourself a a few friends. But you want to learn programming a bit or even VBA Excel. What programming would be useful for a beginner in this area. I use IB. Trade everything but bonds. C++? VBA? Java? How long and how hard a process. I...