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    Option fills on thinkorswim vs IB

    Despite denials to the contrary, option fills on IB are for maximum benefit to IB, not to you. You can see that immediately if you submit an option bid/ask inside the NBBO and see that it does not appear on the NBBO. You will get filled when it suits IB algorithms to get you filled. I also...
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    Possible to avoid state income tax on trading account by using out of state LLC?

    It may be different state by state but for the state of Pennsylvania LLC income is pass-through income regardless where the LLC is registered and any income you receive from the LLC must appear as personal income on your state income tax forms. :-)
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    Conservative Options Trades

    CPB: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/campbells-initiatives-keep-growth-momentum-153003166.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/campbell-misses-4q-revenue-forecasts-120856492.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=CPB Key Statistics http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=CPB Competitors...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    CNX: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-consol-energy-cnx-050025730.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/consol-energy-reports-second-quarter-103000513.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=CNX Key Statistics http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=CNX...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    EIX: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/148591/3-utility-stocks-to-protect-your-portfolio-in-choppy-market http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=EIX Key Statistics http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/financial-statements?symbol=EIX http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=EIX Trade: with EIX at 55.75...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    WMT: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-wmt-woes-continue-higher-195502797.html http://www.theday.com/article/20140815/BIZ03/308159971/-1/BIZ http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=2y&s=WMT&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=&ql=1&c=^GSPC http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=WMT&t=2y&l=off&z=l&q=l&c= Trade: with WMT...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    ED: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/consolidated-edison-grows-utility-business-204001979.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-earnings-streak-continue-consolidated-104939727.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ED Key Statistics...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=SO&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=XLU&ql=1 XLU: Jan 40/35 bull put spread for a net credit of $50 Yield = 50/450 = 11.1% in 120 days or 33.8% annualized Prob = 77% Expectation = .77(50) - .02(450) - .21(225) = 38.5 - 9 - 45 = -15.5 SO: Jan 40/35 bull put spread for a net...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    FRED: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-freds-fred-050022641.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/freds-reports-wider-expected-q2-133002525.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/freds-down-strong-sell-poor-183002390.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=FRED Key Statistics...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    VNQ: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=vnq http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stock-prices-fall-as-interest-rates-climb/ http://seekingalpha.com/article/2491395-real-estate-shorts-are-in-play http://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-moves-consider-making-fed-141022008.html...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    One more: On a yearly basis I am making about 12% on my invested capital. This includes many trades that make 20+ percent mixed with bailouts and idle money waiting to buy stock if that's required (which I keep in treasuries...and a few high dividend leveraged holdings like ACG).
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    Conservative Options Trades

    yes you are right about the risk/reward but with a caveat: The 10/1 is if I would let the stock go all the way to the bottom of the spread. People who do this kind of trading never do that. In addition to picking fundamentally sound stocks to begin with you need to have a keen sense of smell...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Yes this is a concern. In my terms I would phrase it that the price I am being offered for the insurance policy I want to sell may be too low to justify the risk. I don't use the greeks to estimate the risk so much as I use the company fundamentals, past and projected financial performance and...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    what does not kill me makes me stronger Friedich Nietzche..................Twilight of the Idols On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Three point estimate of square wave... top, bottom and middle.
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    Conservative Options Trades

    MIND: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-mitcham-mind-050020325.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/12732482/1/how-will-mitcham-industries-mind-stock-react-to-its-earnings-report.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=MIND Profile http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MIND...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Do you trade these in size? No....max of 10 contracts... usually less
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BA: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-08/boeing-stock-rises-on-ryanair-s-11-billion-737-max-order.html?cmpid=yhoo http://news.investors.com/090814-716419-boeing-margins-strong-inks-ryanair-deal.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    SWHC: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-27/gun-sales-are-down#r=read http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rid-smith-wesson-holding-swhc-104751305.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=SWHC+Key+Statistics http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=SWHC&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=&ql=1&c=%5EGSPC...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    AMGN: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amgen-edges-trial-results-224200564.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amgen-seeks-eu-approval-pcsk9-210002420.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AMGN&t=2y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=AMGN Key Statistics Trade: Apr '15 100/95 bull...
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