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  1. ETJ

    Basic questions on Black-Scholes

    Fabulous and expensive, but they are still around.
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    MEMX Gains SEC Approval to Trade Options

    https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220809005382/en/MEMX-Gains-SEC-Approval-to-Trade-Options
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    Citadel Securities: A day in the life of a trader in NYC

    https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/2022/06/citadel-securities-trading-job
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    Pakistani exchange

    Sound like attempted assault
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    Advice for an Old Man’s Son

    Lots of stories and lots of statistics and I urge you not to benchmark to the folks on this site. Chicago, New York(area) and San Francisco still have thousands of folks trading. Yes, the floors changed and electronics and narrowed spreads changed everything, but volumes are still 5 or 10X of...
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    Under what circumstances might the merger between TDAmeritrade and Schwab not take place?

    Small M&A firm denied attempt to take on Schwab's TD Ameritrade deal...
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    Advice for an Old Man’s Son

    Geography?
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    A Simple Investment Strategy That Worked in 2019: Buy Almost Anything

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/business/2019-markets.html
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    LTSE approved to join the tape

    What’s New This notification is to inform CTA Subscribers that the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) has received SEC approval to become a Participant in the Consolidated Tape System (CTS) and the Consolidated Quotation System (CQS). In order to accommodate LTSE as a CTA Participant...
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    How to manage open-ended risks like selling options?

    Totally agree with the portfolio view of risk rather than individual positions - unless you are really small. Back in the 80's when the OEX was really crazy lots of the folks in the pit and on the RAEs wheel would start out every month by buying a bunch of the lowest strike puts and the highest...
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    If you live in FL, but trade elsewhere on vacation, must you pay their state income tax?

    We use a software consultant from one of the old big eight. Says he files 11 state returns, because that where his income is earned. He also pointed out you get offsets from most other states. BTW it ain't a vacation if you earning income. Here in Illinois, we have treaties/agreements with...
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    Under what circumstances might the merger between TDAmeritrade and Schwab not take place?

    It will also need a CFIUS approval as TD Bank owns part of TD. Regulators shouldn't be much of a problem unless it takes enough time that there an administration change. Get a slew of Democrats elected and that could hurt the deal and maybe kill it.
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    Bankers embrace new twists on old-school IPOs, Fidelity cuts cloud computing jobs

    learn more about BI Prime View online Wall Street Insider Hello, readers! After this fall's all-out commission price war, we've been keeping a close eye on how the big discount brokers are coping. When Charles Schwab announced in November it was buying smaller rival TD Ameritrade...
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    Best Advice You Could Give A Beginner?

    Great piece of advice I was given years ago. "Don't believe in a position because you are in it already. If you wouldn't enter into the position now - you shouldn't be in it."
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    Poll: Is understanding options easy?

    The simple answer is it can be learned. It takes some folks longer than others, but there is no lack of demand for talented derivatives folks. I would not use the commentary on this sight as a benchmark. Some of the best derivative folks on this site have simply gone elsewhere. You won't...
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    Which brokers would execute my after hours trade??

    Trading June 20, 2019 After Hours Trading: Will It Work for You By Lee Bohl Have you ever turned on the news and heard reports on how a company is doing in after-hours trading after a big earnings announcement? Have you wondered what after-hours trading actually is and how it works, and what...
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    Rite Aid's stock has nearly tripled in 9 days

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/business/rite-aid-stock-trnd/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Business%3A+Markets+Now&utm_campaign=4275c8762d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_27_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c58d95e6d3-4275c8762d-100090701
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    25x profit and 4% lose? what is this?

    An Amazon OTM call this week. More like - IMHO - an option buy.
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    Which brokers would execute my after hours trade??

    Call the desk at Schwab and depending on where the quote had originated you can do it now. It will be a manual order.
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    Which brokers would execute my after hours trade??

    Nope - most of the folks you mentioned offer ETH, but you usually need the desk. Limit orders only.
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