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    Naked put... eats like a mouse, sh!t like an elephant

    I understand your point so let me add a little bit. GE is "the" stock I follow and have for years. I never said and am not saying its "risk free" or anything like that. I am saying that for me the risk vs reward is correct for me to take the trade at 44 cents a contract last friday...
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    Naked put... eats like a mouse, sh!t like an elephant

    I will throw my 2 cents in the middle just for another point of view. I would argue that its actually ok to write naked if you keep the quantity of any one stock low enough that in the case of a TMA (I watched that one fall 50%+ today so sorry for your loss) your still not hurt. for...
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    Trader P/L 2008

    Pretty slow day today. Only one trade. still short 4 ge puts about even on the options +55 for the day/week/month + 10011 for the year
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    Record of my Trades

    Pretty slow day today. Only one trade. still short 4 ge puts about even on the options +55 for the day/week/month + 10011 for the year
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    Record of my Trades

    out of GRA @ 19.65 + 55 for the trade
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    Record of my Trades

    L GRA @ 19.09 S:6b+
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    who owns the Moon?

    Has anyone checked into how much the property taxes are there?
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    Screwed by IB? "Tough luck dude"

    never ever ever ever ever allow your account to face a margin call with IB I have read countless horor stories and have in the past experienced one or two myself. You WILL lose money and it wont be pretty and you will lose control of your account until IB is happy again. when it comes...
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    who owns the Moon?

    Just when you think you read about as much BS on ET as you can take you find yourself reading this one. What a waste of time people !!! Are you kidding me?? we are going to talk about who OWNS the moon?? is this for real?? I can not for the life of me understand how financial traders...
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    Collapse in Oil prices, how?

    Whats wrong with $100 oil? This is still somewhat of a free market. Just about anyone could go long oil futures back at $83. But you didn't and now you missed out and why? cause you were afraid you would lose money. guess what, thats called a free market You could have bought xexon...
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    Record of my Trades

    S 4 GE March 32.50 Puts @ .44 otherwise going into the weekend flat
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    Trader P/L 2008

    I feel really good going into next month. The lessons learned and the confidence built so far this year I think will provide for an even better month in March. Wish me luck : o ) I wish everyone a good weekend!! +1026 add in for IAR dividends that went X Div this month. +91 for...
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    Record of my Trades

    I did one more 800 share trade (1600 total in and out )and another for 400 each way via Tradestation to work towards my 5000 needed. If I do 5000 per month the plateform and screener is free. Pretty good deal. I did 5000 shares on the money for the month. As of yesterday I increased my...
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    Record of my Trades

    the one unit I was long with IB of IAR I closed out @ 4.35 +50 for the trade This one also gave me the T signal but due to past memories I did not get aggressive with it. would have turned out really well but in light of the long signal not working well with IAR to begin with I thought I...
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    Record of my Trades

    out of AKAM @ 35.02 and 35.01 +202 for the trade
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    Record of my Trades

    S AKAM 2@ 35.51 35.54 4 units at ave 35.52 S:6b+
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    Record of my Trades

    Long IAR @ 3.85 and 3 @ 3.64 that were bought and sold @ 3.94 on TS S:6b+ S:T +81 on the TS trade
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    On a scale of 1-10 how bad is our current situation?

    I would give us a 3 as for the most part things are good overall. employment is high and soup kitchens are not running dry. What worries me is the heros in DC have already put us on a path that we currently spend over 11% of our budget on interest payments for debt. This number is going...
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    Figured out how to defend the dollar

    Can someone tell me why a weaker dollar from lower interest rates is not in our best interest? So many are basing Ben and Co for 'debasing the dollar' but I just am having a hard time seeing the downside. As I see it we get the following, Higher energy prices which should lower the amount...
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    1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says

    Pot is a gateway drug. A gateway to jobs for police, DEA, lawyers, Judges, Parol officers, prison guards and the prison industry. During the debates with medical pot in CA the CA prison guard union came out against it. gee I wonder why??? I guess saying 'war on drugs' had a better ring...
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