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Covered call writting is considered "safe" because you can't "lose" money you have already invested(from the option point of view NOT the stock that is covering it). The flip side is that you are giving up your upside above the strike plus the premium. Options appear to be very simple on the...

S IBN 2 71.89 2 72.15 2 72.29 2 72.31 bought back 5 @ 71.89 even 2 @ 71.83 +.06 price rocketed back up while I was trying to exit the rest of the shares sold again 2 @ 73.14 now with 800 shares I bought back after hours 4 @ 72.21 4 @ 72.24 Pretty much one of the ugliest...

Made more than I should have. Long ARW +31 Short IBN 0 +126 for the day + 2415 for the week + 2885 for the month/yr

S 2 IBN 21.21 2 @ 71.52 4 @ ave 71.36

2 ARW @ 31.46 S:C9

bought AKAM @ 26.29 sold it about five mins later at 26.86 + .57 +56 on the trade

Birthday at Burger king was fun aside from the food....LOL signed up for the $10 ARCA market data today so that i could avoid the warnings on IB about lack of market data when trying to put in orders for listed stocks in ARCA. I expect to save a lot of money in commissions by using ARCA and...

***Very busy day. no time to post trades in real time due to my real job. will post tonight.*** What a great day. Started out good and just got better and better. Off to my 4 yr olds birthday party. (McDonalds playland) ended flat +1265 for the day +2289 for the week + 2759 for the...

Good going Red Ink !! What a great day. Started out good and just got better and better. Off to my 4 yr olds birthday party. (McDonalds playland) ended flat +1265 for the day +2289 for the week + 2759 for the month / yr

Update for the day. closed out of BX @ 17.99 +.35 +33 for the trade ended flat +490 for the day +1024 for the week + 1494 for the month / yr

Another good day. Only long trades today. I really hate how IB realized profit is SOOOO wrong on the board. Once again due to a overnight carry over it appears I made more than I did. As I write this I bought 1 unit of BX in after market at 17.64 (looks like its the one LOW print of the...

Another good day. Only long trades today. I really hate how IB realized profit is SOOOO wrong on the board. Once again due to a overnight carry over it appears I made more than I did. +457 for the day + 991 for the week + 1461 for the month/yr

out of MTG @ 16.44 +.06 moved my limit price down and down and did not want to carry overnight. price poped up to two cents above my limit to allow my out and then move back down quickly (as done in the last three 10 min bars) about 10 cents. Simply no real price action above my entry...

out of ABK (before the long MTG) 2 19.50 2 19.64 2 19.57 +227 for the trade

L 2 MTG @ 16.38 S:6b+

L ABK 2 @ 19.21 2 @ 18.55 6 @ ave 19.18

L 2 ABK @ 19.79 S:6b+

Closed out of NVDA @ 27.84. While I did well in the trade its maybe a little early in its strong move up but I need to do other work at my office. + 222 for the trade

Thanks for your input. I can get a good deal on the one I am looking at. Thats why I would like to add it.

ET, Do you only trade HSI or do you also trade other markets in Amercia? I also use IB and have looked at day trading Asian markets but the costs seem to be much higher (commissions etc..) I am also wondering about the issue of paying, margin etc.... Do I need to move some money from...