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Now that US taxpayers own all this equity in banks aren't we supposed to get quarterly dividend checks?

Volume will dry up quickly. BID/ASK spreads will become wide and equity will trade like options contracts. Yeah this is a real smart idea. LOL

The decided to take deliver and hope to cut losses by waiting for oil to rise again. They did not want to do this.

Rick Santelli is the only one that I find worth listening to. The rest could go.

NO!, Trading in C shares could be halted at any moment, sudden downward spin and boom halt in trading. C shareholders likely to become insolvent. Paper trading is not the same as real trading. Paper trading is like playing poker by yourself. When you trade in real life you put your...

I wrote 10 more puts at 1.39 a contract. Total contracts now 25 To me the term Cash secured put is more accurate since it is not purely naked ie: you do have the actual cash to cover the underlying if it is put to your account. You can say a cash secured put contract is a limit order...

:) I guess you did not notice I posted that in chitchat. Anyhow I have traded in and out of GE it is one of my favorite stocks to trade in different ways (long or short, write puts or calls etc..) I only write cash secured put contracts and I always take into consideration the...

I would never write puts on shit like that or commodities which is a whole different ball of wax involving things like variation calls etc.. I was covering shorts in oct and november :)

This is a fun poll, I am not worried or I would not write the puts :) I am doing my civic duty by selling equity insurance to scared investors at 80 cents a share. Keeps them sleeping well at night. Time and the DRIP effect + 1.57% of float shorted is on my side + Obamanator bear rally effect.

80 cents a share. Will I get slammed with 1500 shares?

You should see the open interest and premiums for DEC 2010 put contracts with a strike price of 55 for the SPY. It seems a lot of people are willing to pay those premiums.

Why not let homeowners write covered calls on their homes giving banks,investors etc... the right to buy their home at the strike price they pick. Homeowners could use the premiums to pay the mortgages,bills etc.. investors could speculate by trading the calls on the CBOE home futures...

TACGNOL MMID TACG is the worst. Anytime you see that MMID anywhere on the screens, sell ASAP or you will blow out your account if you are long. When Tacgnol arrives, expect a sudden major downturn on that specific stock within seconds.

Funny thing is everyone wants to buy only during the bull markets and sell everything and go to treasuries during the bear market periods. It is like people will only go shopping when there is a sign saying hey +50% price increase come and get it. For depriciating assets people rush to the store...

2009 is looking to be a rangebound market and with savings account paying a pittance, Treasuries way overpriced. it seems like for 09 SPY and calls a point or more out would keep that money working, especially with this high fear factor contributing to higher than normal premiums.

Actually covered calls is a good strategy in a bear market for someone who wants to buy and hold. Plus volatility means higher premiums. For a new investor with a 10-20-30 year outlook I would just buy one or two lots of SPY and sell a near month covered call 2 points OTM and save the...

SPY going to Zero? Just buy SPY and write calls 1 point OTM for FEB.

Will it be a valid proposal under 14a-8(c) I like 30 rock and I suspect NBC could cancel it and replace it with something. I bought 2500 shares recently I just need to wait 1 year. What do you think, doable?

I do not see that happening.

We spent decades outsourcing work, importing goods and services, exporting debt. Now what, how do we get out of this mess. Our GDP is 70% based on consumption. Not a good thing. Anyone know how to fix this mess?