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Losing weight is simply a function of consuming fewer calories than your burn rate. To do that, you have to consume fewer calories and/or exercise more. However, that's easier said than done. Fasting is not a healthy way to diet. The Atkins Diet can be effective but has risks if overdone...

Receiving a dividend does not provide Total Return (see sysdevel99's comment about ex-div share price adjustment). Covered calls and short puts (same series) are synthetically equivalent and provide a similar return. Pending dividends are priced into the options. As Bobbybax suggested, "Just...

I'm not sure which is more pathetic... Paying to see some titties shake at the Cheetah Club on Saturday night or posting replies to this board while being there. ROFL

I don't know what the big deal is. Your return on 100 shares is: 0.93% if unchanged 1.72% if you capture the div and GPC recovers to your purchase price 2.56 % if assigned but don't capture the dividend 3.35% if dividend captured and assigned On margin and Ignoring borrow cost, return is...

So many words, so little... Ommmm! Ommmm! Rolling my eyes @v@

The best way to lock in profits involves knowing what the underlying will do going forward and no one knows that. Risk and reward go hand in hand. IOW, if you want something, you have to give up something. For example, if you roll up your profitable deep ITM calls, you give up some net...

Awareness of possible adjustments helps with risk management. If won't pull your chestnuts out of the fire if the underlying is moving against you but it might soften the blow.

If you really want to see a year when you get caught with your shorts down (puts), look at 2000 or 2008 :rolleyes:

Using a virtual trader is a good way to learn the platform you're going to use. The first day that I was 'live' on IB about 20 years ago, I inadvertently sold some naked puts. No harm since I closed them for a tiny gain a few minutes later but it got my attention pretty quick.

LOL. Now the trade makes sense (g). Four legs with four (?) commissions and a 7 cent credit? LOL.

That depends on which screenshot you look at :D

Yep, that's it and it shows a 7 cent credit for selling the IC so that eliminates the possibility that it was otherwise. At this point, either you are modeling two ICs in the software or it just isn't accurately calculating the P&L correctly. I can't help you with the Monitor tab question since...

That's my plan if I ever win the big lottery or Powerball. I'm going to spend 95% of it on booze, drugs and women and I'm going to waste the rest!

Take lawrence-lugar's advice and start your own Trading Academy website. Sell memberships and packages for $500, 1000, and the Platinum Package for $5,000. Make sure to give ET traders a hefty discount since we're your mentors. And please remind me to take the other side of your trades. :D

It's a good thing that he's young otherwise he would have had to cut back on the money spent on drugs and alcohol and use some of it to buy a woman ;->)

I don't use TOS so I dunno. Do you get a daily statement from TOS, either e-mailed or accessible online? If yes, find the one for the date of the trade and look for trade details. Plan B would be to look for a Trade Confirmation page when logged in. It's gotta be under one of their rocks...

Does your confirmation ticket (or statement) list the fills on each of the four legs? If so, could you provide the details? It's a long shot but we're all assuming that the fill was for 7 cents as you stated. Let's double check that. If it was for 7 cents and you only sold one then the only...

OK, you're right. Lets's turn this into a learning moment for me. So help me out. Was teasing you about being the next Miss Cleo what got your panties in a bunch or was it teasing you about offering a option recommendation service because you made 11 cents on your posted trade? TIA. LOL

And here's another one (free sign up): http://www.ivolatility.com/options.j?ticker=spx&%0D%0A%09%09%09R%0D%0A%09%09=1&x=0&y=0

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