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I'm trying to sell the put and let it expire worthless for this one. What about an AMD Jan10 5 put? It's trading at $0.69, of which $0.52 is time value. Also, chip sales are forcasted to rise in 2010-11.

I have taken fork b, and realized my plan probably is crazy. I'm happy to keep pace with the market.

What about Sprint? The Feb10 3 put is selling for $0.55, w/ an IV of 75.32%, which is above the stock's HV of 42.90%. It's time value is $0.38. And it's currently oversold by a lot of indicators. Your opinion?

The stock does look like a good investment. And I could always then write calls against it to get income and reduce my cost basis. What about the Jan10 5 put? It's trading at 91.40%. And it's priced at $1.60, so GSS would have to drop below $3.02 for it to be profitable to exercise. And...

What about writing cash-secured puts? The GSS NOV09 5 put is selling for $2.05, IV of 101.48%, which is 33.77% above the stock's 30-day HV. The price would have to drop to $2.95 on expiration for it to be profitable to exercise; it's currently at $3.62. I should make 35% if the share...

I've just set up my trading account, and I'd like to start by selling covered calls. What criteria do you use to evaluate a stock's suitability for this strategy? I'm thinking BAC. My goal is to make 1%/week. Thanks.

I said *currently*. I plan on putting in a LOT more money, to bump it up to $5000. My ECHO job pays very well, and don't have much in the way of living expenses.

Well, I plan on working for the equities trading desk of an IB.

In case you didn't know, I meant hirers for S&T departments of hedge funds or IBs.

I like doing the ECHOs and discussing my findings with the interpreting cardiologists. Talking with the patient is nice, but it can distract me from getting a good image...which no-one likes, b/c then we have to do it all over again. I really do enjoy molecular biology. My mom's old college...

Does trading your own portfolio successfully look good to hirers? I'm currently swing-trading $500 (don't laugh, it's the money I set aside for this purpose) for the last few months, and I've made 35% by buying (selling) calls with low (high) IV/HV ratios, in the expection that a reversion to...

Well, they are a heavy R&D company, so that explains their asset situation. And if you see that inverted head and shoulders pattern, along with everything else I've told you, EVVV is looking for an uptrend.

Anyone think EVVV is a good buy? EVVV is a company that makes endovascular surgical neuroradiology equipment (guidewires, endovascular coils, microcatheters, carotid stents, embolic protection devices): http://www.ev3.net/ With the increasing incidents of cerebrovascular disease and...

http://www.investopedia.com/?viewed=1

Investopedia says that posting phony sizes was how market makers tricked people.

Can you be more specific?

Is this a good trading strategy: 1. If you have, say, 1000 shares of a stock, post an order such like $10-$10.25(75x10). This will trick other traders into thinking there's huge demand for the stock, and they'll want to get in ASAP, so they'll buy your thousand shares at $10.25/share. 2...

Transmarket Group: http://www.transmarketgroup.com/ Chicago Trading Company: http://www.chicagotrading.com/ Optiver: http://www.optiver.com.au/home/ Dimension trading is more of a retail firm. Do you mean Group or Partners?

How many shares/bonds/contracts do I-bank equities/bond/derivatives traders trade per transaction, on average?

Well, for one thing they execute customer orders, and make a profit by buying from the market at one price, and selling to the customer for a higher price. Or buying from the customer at one price, and selling to the market at a higher price. So, yeah, they almost exclusively scalp. And they...