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    Best way to pick strike price for covered calls?

    hindsight is always 20/20. What if we hit a major recession and Apple's stock stayed between $80-$100 for four or five years? I will still be gleaning the dividend and option money. You have to look past a major bull market, to things like a long lasting bear market. About 15 years ago I was...
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    Best way to pick strike price for covered calls?

    This may be hard to explain...I have a CPA and use tax planning throughout the year. First, I don't pay taxes 9 out of 10 years (large assets, high medical/dental, low income...Think wheat farmer in Montana). Also many of my and my wife's trades are in Roth IRAs...Have already paid taxes. In...
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    Best way to pick strike price for covered calls?

    Yeah, I am making money thank you!! I only write about 10-15% of my stocks to options (covered calls). You do not need to do things like iron condors or butterfly spreads. Yes, I lose out on major upside of stocks. But, many of my options expire out of the money...I'll write another one...
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    Best way to pick strike price for covered calls?

    I understand what you are saying...Sell to open on stocks you own. I have done it for 20 years...I get roasted on this site, but I keep doing it. Below I will share with you what I would do now and in Jan 2022 after the options expire. I would SALE the stocks that have risen greatly now...
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    What I bought last week and today (Sunday)...

    I bought IPH Limited today (IPH.AX)...And Australian company....500 shares. Here is their Yahoo Finance description. IPH Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides intellectual property (IP) services and products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Intellectual...
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    Could China real estate money be coming into the US markets??

    So how did this money get out of China??? Here is another interesting read!! We DO NOT know who is posting here...
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    Could China real estate money be coming into the US markets??

    If you study the China real estate market (Evergrande), you know that usually the one requirement for marriage is to own property in China...To protect/secure the parents and grandparents in the country. Just wondering if much of this money that would have gone into this real estate market, has...
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    Fat Finger Error of the Day.

    Was thinking of the bigger percentage loss. The guy who threw out his old hard drive...With no back up on his crypto.
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    How will I unload a Chinese stock if it get delisted in the US??

    I don't own any BABA now...Have had it before and did well with the company. The only China I now own is a small cap mutual fund (FEM). I am familiar with ADR...Own stocks from Japan, Canada, Israel, Great Britain.
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    The next advance in charging cables for EVs

    The devil is in the details. Yeah, in a perfect world it could happen...Especially commercial/industral, where you have people watching the charging closely. But, what happens when you try to do it for the general public?? Can you charge in the rain and snow??? Can it be idiot proof... Elon...
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    How will I unload a Chinese stock if it get delisted in the US??

    This use to be a good site...It feels like I'm on MySpace.
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    How will I unload a Chinese stock if it get delisted in the US??

    India may be different than the US... I'll call the help desk at Schwab or Fidelity...
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    How will I unload a Chinese stock if it get delisted in the US??

    Anyone with a real answer...
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    How will I unload a Chinese stock if it get delisted in the US??

    Was thinking of Alibaba (BABA)...Would I have to go though Hong Kong to trade the shares?? Would the fees be though the roof?? PS I never know how to change the top thread words on this forum..."gets".
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    Why the omicron panic may be overblown...

    Yeah, made the change...Thursday. Vaccines against the Omicron variant will not be out for months...Way too late. It seems the market has taken that into account...
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    Why the omicron panic may be overblown...

    With the market rising today (Thursday)...I am looking a covid sensitive stocks that are rising. I'm seeing things like; Choice Hotels up 4+%, Sysco up 3%, Boeing up 7.5%, Avis Budget up over 6% on the day, Welltower (retirement communities) up over 4% today. Whether Omicron is bad or not is...
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    Fraud: Broker kind of "frontruns" client order. Reporting to SEC?

    Coming in late with my two cents. From the original poster, I have seen this for years...And yes, I have call my broker plenty of times. I do covered calls...On boring stocks. Many times they are leaps...Bid/ask is like 60-80 cents apart. I will put in my price somewhere in the mid point...
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    What I bought today...EVGO, NUE, PAVE, STRL

    Optioned them all today...Covered calls. Nothing to write home about...Just want steady income.
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    Another boring trade today, Welltower... WELL

    This is just a gleaning of the first information out there...IT COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG!! Just grabbed off of Google... Here is what a South African doctor said the symptoms looked like...Not too bad, but these were healthy people. “It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles and...
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    Another boring trade today, Welltower... WELL

    I'm going to piggy back with thoughts about this Welltower trade. I was going over my accounts a Schwab...I am fine with this trade. The stock dropped over 6% during the day. As I said before, very Covid sensitive company. I really thought it would drop more...Closed at $81.92. Just...
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