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Live in California...A big clobber for state tax!! Plus all those losses I was going to glean a few months ago...Now in December, they are profits from the market rise!!

I have sold a lot of stocks (my long term loses) and want to buy some of them back. It is over 31 days so I am fine when I buy...It can be anytime in Dec/Jan. I will get clobbered in taxes this year (long term capital gains). Just wondering which days (weeks) in December, do most people grab...

A warning to the poster (and anyone reading this thread)...This did happen!! I lived through it. This day (Black Monday), THERE WAS NO MARKET...

I believe you are correct. But, if it is a thinly traded stock...And you need 100 shares to do an option (being covered), sometimes it is the way to go (with patience). It becomes a much bigger problem the larger the trade 200-500 shares. I will weigh the average stock volume with the option...

Judge to class action..."When did you consult your specialized commodity attorneys"??

You could have gone with a all-or-none order... An All-Or-None (AON) order is an order to buy or sell a stock that must be executed in its entirety, or not executed at all. AON orders that cannot be executed immediately remain active until they are executed or cancelled. The problem is you may...

The problem is most of my money is in US dollars. And the US is printing them as fast a possible. I believe inflation to be a real threat. Why not have some of the money in other countries. Also I've gone into a gold mining ETF. Preserve capital #1...Some income #2.

I bought it today for $23.27 and change. Did a covered call for Jan 22 $25. I got $1.10 ($330.) for the option. It also has a 3.2% dividend. Basic cash flow for me...

Picked this off of Google...Wait till Saturday. You will see... You do not, however, have unlimited time to exercise those options. The reader is correct to state that options technically don't expire until noon on Saturday. About 20 years ago, I had an option (covered call) expire at the...

Good point...If it gets called away. So the IRS does not care about this?? A "no" answer would be fine. You could take this further...Sell a covered call for BA Jan 22 $190. or $180. You have a large long term capital loss to use against your long term capital gains...

I could see it in a Roth IRA...Taxes paid. But with a regular IRA or individual account, you knowingly would be losing money on the underlying stock. Does the IRS care??

Unless you are an airline or Exxon Mobil, the judge may ask you (class action group) why were you in this commodity?? Same with USO...

I have wondered when (and if) people would give up their Apple phone for an android?? I could see them (many women) giving up their daily Starbucks...But hold on tight to the Apple phone. But, if it came down to paying the utilities/rent or keeping the phone, I would think the phone would have...

Squirrel...Robert, don't know if you could answer this question. I asked my CPA...He said it may take him hours to give me an answer. I told him "forget it"...Not worth the cost. Here is the scenario...Could you make this trade (Roth IRA) without the IRS questioning it. Say Boeing is at...

"OP is trying to place a non-marketable limit order on the book between the spread to allow other exchange participants to meet them between the previous spread. The order flow purchasers seem to hold onto these internally instead of sending them immediately to exchanges." This is my biggest...

For both stock and options, the thinly traded stuff generally has little or no payment to interact with and it's a hot potato I would want to get rid of as quickly as possible, because if it prints somewhere at your price - you're going to gripe at them for a fill. The strange thing over the...

I should also say, in years we made a killing, we would fund our IRAs, Keogh, and 401Ks to the max...

This is very tricky...Changing the meaning of a word. Trust and loyalty is what it use to mean. "I have your highest interest in mind", is what it use to mean. Many times it would mean your lawyer would say "walk away from this issue...I'll make tons of money and you will pay me". I can not...

Twice I have rolled over 401Ks to Roth IRAs. I first rolled them to regular IRAs, then to Roth IRAs. If it is a large amount you don't want to screw it up. A few hundred bucks paid to a CPA (who knows what they are doing) can pay off in the long run...Lay it out for you. Not endorsing any...