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It's easy to wonder how investors can get sucked into these schemes. But I've had two instances in the past few years where I very carefully researched the opportunities presented. Each was promoted regularly in national publications. I spoke directly to references, ran background checks...

Max out your credit cards and take on a load of debt that you'll pass along to your grandchildren. Now, put a 911 in your driveway and tell your friends that you're wealthy. You seeing the picture?

Check out InvestorRT at linnsoft.com And what does your age have to do with it?

Out of curiosity I compared the average income reported in these cities with average income in China. Based on the information sources I found online, the LOWEST average income here was GREATER than the HIGHEST average income of cities in China, which is in Shanghai.

I often find it helpful to split orders to execute at different times just prior to the close, as opposed to being caught in the automatic doors as the train leaves for the day. A few brokers, such as IB and TDA, offer conditional-at-time orders.

I often avoid MOC by setting a conditional time order, or orders, just before the close.

You'll want to be dealing with an underlying that is consistently volatile, and have a strong system in place for the underlying that shows solid returns. Trying to simply substitute long options for a run-of-the-mill trade in the underlying is seldom profitable. Might want to look into 2X-3X...

Correct. My mistake. The object is to sell the put at a higher price. You wouldn't know that I buy puts for a living, would you? After 15 years, even I still get confused on a Friday.

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Is anyone aware of a broker other than IB that offers an order type to execute the order at a specific time of day? I am not referring to opening or MOC orders, but at a selected time of day during market hours. Thanks.

In such short term trading you will never gain equivalency. Why would you think otherwise? Assuming that you always get efficient fills on your options market orders (bad assumption), basic high school math should tell you that paying a 2 penny spread on TWTR stock is far less than paying a 2...

You have a good chance of being 50% right. So brilliant! But here's other news: He wasn't born in the U.S. Just like Biden, Hillary, and every damned democrat in the U.S. Yep, all born in the Bahamas. Call Fox news!

And hey, what about...Benghazi ? That whistleblower, he was in Benghazi, for damn sure. And I'll bet...I'll just bet...Biden put him up to it. Yea, that's it. And all along we thought it was Hillary. Boy oh boy. All along it was Biden and the whistleblower. And for sure, they...

That's not correct. Human behavior is often very predictable, in every facet of life, and most particularly in finance.

If you have 10 open trades and each is putting 2% of your account at risk, then you have 20% of your account at risk for the day. Fine if they are well diversified across a number of markets, and there for a good reason. But bad if they are not.

To quote Mike Tyson in one of his more lucid moments: Everybody's got a plan until they're wacked in the face.

Don't short options. You'll live longer.

So why not just go long Puts and sleep at night ?

I suggest that you very carefully consider your risk in the event of Black Swan cyber attack/market meltdown. Such an event, which is within the realm of possibilities, could set you back many years. TVIX, UVXY, etc. can be very ugly animals. If you have a system that profits from TVIX...