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Google the hashtag (#RHT300B). The photos are hilarious.

Yes, I was selling naked. In the late 90s I got caught up in the mania of selling puts. Then - as now - the bull market was making heros of traders and investors who otherwise wouldn't have been able to tell a bid from an ask. I initially talked to a then well-known options broker about my...

I really hate to see anyone say anything positive about selling options. Reminds me of trading in 2000, when options sellers, including me, got taken to the cleaners. All is wonderful in a bull market, and everyone is a hero. But the tide will turn.

By what means are you going to identify straddles that are "clearly mispriced", and that are factoring in an earnings event that has no certainty of outcome? Doesn't sound like any fun to me!

I've owned 4 Dells. For years. And never had a single problem with any of them.

Well said! I once created a very promising equities system that relied on daily data from a well-known and widely used supplier. My backtesting assumed that the data presented an accurate record of daily lows, highs, etc. over a 5-year period. No big deal. So I thought. I started trading...

"Great spreads" typically being...what?

What are the spreads and volume like in TF these days? I trade TNA regularly.

+1 for Vanguard

You would write "In my opinion AAPL is a good buy. My target is 128." You have the right to publish your opinion. But be careful that you don't cross the line into presenting yourself as an expert, unless you have the experience and credentials to make that claim. Otherwise your "opinion"...

I can provide you with the analysis of 14 years of trading and experience. I've set hundreds of break-even stops (because I'm much too risk averse), and in the vast majority I've been very sorry I've done so. I just did it again today, and missed a 2-point move off the bottom on TNA when I...

Risk aversion rears its head in many forms. For some it's trading too small. For others, it's taking profits too soon. And for others still, it's raising stops to break even in order to avoid feeling any pain or uncertainty. The goal of trading is NOT protecting profits. The goal is...

My experience is that you are correct. For sure, setting a break even stop provides a good feeling of relief that the trade can't lose. But is that the purpose of trading? Is that why we get up in the morning? Not to lose?

Gosh, buying an index with home equity makes a lot of sense. Because as we all recall from 2006-2009, the stock market and the housing market never crash together. Duh.

Okay, I'll give you a point for that. Your statement would have indeed been even further from the truth that his original. Although, from the standpoint of the OP's request for information, either statement would have been far enough from the truth to lose his entire investment. Which, in...

That's absolutely incorrect. Could not be farther from the truth. At expiration the OP can lose the premium he paid for the option. In other words, his entire investment.

This is not what you want to hear, but -- Buy the stock if you believe MSFT will be higher in a few months. And if you can't afford to buy the stock, then you shouldn't be in the market. For many reasons, neither a Single Stock Future or an option on MSFT is a good instrument to play.

And what if you bring these "partners" into your tent, and they don't perform? Or if they actually harm your business? It can happen. What then? Be extremely cautious when taking on partners, especially when they haven't previously been in a position that specifically demonstrates skills...

I'm just making a wild guess here, but I suspect that the OP has more issues to deal with than his TWS screen.