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yeah, and that's why you looked at my linkedin profile last week lol

Great post Donna, but than I expect nothing less of you ...

funny, real funny lol

1.2622 was a level, inside bar, breakout, three soldiers up on daily = go long

real funny calling this guy a newbie: he has been trading for over 25 years with real money !

oanda is probably the best solution for most people (not 'all': if you are a newstrader, find yourself a better place). Been there since years and doing the comparison regularly, for the moment I still see no reason to change.

http://www.amazon.com/Option-Market-Making-Financial-Commodity/dp/0471578320/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 this is a good book to get insight into option market making.

covered calls are only linked in virtual reality !

a lot has to do with your 'inventory' although that definition is wider than what most people would think, it's both inventory in individual strikes, in calls, in puts and in vol. These things will all make a difference in how you want to price. Always vega long is personal preference but one...

you open up a thread, write the above and then start complaining when people comment on your 'hoping' ... grow up ...

it's weekend, tons of things could have happened late friday ... as a principle alone you should count on the trades to have happened, that's just common business sense, you are more like counting on some miracle.

if you think that you are extremely naive, count on the trades to have happened !

english is my third language, I must have missed out on the sarcasm ...

don't make me laugh ... either you can do the put or you put the call on later because you allready had the future or you used the future to hedge the call at a later moment in time ... only so much possiblities, you won't be giving away big SECRETS by telling which one it actually is. Too many...

it all depends on your size, but if you trade forex I would go with oanda. I tried both IB and Oanda, if you don't trade news as such Oanda (tradefx) is the better option. I tried MB on demo, man I hated their interface.

ralphooooooooooooo get a clue ... I worked for a bank in the past, you don't know how they work from what you write ...

yes, the main turmoil on monday will be in bonds and fx. Things are much clearer there: Bonds will sell off due to forced selling, USD will go down (200-300 pips compared to the euro ?). The yield spread will widen. Those are the certainties for monday. The stock market is anyone's guess ...

I don't get why all the above is so important: you want tight spreads, you'll get them in all the above products mentioned, they are all amongst the most liquid in the world. (Didn't mention vix options too, but don't see you trading those as a beginner.) Can't see the need to make an exact...

eurostoxx50 and QQQ are pretty liquid too. for the rest trust the above people or use www.google.com ...

I think you won't get any better executions ... your counterparty will most likely be a market maker, either they are willing to take it or they aren't, your broker has little to do with that.