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IB's linear commission rate make you think twice when jumping with both feet into a trade because you just want to pay $7 commission. You will benefit from IB in the long run.

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This question shows that you are smart but I have learnt that going too much into theory will not make you profitable. Learn everything on option and then use them as a black belt person who does Karate. He does it without thinking and calculation. Trading option is easier than what you think...

You are not charged cancelling order for combo orders so if you put risk riversal or spread or butterfly order and then cancel it, you are not charged anything.

Trading idea: Sell Weekly Call 15 and buy Jan 2012 Call 20.

Another great trading idea : Sell weekly Call 15 and buy Jan 2012 Call 20.

A chinese man is convicted of 56 million dollar fraud? 56 is nothing. USA is always a super power in everything. We have Maddoff with 100 billion fraud. China has a long way to catch US. If I want to analyze your post psychologically I can say that: 1- either you don't trade or don't trade in...

in sympathy with BIDU , YHOO dropped a lot yesterday but strangely in today's down market it erased 2% drop of the day and now it is edging to positive territory. Interesting. I believe it is a buy for many reasons. 1- short term correction 2- long term speculation basically I don't see...

That is also good idea. I have a combination of shares and options. Option strategy needs less margin and your cost would be $14 -0.33 compared to $14 but if you buy the stock, you will make more if the stock goes to $14.99 compared to what you get in option trade. Nothing is free and there is...

I believe YHOO will be bought soon. This rumor has been very strong and even YHOO has confirmed it that there are multiple potential buyers. Based on that I recommend the following option trade: For January 2012 which gives you 4 months of time so if something happens, you will catch it. You...

I liked this statement from the link: If the S&P loses 1,000 points, 184 billion dollars will change hands. 1000 pints !!. What will be left? :confused:

I agree with you on that GOOG is far superior to YHOO in search engine and growth but in order to compete, you don't or cannot buy the first rate competitor. The good thing about YHOO is that it has lots of potential buyers even if AAPL rumor does not come true. This news has been confirmed by a...

YHOO is acting interesting. Started postive today as the market was up and then dropped as the tech stocks dropped and I call the drop as distribution for YHOO. Now the buyers are coming back and there is a high chance that YHOO might close green again.

That is not flipping the coin. That is evaluating the risk and reward and then nibble in with weighing in the rumor and going with the flow. By the way, Yahoo does not send the bill directly to you. When you use Yahoo to read the news, Yahoo gets paid from the ads in the page.

I hear that YHOO will have an announcement by the end of the coming Tuesday. Stock is up over 6% today and volume is 300% average volume. If nothing happens by Tuesday, I might sell my shares. So far a nice profit but I am looking for another at least $10 pop from here.

GLD is in different category. VXX was an option but VXX moves more that TLT. I will cover TLT once it hits $118 and then move on. I am short term bullish and believe there will be a short squeeze either today or tomorrow. I am buying SPY, ADI and adding to my YHOO position now and shorting TLT.

I just shorted TLT at $ 122.06

Another piece of good news (today) http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/09/22/yahoo-stifel-ups-to-buy-prospects-of-a-sale-rise/?mod=yahoobarrons

It might stay just a rumor but market is melting and YHOO is green. Can pop up to $16 in a couplle of days or hours. who knows but tape reading shows very bullish. Volume is also three times regular trading volume.