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Hello: How many stocks do you trade day in, day out especially in swing trading strategies?? I was pulling almost $500 per every two-three weeks trading only motorola options.. but then went beserk and lost a shit load.. Any comments on how many stocks you follow...

Thanks for summarizing the earlier thread... How do handle the premarket data??

I donot know about u but my rent has gone up, my broadband connection has gone up ........ and the QQQ is stuck in 23-25 range. Inflation creeps slowly, it's like a cancer, u donot even notice in the early stages.............

A nice read and interesting reading: http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_00/blanchard123000.html any comments??

thanks for the Excellent post. Regarding the FMV, it is better to be approximately right than be dead wrong!!

I have the exact same problem and here is my breakdown/justification for the DJX ATM Leaps options spread: 0.5 = 0.2*2 + 0.1 (0.2 is the spread observed on QQQ ATM LEAPS ) 2 fpr the price level is almost twice that of the QQQ 0.1 premium for 60/40 tax rule,liquidity and more wider...

Thanks for the reply. I used optionsXpress last spring but then moved on to InteractiveBrokers....

Anybody trade DJX options?? How do you handle the bid/ask spread and what's the average holding period??

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which one to subscribe to?? Wall Street Journal or Investors' Business Daily. any comments??

are DEC 04 SPX Options on IB "reduced value(1/10th of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index)" options??

I am looking to trade the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 options on Eurex with IB and am wondering what the tax rules are for an US based trader??

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1045510926950&p=1012571727088

check this out too... http://www.hedgefunddynamics.com/

thanks a lot for u'r help....

but does turbotax handle section 1256 securites like currency futures and index futures, single stock futures??

http://www.taxact.com/products/ultimate_forms.asp The website claims that they do section 1256 securities... any one used this program ?? any comments?? thanks in advance

try interactivebrokers.com

QQQ is considered to be an equity and hence options on QQQ do not fall under Section 1256 Securites.

thanks BobbyMurcerFan. Based on pg. 37 and 38 of http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p550.pdf and http://www.cboe.com/TradTool/Symbols/SymbolDirectory.asp?MODE=IndxOptsNLeaps&POPUP=false note the of DJX type is "broad".... and...