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Hi, I was wondering how can we find out stocks which doubled, tripled or in general stocks with the best appreciation in a specific time period like say in 2010 or 2008. Most publicly available stock screeners don't allow specifying time period, they default to current day and backwards...

Hi, I am newbie to forex trading, I saw my Oanda 2008 summary which shows "Interest" and "Profit/Loss" in two columns. Earlier in the year I opted out of Section 988, how are we supposed to report this "interest" and "profit/loss" ? Any help with this will be most appreciated. Thanks...

I have a question, the forex broker year end summary shows "Interest" and "Profit/Loss" column, where do we enter this in tax form ? Assuming I elected out of Section 988 and seeking favorable 1256 treatment. When you say "lump sum" by any chance did you mean "profit/loss" minus "interest" ...

Folks, I would like to pose a question on how to buy options for certain scenario. Suppose I am bullish on a stock whose current price is 10 and I anticipate it to goto 40 in next 8 weeks. If it comes to 9 I will exit my position at profit or loss. If I want to invest $500 which is the best...

Has folks tell their experience with CitiFXPro and CMC now that they are backed by Citibank and Goldman Sachs ? Thanks! -White

Hi, Can somebody recommend a good futures options broker ? I find most of the big futures brokerages don't support floor traded futures options for CBOT(c,w,sm,bo,o), NYBOT(cc,kc,ct), NYMEX(gc,si,pl,pa) like IB etc. I use optionsxpress/xpresstrade and they are really bad in handling...

Hi, Can somebody recommend a good futures options broker ? I find most of the big futures brokerages don't support trading of futures options for CBOT(c,w,sm,bo,o), NYBOT(cc,kc,ct), NYMEX(gc,si,pl,pa) like IB etc. I use optionsxpress/xpresstrade and they are really bad in handling...

Hi, I am new to forex trading, Could somebody advise how you folks elect out of section 988 ? From what I read some say send an email to yourself that you are electing out of section 988 good until canceled basis, some say send a sealed mail to yourself. Can somebody elaborate how do...

Hi, Can somebody recommend good broker for futures options who offer a wide variety of mkts ? I noticed IB doesn't give options for many futures markets(CL, ZM etc) whereas Xpresstrade(now optionsxpress) gives but the commissions are quite high 12.99 per contract. Thanks! - White

Hi, I am fairly new to options trading, I had a question on what is the best strategy to leverage a move in the underlying stock/future by buying options: 1. common wisdom says buy the just-in-the-money option or just-out-of-the-money option, suppose the move is large on and it...

Hi, I am newbie to forex and have been reading this forum for sometime, I have a question if one were to trade currencies in the long term, going long/short for 6-12 months or more would it be fair to say: 1. Currency pairs which are available in futures, use futures because they are...

Hi, I have a question on futures taxation, can one offset futures contracts gains(in the 60/40 manner) against capital loss from securities which has been carried over from the past years ? Thanks! -White

Hi, NYMEX Coal Futures(QL) seems to trend pretty well but is not offered for trading by most futures brokers(IB, xpresstrade), any reason why ? I checked the open interest at NYMEX, there a 200-300 every expiry month, not too bad for buying single digit contracts. Are there any issues with...

Hi, NYMEX Coal Futures(QL) seems to trend pretty well but is not offered for trading by most futures brokers(IB, xpresstrade), any reason why ? I checked the open interest at NYMEX, there a 200-300 every expiry month, not too bad for buying single digit contracts. Are there any issues with...