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Adamoptions, I traded derivatives for a retail firm for over 5 years. In this period I witnessed hundreds (if not thousands) of people speculate using equity options. I played too. The overwhelming majority of these people failed to make any money--consistently. I believe that this market...

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A pennant should form over a time period of less than 3 weeks. :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused In which stone is this written. Pennants can and do form on weekly charts, daily charts, hourly charts, minute charts. Do other formations occur over strickt...

Reg T states that minimum margin is 50% for equities....so why can we borrow more?

Hope this helps..... http://www.nybot.com/specs/dx.htm a timely inquiry....

Gotta love the wedge...I traced it out a couple of days ago and sent it out to friends. This one should be interresting....

Doji... I write ITM calls frequently usually with existing positions with a view to buying them back. I do this in my RRSP as well. I usually look for stocks with the best premiums but the MM on the ME make any option trading on Canadian shares terribly difficult. I'm long lots of Gold...

I live in Canada and am a Canadian citizen. I lived for several years in NYC and have property in Florida. For me the differences b/w living in the States and Canada are quite pronounced. Canadians love to bitch about taxes, and with good reason...if you're a working stiff there is a lot to...

I dig silly.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I don't care what anyone says, ET has great boards... as for me...well...I'm taking the job at Swift for several reasons, mostly because I bought a multi unit building about a year ago and used up most of my free cash to secure the financing...then I...

X$....the whole thing with them hiring 'traders' with NO experience seems a little loopy to me. I honestly don't know how they expect newbies to make 5-7k a month within three months...but if you only keep 30% ya gotta if ya wanna eat...k

Thanks dna....your story jives well with the info i have...so what gives? Did you leave? Were you hired? The reason I ask is because I was offered a job with them recently and am pondering things right now. They told me traders average 75k a year. Sounds high...is it true? k

Babak.... Search? I saw the reviews under "Brokers"--Swift has a discount brokerage operation which I know has a really bad reputation. I'm interrested in hearing from an employee (past, present) trading the firms capital...k

I was wondering if there is anyone that has worked at Swift Trade as a prop trader that could share their experiences with me, good or bad... Thanks in advance, Kaya

The white horse fell in the mud....

Your offering sounds interesting.... ...but totally different from what I do! I write for punters saving for their retirement, not traders. In fact I discourage people from trading heavily, even though I do it all day. But it is my "full time job...." Tuscian is quite right when he...

I have a small distribution newsletter-200 subscribers-once a month. What you need... 1.Cred- Who are you and why should someone buy your advice. 2.Integrity-the most important quality in any small business person 3.A hook-theres lots of newsletters, what makes you different 4.Mass...