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It does NOT appear that TradeLog supports the correct tax treatment of options on broad based stock indices, like SPX. SPX options are 1256 contracts that are marked to market every December 31st and then receive this marked to market basis as their new basis on January 1st of the next...

Do you make 100 to 1,000 option trades a year, including 1256 contracts (broad based stock option indices, like SPX)? If so, what software do you use to organize and compute your option gain/losses? I saw an earlier post where someone recommended Tradelog. Any other opinions? Thanks...

I use the following service to link live data to my Excel spreadsheet: http://www.quotein.com/ It works very well.

Hello, Is TradeStation the undisputed king for traders new to automated trading? Or are there alternative systems that rival TradeStation? Thanks, Boulder

Let me present it in a different manner: You want to short the QQQQ. You have 2 choices: 1) short the QQQQ with absolutely zero risk to your principal. 2) short the QQQQ with 100% risk to your principal Which is a better choice? To clarify the thinking, we need to put a...

But what position isn't subject to inflation? (excluding of course TIPS, gold, etc).

I did a search on this topic on Elite Trader and the ONLY post on it was by you in 2004. I respect and value your insight.

Understood and agreed. For someone who's looking to grow and protect his capital, I think this would be very attractive. Is there something about the concept (using either puts or calls) that you dislike?

Sounds exactly like what was described in the first post of this thread, except substituting a put for a call.

"Dull? Where is the action?" Are you trying to make money or seek excitement? I've parachuted out of an airplane and also been a floor trader in Chicago. If you want action jump out of an airplane. If you want to make money and KEEP it, don't be afraid to examine low risk trades...

Turtle, thanks for your input. The real question I'm trying to solve is: Why isn't the sum of the individual Dow 30 stock puts much greater than the value of the DJX index puts for the same value of the underlying (approximate $143,000). The IV of the individual stocks is much greater...

The IV of the ATM put for the DJX (102 djvsx) is 15.5%. The average IV of the ATM Puts of all 30 DJIA stocks is 22.9%. That makes sense. But when you add up the value of the 30 ATM Puts (1 contract for each stock) you get $2,850. The value of the DJX Puts (14 DJX contracts to get the...