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If it f****, flies, or floats you are always better off renting it.

St Michaels here, trading options full time

I second your vote. This thread is far too diffuse now to be useful. Thanks to OptionCoach for all of his hard work in the early evolution of this thread. RIP Let's move on to a more productive and focused discussion.

Gee what a brilliant response. The issue is state income tax, not federal. If the IRS is enforcing state income tax laws, it is news to me.

Look at CSQ. Stable dividend and narrowing discount to NAV. It currently yields around 8%

I'd love to come to the party. Where is it?

I use OptionVue and have used it regularly for over 3 years. It is great. It will take you a few hours to learn to use it. It is very reliable, tech support is great. I cannot imagine trading a significantly sized portfolio without it.

I am relocating to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Neither cable nor DSL is available. I am looking at using Hughes Net satellite system. Does anyone have experience with this and could share their experience with performance and reliability. I am a position trader and trader options almost...

OptionVue 5 has it in their back trader module. Not sure where else it might be available

It is the value calculated to establish the settlement price for SPX options. It is derived from the opening prices of all 500 S&P stocks on the Friday morning after the options cease trading on Thursday afternoon. It can ( and almost always does) differ from both the Thursday closing...

I have not done this, but it is on my short list of projects for 2006. If I remember correctly from several months back, OptionCoach was going to consider doing more of his trades using these options. I haven't really heard much discussion about it lately in this forum.

If you use the entirety of your account to support a position, you are flirting with disaster. You have no reserve and cannot kick in the afterburners to get out of Dodge if the need arises. You should have some reserve buying power to get out of trouble if the need arises.

Bull put spread here at 1625/1650 Just watching and waiting and letting theta drip. Ready to pull the trigger to adjust when/if necessary, but currently chillin'

Just posted: 1320.70 It was 9.24 points above yesterday's close, well within historical ranges

Thanks for the spreadsheet. I looked at the last couple of years data (my wine had already worn off since I had started drinking early), and you were clearly recording the SPX value for the Thursday close. So, as I see it, over the date range you studied, the difference between Thursday close...

Has anyone ever seen a study of the maximum spread between the closing value of the SPX on Thursday before opex and the $SET number that comes out the following Friday at mid-day? I am aware there can be significant differences between the closing value on Thursday, the opening value of the SPX...

I too use Fib levels and some Fib based patterns (butterfly (not to be confused with the option strategy of the same name) and Gartley patterns). I find it to be very helpful in indexes and liquid equities, although it certainly does not reliably exclude the possibility of news/event driven...

No experience with OptionWizard. OptionVue5 data is very reliable. You can get a 30 day free trial.

OptionVue5 has a back test feature that is just what you need to do what you describe.

The market makers on RUT are ruthless. They will extract every ounce of blood from you if you need to adjust your position because of unfavourable market moves. They are not a friendly crew and I refuse to do business with them.