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    LEAPS and taxes

    I’m just looking at tax tables and my longterm rate is zero as long as my income stays under 96000 or 15 percent if under 400000. Nice side benefit of holding a LEAPS option.
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    LEAPS and taxes

    I buy a LEAPS call or put and sell it a year later. i get a long-term gain or loss right? But what if I occasionally hedge it with short short-term calls or puts? Does my long LEAPS contract lose its long-term gain/loss status?
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    Why is it called a Gamma squeeze?

    How does that differ from a short squeeze? Are all short squeezes gamma squeezes, at least theoretically? But not all gamma squeezes are thee result of short squeezes?
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    LEAPS Were Steady During Vol Spike. Why?

    I guess what I don’t get is why the delta is -44 today for the Put in question but there is no way it is moving 44% of the underlying price move, especially during last week’s price spike. Should delta be considered at all for LEAPS? What would show me instead this probable lack of movement if...
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    Thoughts on Gold-Platinum spreads

    I like the spread but wonder if this is now a less useful spread because of platinum’s declining utility. Thoughts?
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    Looking for a black swan trade in case Biden …

    Yeah I like short vol trades, too, after a spike, but I’m looking for before the spike.
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    Looking for a black swan trade in case Biden …

    Just looking for an options play on a specific scenario, guys.
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    Looking for a black swan trade in case Biden …

    Kamala does become president if Biden goes away somehow between now and Inauguration Day. After that? Different risk management play.
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    Looking for a black swan trade in case Biden …

    I don’t want to say it but you know what I mean. I don’t want to wake up one morning between now and Election Day and find out that Kamala Harris has just been sworn in because … So, how to play this, assuming portfolio or span, with options? 200k portfolio that all diversified stocks. I assume...
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    ZC to Trend or Countertrend

    Sell some puts?
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    ZC to Trend or Countertrend

    Opinions on how much lower it can go and for how long?
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    Help with a Brain Fart Combo Question

    I suspect the short price was a market close aberration stemming from a last second price spike. Will know on the market open.
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    XAU/JPY

    Nope. I had tried that already.
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    XAU/JPY

    Thanks. Can’t believe I didn’t know this.
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    XAU/JPY

    How do I trade this gold-FX pair at IB? Or even XAU/USD?
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    Margin on options arb/conversion

    Not sure I trade enough for you guys. Max this quarter would be 1000 to 2000 SPY a day with 10 to 20 collars a day.
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    Margin on options arb/conversion

    You guys are 250 for PM?
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    Why is customer service so bad at most brokers?

    Think there is a book to be done called The Shittification of America? Former journalist here.
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    Stone X promotion

    I thought I saw a few days ago a $500 for $5000 deposit promotion at Stone X or StoneX One a couple days ago, but now I can't find anything about it. Was I dreaming? Did it expire? If not, anyone have a link?
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    Maintenence Margin kicks in when?

    Stocks are the instrument; portfolio margin, if that matters. Overnight? After clearing?
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