Example: (Hypothetical) I created a position on a stock or commodity options market, and have a position of (bought) 20 Call Options with strike price of 100 USD and I paid the premium of 10 USD. If the next day the premium fell to 8 USD and the underlying price fell to 95 USD, how [...]
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Good strategy for having a vehicle?
August 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Best Trading Strategy
I am 23, and bought my first car when I was 16. I paid 7k for it.
When I was 19, I sold that car for 4k and bought a used BMW for 23k. Low milage and features I needed (nav really =/). It is starting to "fall apart" and less me dumping more money into [...]
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What online stock trading company should I use? I want to use 2000 to purchase a stock?
June 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Stock Trading
Can anyone recommend me an online trading company such as ScottTrade, eTrade, AmeriTrade, etc. Which one offers low fees and can u tell me about your experiences? I want to purchase a thousand or two of a low priced stock, what are the boundaries if I wanted to take the money back out [...]
Tags: ameritrade · boundaries · economy · etrade · experiences · money · stock
Where is the best place to learn FOREX?
June 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Best Forex Trader
I want to start forex trading online. I own regular stock, but never dabbled with forex. Which online company is best for beginners? I’m a quick learner, so even if you would say it’s for "intermediate" traders, I’d be OK.
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Backtesting Commodities?
June 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Futures Trading Strategies
Hi all. I’m looking into backtesting trading strategies for commodities. My problem is, that I can only test the currently available futures, but I want to test a specific commodity (eg- crude) and have the testing go back 5 years and switch to the next month’s contracts when the current one expires in the testing, [...]
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Investment Strategy?
May 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Best Stock Trading Strategies
I was wondering what indicators work best for your trades. I am trying to make a system that works for me to help me decide which direction a stock is going. Do some indicators work better together than others or am I way off base in trying to do something like this?
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Best money management model?
May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Best Stock Trading Strategies
I read alot recently about CAPM and the Kelly critetion, but I find some major flaws among them…
For example:
CAPM:
The stock beta seems to be incorrectly measured in the classical CAPM model, you can read this book by a Prof. from Oxford who explains that the beta can be substituted and measured using alternative formula, more [...]
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Help in an exam?
May 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Best Stock Trading Strategies
An investor purchased a stock at . When the stock dropped to she initiated the repair strategy by purchasing the 40 calls and writing the 45 calls. With 3 weeks left until expiration the stock is now trading at and the investor is now feeling quite bullish about the stock. Which of the [...]
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