Archive for the 'Option Trading' Category
I started using Basecamp for work and it’s great. Simple and useful … I share information with colleagues and our outside service providers. I love being able to post documents, ideas, articles, etc …
I have also integrated some Google Spreadsheets of our futures and stock positions using iframes … very very [...]
In the process of researching return on cash, I discovered that TradeStation a) only pays 1.25% APY on idle cash and b) allows you to buy Money Market Funds, but they aren’t marginable, and c) thus if you are an option seller you can’t take advantage of buying treasuries like you can at Schwab, E*Trade, [...]
I think this fact is little known, but at Schwab, Etrade, and Fidelity if you are an active option seller you can buy 1 to 6 month treasuries and get paid around 4.25%+ and the amount you buy is still 90%+ (some slightly higher than others) marginable. In a $100,000 account you are getting paid [...]
I had a fleeting thought two days ago. Motorola would be a good Private Equity target or maybe even a target for Dell? They are the only large pureplay US based handset maker.
I haven’t bot options yet, but I considered the Jan 2008 $19 or $20 calls. With the stock at $17.90, [...]
As a follow-up to my post on trading platforms for OS X … It will be interesting to see if OptionsXpress will be looking for a new partner for the Java Charting …
INVESTools to buy thinkorswim for about $340 mln
I spend quite a bit of time trading … I buy and hold some stocks, but I spend more time trading options (naked, covered, spreads). For a long time I used Schwab for my primary trading account, but switched about a year ago because I discovered E*Trade (NYSE: ET) offers what I [...]
