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August 17, 2007 at 12:18 PM in reply to: Are we gonna experience the same Japanese Housing Burst at 1991? #77175August 17, 2007 at 12:18 PM in reply to: Are we gonna experience the same Japanese Housing Burst at 1991? #77200
drunkle
Participantwhy blame the chinese? if your kid has a big ass basket of toys, that may be the problem.
August 16, 2007 at 11:58 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76806Participanti have no idea how to buy options. the reading i’ve done has gone in one eyeball and out the other.
the main confusion is with the profit margin… how do you determine that? for one, i know you can buy and sell the options themselves… but which do you buy? which strike price? if you buy a $20 strike for jan 08 which is trading at 5.41, you spend $541 to buy the option, wait for the stock to drop and either the option goes up in value and sell it or exercise the option by buying the 100 shares first?
or what about the higher strikes, say a $35 option… buy at 16.30 and then…? could you immediately buy shares at the current 18.9 and exercise for an immediate 2.6/share profit?
edit: or… you buy at the current 18.9 and sell at the strike of $35…???
August 16, 2007 at 11:58 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76926Participanti have no idea how to buy options. the reading i’ve done has gone in one eyeball and out the other.
the main confusion is with the profit margin… how do you determine that? for one, i know you can buy and sell the options themselves… but which do you buy? which strike price? if you buy a $20 strike for jan 08 which is trading at 5.41, you spend $541 to buy the option, wait for the stock to drop and either the option goes up in value and sell it or exercise the option by buying the 100 shares first?
or what about the higher strikes, say a $35 option… buy at 16.30 and then…? could you immediately buy shares at the current 18.9 and exercise for an immediate 2.6/share profit?
edit: or… you buy at the current 18.9 and sell at the strike of $35…???
August 16, 2007 at 11:58 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76952Participanti have no idea how to buy options. the reading i’ve done has gone in one eyeball and out the other.
the main confusion is with the profit margin… how do you determine that? for one, i know you can buy and sell the options themselves… but which do you buy? which strike price? if you buy a $20 strike for jan 08 which is trading at 5.41, you spend $541 to buy the option, wait for the stock to drop and either the option goes up in value and sell it or exercise the option by buying the 100 shares first?
or what about the higher strikes, say a $35 option… buy at 16.30 and then…? could you immediately buy shares at the current 18.9 and exercise for an immediate 2.6/share profit?
edit: or… you buy at the current 18.9 and sell at the strike of $35…???
August 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76782Participantcapeman:
how do you take a long term short position? ie., cfc, how do you “ride it down”?
August 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76900Participantcapeman:
how do you take a long term short position? ie., cfc, how do you “ride it down”?
August 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM in reply to: Dow Closes below 13000 today. Down 167 points. NDQ -40, S&P -19.8 #76928Participantcapeman:
how do you take a long term short position? ie., cfc, how do you “ride it down”?
August 16, 2007 at 11:15 PM in reply to: The Funeral – “It’s all over,” he said, and drove away. #76779Participant“Note to self: President of huge, nationwide mortgage company concerned about Countrywide’s ability to survive. Eh, what does he know?”
his own company nearly went under so… and he was using a competitor’s product…
August 16, 2007 at 11:15 PM in reply to: The Funeral – “It’s all over,” he said, and drove away. #76897Participant“Note to self: President of huge, nationwide mortgage company concerned about Countrywide’s ability to survive. Eh, what does he know?”
his own company nearly went under so… and he was using a competitor’s product…
August 16, 2007 at 11:15 PM in reply to: The Funeral – “It’s all over,” he said, and drove away. #76925Participant“Note to self: President of huge, nationwide mortgage company concerned about Countrywide’s ability to survive. Eh, what does he know?”
his own company nearly went under so… and he was using a competitor’s product…
August 16, 2007 at 4:22 PM in reply to: Can we have bigger font on the site ? Or maybe add the option to adjust the font ? #76663Participantwhat screen resolution are you using?
a good, crisp monitor makes reading alot easier…
i like the font size, it’s 10 pt? makes posts nice and compact while still be legible… and i dont have perfect vision either. larger fonts used on other sites mean you have to do alot of scrolling to finish an article.
August 16, 2007 at 4:22 PM in reply to: Can we have bigger font on the site ? Or maybe add the option to adjust the font ? #76783Participantwhat screen resolution are you using?
a good, crisp monitor makes reading alot easier…
i like the font size, it’s 10 pt? makes posts nice and compact while still be legible… and i dont have perfect vision either. larger fonts used on other sites mean you have to do alot of scrolling to finish an article.
August 16, 2007 at 4:22 PM in reply to: Can we have bigger font on the site ? Or maybe add the option to adjust the font ? #76811Participantwhat screen resolution are you using?
a good, crisp monitor makes reading alot easier…
i like the font size, it’s 10 pt? makes posts nice and compact while still be legible… and i dont have perfect vision either. larger fonts used on other sites mean you have to do alot of scrolling to finish an article.
Participantthere was a stop loss in action earlier today:
http://money.cnn.com//news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-18946819.htm
but for the last minute rebound… call it your “500 pt” bounce?
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