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So, I really like investing in bull put spreads, because I feel like its a pretty low risk, moderate reward play and I've been doing well on them for awhile but I want to expand my horizons outside of AAPL and GOOG weeklies. Do you guys have any stocks that you think would be good for this type of strategy. I usually sell far out of the money puts and buy only a little more out of the money than that
>>1019310
have u tried trading it on indexes?
how long u been doing this strategy? I know its a high prob strat, but how do u control your losses? Do you let it go full loss or sell it off before it reaches that?
What delta do you like?
Netflix is a beast. Sell spreads every downtick.
Also monitor CMG.
Also why weeklies. 45 dte is golden spot.
>>1019535
I haven't tried it yet, but also I usually let it go full loss. My dad and I have been basically going halfsies on the plays and we've only lost really a handful of times, though that obviously adds up pretty quickly if you do it wrong enough lol. And>>1019726
Honestly I just look at the spread. I haven't really learned how to calculate all the greeks yet and though I know that delta tells you how much the options price changed per dollar the underlyings...
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How do I get money to start up my idea into a business?
I have this unique idea that can easily make millions if the product is made. Though, I do not have the funds to start up my own business as I am student. I can't get investors as they usually want to see pre-existing sales or some sort of a base first. A loan wouldn't do much for me either as I am not making a enough income to pay them back. Others have said get a job but I'm in school right now and won't land the job I'm going for at least another 2-3 years.
The only realistic...
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>>1019296
What's the idea in the most vague sense?
>>1019296
These things are usually referred to as Loans.
>>1019300
New law enforcement and defence equipment/technology
ITT: we talk about coming trends within science and technology.
Post leads within fields you are passionate about, and have a certain up-to-date knowledge. People can research resulting investment opportunities on their own I think.
Personally I am a big believer in the coming hairloss cure. Sounds like such a mundane issue but several companies are making promising and steady progress. Eventually one will crack the problem, and explode in market value over night.
Pretty sure they can already do it, its just prohibitively expensive.
Take your DNA, grow your hair on a rat and do a transplant. Or something like that.
>Personal computers will decrease dramatically in price, power, and sales for consumers are devices like Chromebooks become more popular and tablets take over.
>Smart watches are a dying fad that won't last another couple years.
>Smartphone sales will decline as consumers lose enthusiasm about the latest devices.
>>1019276
They do have that, it's about 10k per treatment, each treatment has a 60% chance to succeed or fail, and it falls back out in 3-4 years.
>>1019274
I've got a bit of insider knowledge in that I know AI is NOT the future. All the advances into it and the major applicable solutions add no value. The current company with the best AI in the world is scrambling to find a reason for people to buy into it; there's no current dire problem it proposes a...
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Does anyone here have any experience with covered calls? If so, would you recommend it as an investment strategy?
I am asking this because I understand how options work, but so far, I have only experience with vanilla stock investing, but I am looking at covered calls give me some serious income from the premiums . I know that conventional wisdom states that covered calls are a conservative investment strategy (more so than vanilla stock ownership), and can theoretically give you relatively huge returns with relatively little risk.
However, it still sounds too...
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>>1019242
Covered calls mean selling your upside while leaving your downside intact. This isn't a good position if you are uncertain about the underlying's movements.
Capping your gains for guaranteed income has the same opportunity costs as investing your 401k in bonds instead of stocks while young. Lower returns than just holding the stock itself, unless the stock muddles along without moving much.
Selling calls falls apart if volatility goes up because volatility is a bigger input to options than stocks....
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I use them on low price products $15 or less.
The risk curve is the exact same thing as a naked put. Naked puts have a higher premium and subsequent POP.
They are an expensive trade as far as return on capital works.
if volatility shoots up it can be difficult to exit or roll the position if your stuff doesn't move.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/ira-options/episodes/when-your-covered-call-goes-in-the-money-10-29-2015
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/the-project/episodes/covered-calls-are-not-a-good-hedge-12-16-2015
>>1019256
You left out the most important difference. Stocks don't move up/down in an instant.
If you were selling covered calls for stocks in 2018 options, then you would be right. But we are looking at 40 day trades. A stock can do nothing in 40 day and when the call expires worthless, you made money on owning the stock.
This can be done multiple times in a year and only get called away once. Essentially, it is playing the fact that most stocks just aren't super whippy.
Of course on Biz, everyone...
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w2c junior analyst job at a consultancy
>>1019238
Not personally, but my uncle lives downtown and is a CEO for a very large firm. I love visiting him but when I come back to the States I always end up slightly more pretentious then the last visit.
I do office work at a Toronto hospital doing stuff like answering faxes, mailing doctors, updating patient registration info, etc. Nothing too fancy.
Hey /biz/, so I recently got onto a student investment team at my university. I requested the international equity fund and got approved (I'm in a dual degree for economics and finance so my professor thought the macro would be helpful) but as it turns out, what this fund really does is invest in international ETF's and mutual funds. ADR's are sometimes included, but I need to be researching specific areas.
What are some good news/research sources to use when doing my analysis? I have sites and analysts I follow for US equities, but I am pretty clueless...
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>>1019198
This is excactly why uni is worthless and you wont learn a shit. These guys graduate with a piece of paper having never been traded, so with literally zero experience of the real markets. Cant blame them, the professors are just as bad. If they really know what they are doing they wouldnt be teaching kids, they would be top bankers or hedge fund managers.
>not just using IB and doing your own DD with the entire wealth of human knowledge available at your fingertips.
>>1019207
.... we are doing real trades, my professor just doesn't like investing in single international equities because they're riskier. I can still push if I need to for a specific equity, but he mainly wants me looking at ETF's. I would love to sit back and trade options, which I have done.
what's the best choice for an engineering student with a part time job and no bills and wants to make a buttload of sensible money from investment plans? I have no biz experience unless accounting counts.
1. Mutual Funds (med/high risk)
2. Exchange Traded Funds
3. Dividend Stocks
4. All of the Above
If you understand calculus there is no reason not to use derivatives. Trade like a quant, not a pleb.
2016 tomorrow mutual funds ever
Index futures are where its at.Index funds are okay too.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/you-gotta-be-kidding-me/episodes/biggest-misconceptions-around-passive-investing-11-13-2015
ETFs are fine with liquidity >1M trades/day >1k options trades
Dividends can be okay, but options can act as dividends. So you get something very similar to a dividend in a growth stock.
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/options-jive/episodes/option-premium-dividend-vs-growth-11-04-2015
Making...
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>be 18, a freshman in college
>apply to a job for the first time, entry level
>think my resume was perfect and getting a job is easy when you're a good student involved with various clubs
>2 days later and still no response
Is this how life is going to be?
Pic unrelated.
>>1019108
>applied to 1 job
God this is such bland bait
I find that following up with the human resources rep or whoever a few days after never hurts.
>>1019119
Well this was the first time I applied to a job and I thought that my 4.0 GPA would help.
I'm currently making a resume and cover letter for another job. Wish me luck.
I am thinking about starting a roth IRA through Vanguard. I graduated recently from uni. I am thinking about $5,500 annually. Is this a good idea to save up for money in retirement?
>>1019086
Mostly picking thinking of Vanguard because of low fees.
>>1019086
>>1019091
plz respond....anybody :(
>>1019086
Yes. Do it
Tips landing a job?
How do I go on about landing a job even as an office assistant? I am 24 and only legit work experience I have is being a farm hand for 2 months, other than that, been doing various farm for for the past 8 or so years helping a friend and getting paid cash. I did things like watched over contractors and their workers and checked if everything was working properly and fixed sprinklers and such. I also do freelance graphic design on my free time. I just feel like I have been wasting time not pursuing a proper career. I want to get into advertising/ marketing....
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>>1019085
>other than that, been doing various farm labor*
>>1019085
I would start by sending an application.
>>1019089
I have been job hunting for almost 3 months now. Running out of funds, but luckily I moved back in with the parents a while back. I just want to land a decent 9 to 5 job and then seek internships relating to advertising/graphic design.
Anybody familiar with this kind of business? Is it a good business to start?
>>1019029
Read all about maidsinblack on reddit. Super interesting read.
You say you want to get into the cleaning-up-human-shit-for-the-lowest-possible-cost industry, eh?
>>1019029
Your biggest obstacle will be finding reliable employees, and competing with immigrants who may want it more.
If you have the capital you may be able to bypass that with giving a higher wage and using better supplies, but there's not a lot of room.
I hear waxing floors is profitable.
Keep a clean image, get shit done on time and done right, and be realistic with your prices but don't sell yourself short.
Hello guys, I would like what do you guys think of this site I just found out by searching in google "how to make" which gave up these top results; love to a woman (LOL) - money - money online - and can't remember what else.
I have seen very few of these Peer to peer lending shits, are they real? I even saw this in a forum board (vB board software) and they had people lending one to the other, like what the hell?
its either shill or scam, it can't be real or is it? if there is someone experienced in this, can you give realiable info of this...
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>>1019015
I would like to know*
sorry for autism
Let's talk hypotheticals. I don't consider myself particularly financially literate, so I'd like to hear opinions.
Let's say:
You own and operate a small scale steroid lab. You have no education, and a minimum wage job. You lived frugally, managed to scrape together some cash and assemble a lab, and have finally managed after a few small batches and reinvesting all profits back into the business, to acquire a small sum of cash.
You now have $5,000.
Steroid A costs $2 to manufacture, sells for $60
Steroid B costs $9 to manufacture,...
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Do your own homework
I probably could have worded and formatted this better but I'm on mobile, so you'll have to excuse me.
>>1018972
>You own and operate a small scale steroid lab.
>You have no education
Yeah no pick one.
Its all good until one day you gonna fuck up and someone gets seriously sick or even dies because of your shitty steroid. You will then end up in jail or killed or both.
>decide to schedule my week for maximum productivity
>schedule rest of this week
>figure out and write my proper schedule starting from next week
>"wow, I can get so much done!"
>decide my proper schedule is so good that I'll give myself the rest of this week off
>feel IMMENSE sense of relief when I delete this week's scheduled tasks
Is this a sign? How do...
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>>1018937
Just give up already and marry a successful man.
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>>1018945
Best conceivable reply, thread over.
Alright guys, I need some advice.
Last week I invested 100€ in a online casino. I made it up to 1.800€ with blackjack and roulette but I couldnt stop so I lost it all again.
After that, I invested 100€ again, made it up to 1.200€. I wanted my 1.800€ back and lost it all again.
Now im broke.
What to do with my life?
Should I kill myself?
Never chase losses. Gambling is for entertainment only so only play what you can be ok losing
>>1018917
>invested
>in online casino
