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Trading from Asian countries
I just saw a guy online trading from Asia. He was originally from the U.S. but moved to Asia to travel while trading options with his Robinhood account. How is that possible? I thought Robinhood could only be used in the U.S. Has anyone actually done this, or is it …
Leverage
Hello everyone, I'm a Boglehead-style investor focused on long-term strategies and global diversification, without attempting to "time the market." I believe in the use of leverage and am exploring the concept of synthetic longs as an alternative to stocks for long-term investing. Since I'm starting a bit later at 33 …
Significant Volatility Events for the Upcoming Week
Key Volatility Expirations: What Options Markets Are Pricing In SPX options data near close Friday highlights notable volatility bumps for the following expirations: February 24, 2025: +16% February 27, 2025: +56% March 7, 2025: +106% These represent elevated volatility levels compared to baseline implied volatility, suggesting that traders are pricing …
Selling contracts
This is my first week trading options, and my first contracts were with Verizon. I bought about 20 of the 42.5 calls expiring on 2/28 but couldn’t bring myself to sell. Is there a general rule of thumb people follow, or is it more about holding on if you believe …
Which country do you pay taxes on your options trades?
Considering you are a full-time trader and can live anywhere in the world, why not become a resident of a tax haven country? There are countries where, legally, you pay zero taxes on the income from your trades
Long straddle setup
I'm learning the mechanics of the long straddle and I'm setting up a paper trade on ticker CPNG to try take advantage of volatility around earnings on 25 Feb. I understand the basics of the strategy but my question is behind the time horizons i should setup the trade under. …
Macbook pro or a good Windows Laptop for trading?
Looking to buy a computer and would love to know your insights on which device works best from a “cost/benefit” perspective. Thanks
Rolling leaps with profit.
Just wondering if anyone had experiencing doing this. I'm up 100% on a leap. I was thinking of closing and taking the profit to open a new leap with the gains. I would probably do this once as if it happened again the trade would be come too volitile for …
LEAPS - Deep In the Money
Hello Friends. I looking to buy first option LEAPS VOO The contract which I am trying to buy expires 1/15/27, Strike Price 480, Current Price 552, Break Even 599.50, Premium is 122 Greeks Delta 0.8570, Gama is .0018, Theta is -0.0623, Vega is 1.71. I am looking a way or …
Questrade free executions
Is this true whats if not whats the catch and will this make it easier to use low liquid options if bid and ask out of touch and executing is a better value u can do that as long as u got the capital.