JOETRADER

Options: How to Be Risk-Averse

I find your article hard to read because it is mixed with other content of the web page. Is it my computer, or this artcle is flawed with the other contents of the report?

By the way, I have no problems reading other SA articles.

Buying Dividends: Next Week's Ex-Div Stocks

Would you care to share what stocks you buy/sell for dividend exclusion?


On Oct 06 11:29 PM THofler wrote:

> The author does have a point about a rising bull market having a
> positive impact on this technique, but...
>
> Over most of 2007 I had played the monthly dividend payout for Canetic
> Resources, a high dividend CanRoy trust stock. But, I played it by
> SELLING ahead of the ex-div, and re-purchasing afterwards and profiting
> from an oversized drop. I had one miss, but several profitable hits.
> Why did this work? I don't know except to assume that too many fools
> were trying to "buy the dividend."
>
> More recently, I notice that one of my high div. MLPs experienced
> a very large drop after the ex-div. date. I did a 4 year study of
> this stock looking at the 5 trading days ahead of ex-div. and 10
> trading days after ex-div.
>
> One month ago the share price drop was 7.6 times larger than the
> dividend amount. On a 4 year average, the share price drop was 3.8
> times larger than the div. amount. The smallest drop was 1.26X. The
> three largest drops in the 4 year period were 11.9X, 9.5X, and 8.8X.
>
>
> So... yes, anything is possible. But I believe dividend exclusion
> is generally a better bet than dividend capture. Both techniques
> rely on making two very good trades in a row, which is tough to do
> repeatably and consistently.

Why I'm Short So Many Financials

Gee Reggie! how can you short all of these stocks? You must have a pile of dough. Good luck.

3 Income Generating Strategies Using Index ETFs and Options

IF THE POSITION IS ASSIGNED, DO YOU RECOUP THE COST OF THE LONG OPTION YOU BOUGHT? WHAT ABOUT THE TIME PREMIUM?

How Can the Stimulus Bill Alleviate Unemployment?

REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS. The economy was failing when the rich people were given tax breaks and allowed to keep their monies and indeed we see what a mess we have.


On Jul 17 09:02 AM Barbarous Relic wrote:

> Let's let people keep more of their own money and let the market
> work. Let the market decide which ventures to support and which ventures
> to let fail. Only then will we return to a healthy economy. Stop
> punishing the taxpayer!

CIT: A Win-Win Trade Idea

Where do I pick the bonds up?


On Jul 17 07:10 PM RiskReturnOptimizer wrote:

> Buy CIT bonds at 30-50 cents, short common against it as hedge.

Madoff sentenced to 150 years.

On Jun 29 12:08 PM klarsolo wrote:

> I'm glad we don't have mob rule anymore. But you're right in that
> it is a waste to keep him in prison all this time. At the least he
> should work for his keep, maybe out in the fields. Send him to Angola.
>
HE WILL GO TO CLUB FED AND LIVE LARGE THEREAFTER.

How to Profit from Possible U.S. Credit Downgrade

What is this got yo do with CHK?

Buying Dividends: Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in Last Half of May

SURE LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME TO GET CHEAP ADVERTISING.


On May 16 08:17 AM mangiamillie wrote:

> This article is a veiled commercial for WSNN.com. Click on the recommended
> web sites and you'll see what I mean. This diminishes Seeking Alpha.

Sun Micro: Put Spreads to Play Merger Arb?

What April puts are you talking about?


On Apr 01 08:35 AM Amit Kumar wrote:

> Yes. April puts. Thanks

How Do You Recapitalize $1.8 Trillion in Bank Loan Losses?

PIMP OUT THE WIFE FIRST. EXACTLY!


On Jan 22 09:31 AM James Wilson wrote:

> You take a really close look at who wrote the mortages that are now
> bad. Then you pulll all those loans and check 5 % of them for accuracy
> then put the lenders who wrote them in jail for breaking the RICO
> ACT.
>
> Then you take all their money, sell their homes, cars, pimp out the
> wife and find all the offshore property claim it and sell it.

11 New Shorting Opportunities for 2009

IS THIS BLOG AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR SUBSCIPTION SERVICE? IF SO, THEN SAY IT IS.

Taking Advantage of the January Effect

YOU SEEM TO HAVE GREAT INSIGHTS. DO YOU MIND SHARING YOUR SCREEN CRITERIA WITH OTHERS?


On Dec 25 09:44 AM bowater wrote:

> I agree with your general theory of the "january effect". ETF's are
> good.
>
> More money can be made with individual stocks. More work, more profit.
>
>
> I don't think any ETF will be up 100% by January 15th,2009
>
> But some stocks in the ETF will.
>
> you must find those stocks.
>
> here is how I proceed:
> 1) find a company that will not go out of business in the next 2
> years.
> 2) make sure that the stock of this company was shorted at high prices
> during 2008.
> 3) this stock must be able to double from the current price and not
>
> reach 50% of the 2008 high to be a candidate.
>
> if you find ones that meets this criteria, you will have winners.
>
>
>
> these are your big winners. the reason is simple: no tax loss selling
> in
> January (selling pressure lifted) the shorts will cover because no
> taxes til
> April of 2010.
>
> I have been doing this since 1972.
>
>

More Fun with Levered ETFs

WHAT IS A LEVERAGE ETF?

The Turkey Effect on Today's Markets

On Nov 28 11:17 AM veryold wrote:

> But, how can one learn how to do options?

TRY WWW.CBOE.COM