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It's a wonderful idea if you can make 40 or 50 straight winning picks in a row. But what happens if you have two losers out of the first 40...
Robinhood is a Mickey Mouse operation that frequently has operational issues.
You are correct. If this is settled cash in a cash account then you have no problem. It's only applicable to a margin account (see my other answer).
You can trade as often as you like with settled cash in a cash account. With $100 of settled cash, you can make one day trade for $100 or ten day...
Here's an explanation of standard Reg T margin (50% initial, 25% maintenance): If you were to go on full margin and buy $8k of a marginable...
A margin account allows you to sell a stock and avoid T+2 settlement. You can buy something else immediately. You'll be charged margin interest...
In order to day trade for a living, not only do you have to be able to make enough money to live on (most years) but your nest egg must be large...
The general theme would be to sell the positions with the largest amount of taxable gain when your tax bracket is the lowest. For most people,...
When some companies go public, they issue a unit which is comprised of common stock and one or more warrants. Here are the details for CCIV: >...
Investors and traders often try to anticipate the next stage of the economic cycle so they move money from one industry to another. This is...
The covered call strategy could be called safe if one ignores the risk of ownership of the underlying. However, as an aggregate position, it has...
For determining capital gains on equity trades, an accountant would not use the average cost for partial sales of a position purchased at...
The margin requirement in a margin account is in the vicinity of 20% (I'm assuming that TD is the same as Reg T not higher). For a cash secured...
There's no one size fits all answer. You have to figure out what you're comfortable with. Also, whether this is a sheltered or non sheltered...
I've read the Robinhood horror stories over the past few years. Their practice of closing out ITM options at 3:30 PM on expiration day when you...
When some companies do an IPO, they also include warrants, which is what Holicity did. Each unit consists of one share and one-third of a...
I trade at IBKR and there were no issues during the GameStop debacle. I was locked out of my investing account at Vanguard for a few hours on...
You're not going to learn much more than the basics online. Pick up a copy of "Options as a Strategic Investment" by Lawrence G. McMillan.
Reliable phone line access is a must if one has a portfolio and the trading platform goes down. In 20+ years with mine, they're been down once...
If you buy a stock on 50% margin, it means that you borrowed half the cost of the shares. If the broker then requires 100% margin, you must repay...
