Archive for January, 2008

How do I know when a company will begin trading?

Monday, January 21st, 2008

VMI asked: How can I know when a company will begin trading and how much the price per share will be? For example, VMWare began trading on Tuesday at $29 per share, but that was made public about two days before the IPO. I read an article dated 8/13 that mentioned ...

what is purpose of proprietary trading desks and how to start one ?

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

John K asked: Is the sole purpose of proprietary trading desks trading equities and futures and performing arbitrages based soley on profits which can be achieved better by a group of traders using firm's money. How do these firms attract money and from particular who ? Corporations hedging their positions ...

How does the wash-sale rule apply towards debit spreads’ trading?

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

malivo asked: I understand the implications with the wash-sale rule with stock and option's trading, but it is interesting to see how it works with debit spreads, where for example you buy one 50 December call of XXX and in the same time sell one 55 December call of ...

What is the secret to successful forex trading?

Friday, January 18th, 2008

valgraphies asked: A complete newbie to forex trading, I am having difficulties figuring out where to look for information, but also what exactly to look for. Commodities? Bank quarterly results?

What is a good website to practice options trading?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

TJS asked: Is there a site that lets you practice options trading with margin, buying and selling calls and puts, and trading credit and debit spreads?