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    r/Stocks Options Trading Thursday - Nov 22, 2018

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:05 AM PST

    These stock options discussions run every Thursday.

    Feel free to talk about options you have or ask questions on options. But before you ask any question make sure you see the following links:

    • Call option Investopedia video basically a call option allows you to buy 100 shares of a stock at a certain price (strike price), but without the obligation to buy
    • Put option Investopedia video a put option allows you to sell 100 shares of a stock at a certain price (strike price), but without the obligation to sell
    • If you're asking about basic terminology, see Tastytrade glossary, then feel free to ask a more in depth question afterwards, basic terms:
      • exercising an option - when you use your call option to buy 100 shares or put option to sell a 100 shares
      • strike price - The price at which stock is purchased or sold when an option is exercised
      • ITM - when a call option's strike price is below the stock price, or put's strike price is above the stock price
      • OTM - when a call option's strike price is above the stock price, or put's strike price is below the stock price
      • ATM - when the option's strike price is at or very near the stock price
      • long options (aka long call or long put) - buying options
      • short options (aka short call or short put) - selling (or writing) options
      • combo or option strategy - buying and/or selling multiple options
      • debit - what you're paying to buy an option or combo
      • credit or premium - what you're receiving (money) to sell an option or combo
      • covered call - when you buy stock and then sell calls
      • naked - when you sell calls or puts without owning stock or other options for the same stock
    • Wondering what those option strategies are: OptionsPlaybook, common combos:
      • Debit call spread (vertical debit spread) - generally a bullish combo that involves buying a call and selling a call at a lower strike; the cost of buying the spread combo is lower than just buying a call, however this reduces your max profit, but also reduces your max loss
      • Credit call spread (vertical credit spread) - generally a bearish combo that involves selling a call and buying a call at a lower strike; this reduces your max loss compared to just selling naked, but it also reduces your max profit, however you get the full credit upfront
      • Strangle - Two naked options, a call and a put, this creates a neutral combo and you profit as price stays between the two strike prices
      • Iron condor - same as the strangle except with protection, reduced profit but also reducing your max loss
    • A thorough explanation of nearly every option strategy explained by TastyTrade here
    • Book recommendations by the options community at r/options (subscribe while you're at it)

    If you have a basic question, for example "what is Theta," then google "investopedia theta" and click the investopedia article on it; do this for everything until you have a more in depth question or just want to share what you learned.

    See our past daily discussions here. Also links for: Technicals Tuesday, Options Trading Thursday, and Fundamentals Friday.

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    Square at Risk of Amazon Pay?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:42 AM PST

    Is Amazon Pay a serious threat to Squares Business Model? Square dropped from $100 to $60 in a matter of weeks. Do you believe that Square has major unannounced product updates? Or is there any reason to believe Square won't bounce back up?

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    Analysing past % in stocks, data doesn't make sense?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:50 AM PST

    Hey there, /r/stocks, not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I need some help.

    My lecturer in Statistics for Business and Economics has given my group this data sheet, that I've uploaded to Google Sheets here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NDvSuzMfYfEOFXkJjBTonqwdZTXwv4hEp1NTNyc2gCA/edit#gid=0

    It's a sheet of 4 markets, analysing the Financial Crises over 2008/09, and 2014/15. He insists that "The data in the file 'Financial Crises' are samples of daily percentage changes in four well-known stock market indices."

    However, analysing the data doesn't make sense in some areas, namely with the Hang Seng Index. It's listing % changes of over 50,000 on 10/01/2008, immediately falling by 99.98% the day after, just to name a few of the many inconsistencies.

    Are we looking at this wrong? Or is the data a bit weird? Can anyone help us out?

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    Beyond meat ipo

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 10:12 AM PST

    Anyone knows when I will be able to buy beyond meat stocks?

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    Why Stock Down?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:15 PM PST

    Hi, so like my insert tech stock has dropped and idk why brah. Like, I don't actually follow the economy, look at the health of the stock market/sector, or understand anything but tell me what I want to hear so I can do what I was gonna do anyways, thx.

    Can these people shut the fuck up forever? This is literally 80% of what's posted here. I'm no expert but I'm also not a mouth breathing moron.

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    Question about buying stock on TD Ameritrade.

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:04 AM PST

    Noob here. So I finally set up an account on TD Ameritrade, got my bank set up and deposit 20 dollars in it. I wanted to buy a stock and when I went to buy it says, You do not have enough available cash/buying power for this order.; When your account equity is less than $2K. Only your cash balance is available for purchases.

    What does this mean?

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    r/Stocks Daily Discussion Thursday - Nov 22, 2018

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:06 AM PST

    These daily discussions run from Monday to Friday.

    Some helpful links:

    If you have a basic question, for example "what is EPS," then google "investopedia EPS" and click the investopedia article on it; do this for everything until you have a more in depth question or just want to share what you learned.

    Please discuss your portfolios in the Rate My Portfolio sticky..

    See our past daily discussions here. Also links for: Technicals Tuesday, Options Trading Thursday, and Fundamentals Friday.

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    Are there any inversed SPY etfs? Preferably traded on the TSE

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:40 AM PST

    I am looking to bet against SPY, is there a Canadian ETF that does this?

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    Who do you think would acquire SQ?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 11:08 AM PST

    Is Square a desirable acquisition target? Who do you think would be a likely buyer, and at what price?

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    6% dividend?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:41 PM PST

    What's the best way to earn a 6% dividend in perpetuity?

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    Who would you choose as the new SQ CFO?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 11:09 AM PST

    Anyone thing there's a better CFO out there then Sarah Friar? What would be your dream CFO for Square?

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    How black is Black Friday going to be?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2018 03:41 PM PST

    Will the markets continue to tank and be on super sale this Friday? What are everybodys thoughts and sentiment towards the market going into the holiday? I feel like sentiment is really down and perhaps the party is finally nearing an end. Thoughts...

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    Any good newsletters?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:29 PM PST

    Hi, are there any good newsletters regarding stock market, primarily nasdaq/ nyse. Both short and long term. Thanks

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    Basic Stock Advice

    Posted: 21 Nov 2018 05:23 PM PST

    Please excuse my ignorance.

    A few years ago, I slowly invested about $20k in stocks which spanned NVIDIA, AMD, and some less-than-stellar companies. It eventually rose to about $50k. Eventually, I traded so that nearly 100% of my portfolio was within NVIDIA. Within my stock-trading app, I specified that if the price ever dipped below $230, sell a lot of it. This happened back in June. That was dumb of me. As I'll now be responsible for paying a lot in taxes next year.

    I never actually cashed out, though; that money was still in the hands of my stock-trading app (never transferred it to my bank). Instead, within the app, I just re-bought all of those shares back at just $229. My shares of NVIDIA eventually rose to about $65k, but has now dropped to about $35k.

    Question 1: should I sell all of my stocks now, which I believe will offset my 'stock gains' this year, causing me to avoid having to pay a bunch in stock tax? (then, maybe I'll actually cash about about 15k of this and re-invest the remaining 20k back into NVIDIA and AMD?)

    Question 2: does the calendar year completely align with what's used for IRS-purposes for stocks? e.g., gains/losses by from Jan 1 - Dec 31 are what's used?

    Sorry for my ignorance!

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    Is a market crash really coming?.. sooner, later?

    Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:36 AM PST

    Yes or no.. explain why you think so. Timeframe.

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