http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2009-11-16T21:06:44Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-16:Blog/47494 2009-11-16T21:06:44Z 2009-11-16T21:06:44Z TK All-star

Mark Wolfinger explains how to sell covered calls on deep ITM options to collect dividends. I came across an interesting dividend strategy from a self-described options newbie, 638steamfitter. It c...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-06:Blog/37479 2009-08-07T12:41:04Z 2009-08-07T12:41:04Z bigdog

Hello, Friday! Well, the big news this week hit on Monday with the announcement that Google (GOOG)’s CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple (AAPL)’s board of directors, under pressure by the FTC to c...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-24:Blog/35285 2009-07-24T17:45:57Z 2009-07-24T17:45:57Z BlveInNthg

I'm no pro, and am just playing around for fun in the market. These are wild times and I've missed some opportunities, gotten hammered on a couple picks, and had some small successes too. My genera...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-20:Blog/34616 2009-07-21T17:57:51Z 2009-07-21T02:52:20Z Will Profit

Edited at 12: 00 pm CT to address tradecrusaders allegation concerning this post:tradecrusader comment excerpt:"I do not believe much of what you say is true about the government plan. I think you ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-13:Blog/33038 2009-07-14T00:56:12Z 2009-07-13T20:04:20Z Will Profit

{updated 7-13- 2009 7:30 pm CT} h/t to Louis for this letter to Barbara Boxer:Babs: You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the term, “ma’am,” instead of “Senator.”&n...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-10:Blog/32795 2009-07-10T16:45:47Z 2009-07-10T16:02:37Z Will Profit

{Updated 11:45 am CT}Comrade Paul Krugman on what Obama needs to do: "What he needs, in short, is to do for economic policy what he’s already done for race relations and foreign policy — talk to Am...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-08:Blog/32432 2009-07-10T13:03:44Z 2009-07-10T13:03:44Z bigdog

Here comes Friday, traders! Hope you’ve got some great plans on tap for this weekend. So far this week, it’s been a mixed bag of financial news: everything from GM’s official restructuring approval...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-02:Blog/31699 2009-07-02T15:18:38Z 2009-07-02T12:51:06Z Will Profit

{updated 10:10 am CT} This is to funny not lead off with!                     &nb...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-06-06:Blog/28541 2009-06-07T02:24:42Z 2009-06-07T02:24:42Z danny.myers

Well I bought 4000 shares of GM this week at about .83 cents per share and am hoping that it goes up to around 1.25, Idealy I'd like to to hit 1.5.  I am also waiting for my C shares to m...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-06-03:Blog/28122 2009-06-05T13:49:45Z 2009-06-05T13:49:45Z bigdog

What’s shaking for you this week, traders? Another momentous week for a supposedly sleepy month (historically) in the markets… Pundits continue to puzzle out the implications of GM’s bankruptcy, wh...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-06-03:Blog/28123 2009-06-04T14:01:41Z 2009-06-04T14:01:41Z bigdog

What’s your take on the big GM bankruptcy and the shakeup in the Dow’s lineup of 30 stocks? If you’re just getting back to your trading dashboard: General Motors (GM) and Citigroup (CITI) got the b...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-06-01:Blog/27942 2009-06-01T17:13:10Z 2009-06-01T17:13:10Z idid

    Monday morning prior to market opening, and after much ado over the weekend, GM goes into bankruptcy. That would tell me to unload any GM stock I happen to own, (I dont by t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-30:Blog/27846 2009-05-31T01:17:49Z 2009-05-31T01:17:49Z danny.myers

Hey there just wanted to let anyone who wanted to know that i've currently reached roughly one fifth of my goal (if my current investment don't lose money).  But I bought some stock in GM and ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-29:Blog/27720 2009-05-29T18:12:11Z 2009-05-29T18:12:11Z corbinb2

"Come on over...the water's fine" may be what Ford investors are saying right now to soon to be former GM shareholders. With the 'deadline' for GM coming over the weekend, I'm guessing late today o...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-28:Blog/27591 2009-05-29T14:17:12Z 2009-05-29T14:17:12Z bigdog

Welcome to Friday, traders. It was a short week but one packed with news. U.S. manufacturing numbers spiked in April, and jobless claims dropped – even as new-homes sales slumped again. It’s a mixe...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-26:Blog/27184 2009-05-26T16:22:18Z 2009-05-26T16:22:18Z BigTrends.com

May 26, 2009 Despite some intra-week volatility, we closed out last week near unchanged on the major indices.  Earnings reports this week are heavy in the retail/consumer sector, with names...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-24:Blog/26994 2009-05-24T12:31:51Z 2009-05-24T12:29:57Z PoopyHead

Last summer when gas up to $4/gallon I thought for sure the new era of renewables was upon us. So I gathered as much money as I could, which wasn't much being a graduate student here at Virgin...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-21:Blog/26768 2009-05-22T16:50:02Z 2009-05-22T16:50:02Z bigdog

Hello, traders! The markets did a real zigzag this week, with the U.S. dollar declining against the British pound and Euro, even though it was the U.K. government’s credit rating that may be downgr...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-19:Blog/26511 2009-05-29T14:39:00Z 2009-05-20T02:33:04Z Will Profit

This post contains no video or links. It contains REAL CAPITALISM.          Let's call a spade a spade. Did any of y'all want to buy an automobile compa...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-13:Blog/25746 2009-05-14T04:00:25Z 2009-05-14T01:27:07Z Will Profit

The more things change, the more they remain the SAME.  A little bit of blog review: Dumps, Grumps, And Pumps (Is it just me or does Angelo Mozilo dress like Al Capone?) Will Profit posted o...