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So Im thinking about doing some short term trading, and I'm trying to figure out the tax ramifications of a specific scenario, because I'm looking at some pretty volatile stuff. Let's say, I'm throwing out random numbers here, I get a 100% gain on an initial 1000$ investment. I then sell, creating a taxable event,…

Hey guys! I’ve started selling options and i have an important question(s) before i go any further. Recently I sold a call option and placed my 100 shares as collateral (does that make it a covered option?). As time went my collateral shares were up 5% and the option i sold stayed the same price.…

These daily discussions run from Monday to Friday including during our themed posts. Some helpful links: Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks Bloomberg market news StreetInsider news: Market Check – Possibly why the market is doing what it's doing including sudden spikes/dips Reuters aggregated – Global news If you have a…

I have been scratching my head over GoPro’s recent performance and I’m sure I’m not alone. It’s baffling why the stock price has dropped below pre-COVID levels and even lower than during the covid crash. I took a chance last year when it dipped to around $3 but I ended up selling at around $2.50,…

Marvell Technology (MRVL) $71 Networking infrastructure – It had a down year, with cyclicality in China and slower data center growth. China is about 50% of revenues. That said, the forecast for the next three years is good, with 24% revenue growth and 35 to 40% adjusted earnings growth. A lot of this is riding…

Warren Buffet says that accounting is the language of business and I am aware that to learn how to invest in the stock market you need to learn accounting. I don't plan on going to college any time soon but are there any textbooks that I can buy to learn. I would like to learn…

I am spanish, and I use DeGiro as my broker, so sometimes I cannot access some stocks from NYSE but I can get them from TradeGate or Frankfurt. I am also into Uranium Mining companies, some of them are canadian or australian, but I buy their american 'version' so my question is… How does It…

I wanted to identify stocks that are in the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) index whose total return (with dividends reinvested) has beaten the S&P 500 index either since 1993 or since the stock's IPO (Initial Public Offering) if it was after 1993. I used the ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) SPY as my benchmark…

Hi! I am an ex-prop trader that trades equities. This is a daily watchlist for trading. I might trade all of the stocks on here, or none of them, on any given day. I might trade stocks that don't appear on here! I hold no positions in any stocks long-term but Amazon/Mag7/general broad market indices.…

I used to have a strategy involving UVXY that was making good returns from october 2023 untill around early February when i realized there must be a misunderstanding in how i thought this ETF works exactly. To my understanding it offers exposure to an index comprised of first and second month VIX futures contracts where…