I will be on vacation next week with limited Internet access.  I have several trades to write about that were made for me by the margin department at E*Trade (again) but I am afraid they will need to wait until I get back.

Today I BTO 1 ACI Dec09 12.50 Put in an IRA account at 2.60.  I then placed a GTC STC order for the same ACI Put at 3.30.  I’m looking for a relatively quick turn around on this one.  If this works out I will net about $52.52 for a 19.54% (not annualized) return. I [...]

I have been working against a margin call in my taxable (and margin) account for most of the month.  In October I thought this was behind me but, as usual lately, I was wrong.  I have been using my weekly IRA redemption to increase the cash in the margin account but that wasn’t happening fast [...]