Investor Help (NO Ihub questions)

[Pipa]

Yahoo changed all of them...click in some other stock symbols.
One of mine...blta.ob

[Txmomma]

THANK YOU

[cintrix]

They did it yesterday to another ticker too - atrn - that is a yahoo glitch.

[Txmomma]

I AM NEW AT THIS
QOIL.PK IS NOW LISTED AS JUST QOIL
IS THIS JUST YAHOO'
THEY DID NOT DO THIS TO ANY OTHER STOCK

[Pipa]

I think you're talking about what Yahoo changed...they cleaned up the boards over there. I think that's the way they just list all the stocks now.

[Txmomma]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
WHEN A COMPANY CHANGES THERE NAME FROM
_ _ _ _.PK TO JUST _ _ _ _

IS THIS GOOD OR BAD?

[Pipa]

Go to the bottom of my post here and you'll see it...
Any post on any board.

[marcg]

how do you add a stock to your favorites on ihub?

[cintrix]

Well in Twitter the $ sign is used like a hashtag - it is a shorthang lingo for stock related texting. Anytime you are mentioning a ticker you place the $ sign in front of the ticker.

[Eutime]

Does anyone know what the "$" in front of stock symbols mean? I have seen it quite often on this site. I still don't have any idea. Thanks in advance. :)

[nwflyer]

I will, thanks!

[cintrix]

Did you check out the links in the ibox?

[nwflyer]

I'm new, it takes a while for things to sink in for me. Can anyone recommend good online training for reading charts, looking for gaps, when stock are thin, etc...

[cintrix]

yeah, i figured, there are a bunch of free scanners but all the ones I have seen are delayed

[Forty Six & 2]

No sorry :\

[cintrix]

is it real time?

[Forty Six & 2]

otcmarkets.com has a basic stock screener for free nothing advanced

[cintrix]

Unfortunately, no. You not only have to have an Etrade account, but you need to make at least 30 trades per quarter with them to qualify. I really don't know of a free stock scanner since I don't use one. My guess would be if it is free, it isn't real time. In terms of settings, everyone's criteria is different. Since I am a bounce trader I have two separate scans running. One is for otc and pinks that have fallen below 20% and the other one is for the big boards that have fallen below 15%. There are so many different types of scans you can run depending on what type of trading you are looking at. It could be based on the size of the bid/ask or volume or technical, etc. What I like about the one I use is that it has filters so I can set it to prices, spread size, volume, and exchanges to name a few.

[sdoppke]

Cintrix, thanks for the reply. I was using the word purge wrong. I was meaning, to bring to the top. I actually want to screen Pennies. I am hoping to get input on some various setting for the scans to surface some stocks to chart. BTW, can one use etrade pro (for a fee) without an etrade account?

Thank again
SD

[cintrix]

I use Strategy Scanner from Etrade Pro. Not sure what type of criteria you are looking at. You want to purge penny stocks? Does that mean you want to watch stock other than pennies? Strategy Scanner allows you to set up scan according to where they trade. So if you don't want a pink you don't have to choose that.

[iheartweimers]

I think you should start reading here.
http://www.nasaa.org/
You are not being answered as it is not clear what you want.
Purge means to do away with, or to get rid of something.

[sdoppke]

Micro scans - penny scans

Hi all, could anyone point to (our just explain) a resource of different types of scans to start my analysis. I'm familiar with a bunch of sites that scanning abilities, I'm just unsure of the various settings, to purge some penny stocks to begin watching.

Thanks in advance for any help

SD

[cintrix]

I don't use their quote system but you can get nasdaq, nyse, amex, otcbb, and pinksheets from them - if you are not paying them for it you might check to see if it is delayed.

[Dick82]

From which stock exchanges can I get quotes on Investors Hub?

[All Day]

Sounds like a lazy way to complete an assignment. Just posting questions and hoping for a nibble. Good luck finishing Devry.

[cintrix]

It means they will follow you. You can click on anyone's name and hit "follow" and by doing that you make a bookmark of their profile and it shows up on your profile - every time you get someone to do that your "followed by" number goes up.

[False Prophet]

Howdy...

Someone just sent me a PM saying they gave me my first mark. Not sure what this means. Is it contagious?

[Hadouken]

Citrix. Thanks so much man. That is really great info and clears up a lot for me. I've been reading about this a lot but was unable to get total clarification on this point.

Thanks again friend.

SL

[cintrix]

You can only use 3k as the bottom line. In other words, if at the end of the year your total gains/losses were in the red and say it was for 5k, then you can only write off 3k, but carry the other 2k over to use next year. BUT...say your gains were 50k and your losses were 40k, you could use all of those losses against your gain in the same year and only have to report 10k in capital gains.

[Hadouken]

Thanks for the response. But aren't you Allowed to report only $3k in capital losses per year.

[cintrix]

Well, for one thing, if you are "trading" you are not really an investor. If you decide to short term trade then you have no choice than to have to pay the higher rate tax that they hit you with - unlike the 15% for long term. For me it is well worth it. If I understand your point, I think what you are saying is that if you buy/sell one particular stock and make a decent profit on it, then you buy it back and sell it for a loss, you still have to pay a higher tax rate (say 28% or whatever your rate is) on the original purchase. Is this what you saying? If so, this is true, but the loss you also are reporting and it brings down your capital gain. One of the trickiest things about trading is to be able to take a profit, and then not to give it back. I for one am a trader and I could never make the money I make if I bought stocks and just held them long term.

[Hadouken]

My last post got truncated:

What I mean is - it seems that the flipper is accumulating hefty of short terms cap gains tax. With a large sale - if he is buying the same stock at a lower price, he has to hope the stock goes up again and not plummet or else he is now in the hole for the capital gains tax of that large sale. Is this right? Am I missing something? It just seems like a stressful way to invest.

[Hadouken]

Why does there seem to be no concern for the short term capital gains tax by flippers/traders.

[getmoreshares]

Thanks--now I have the LINKS--!!

[cintrix]

Anything that is otcbb or pink will show up the day before on this list:http://www.otcbb.com/asp/dailylist_detail.asp?d=04/27/2012&mkt_ctg=ALL
That is a valid site and if there is going to be an actual rev split it will show up on that site the day before. You could also check here for nasdaq on both reverse and forward splits (remember ratios - reverse has the smaller number first):
http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/upcoming_splits.stm

[getmoreshares]

Where is the SEC list for AUTHORIZED reverse splits??
Or FINRA? Anyone?

[cintrix]

Wow, you have loads of questions there. When you paper trade you are basically pretend trading. Unless you are using a specific program for paper trading, I don't even know if you could use a trailing stop while paper trading. As far as the charges it all depends upon what broker you use. I use two different brokers - one charges me $5 a trade and the other one charges me $9.99. When you place an order, before you hit the "submit" button you can preview the trade and it will tell you how much it costs. The cost per share is the price you pay when you make the trade. So if you execute a trade at 12:03:10 that is what the cost will be - not the end of the day. Unless you are doing some type of a paper trading game where they use end of day prices.


Here are some answers to your questions. I will give you links to sites that explain:

stop loss: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stop-lossorder.asp#axzz1t6EFNSDr

trailing stop: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trailingstop.asp#axzz1t6EFNSDr

Stop limit: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stop-limitorder.asp#axzz1t6EFNSDr

I would use that investopedia to look up other terms you are not familiar with. I also would suggest that you first learn the basics of regular trading before you plunge into options and shorting. When you buy a stock and you want it to go up in price you are "long" - when you "Short" a stock you sell stock you don't own (borrow it from broker), and hope that it goes down so that when you cover (return shares) they are lower price from the ones you borrowed. Stick to learning how to trade long first. Kindergarten for you. High school later. lol

[rooster7]

Newbie has questions. (If there's a more appropriate forum, pls let me know). I'm paper trading: How do I incorporate a trailing stop in my stock purchase? How do I know what the "Charges" are for my buys? Regarding cost per share, would that be the "last sale" amount I found when I went to my stock on Nasdaq, or is it another figure? Is the "Stop Loss" column of the portfolio similar to a trailing stop; that is, is that the price at which I want my shares sold because it is unacceptably low?
General q's: What's a hedge fund/contract? What does "costless collar" mean? What does it mean to "short" a stock? What's a "put" option?
Thanks to whoever has the answers and the patience!

[cintrix]

This board is for publicly traded companies. I suggest you go to this board and post your question here: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=7823

[anothersucker]

I have been trying to get information from TATF (Tropical American Tree Farms, SA - Costa Rica) for several weeks now. Last week I recieved an email from Sherry Brunner saying that Steve had passed away after a long battle with cancer!!! They still don't answer emails and they don't answer their phone. I have been a "tree owner" since 1999 and have gotten no proceeds from them. My initial thinning of 1997 Teak trees was a cull of 3 times what the original projections suggested it would be. It is now over six years since said thinning and I have received nothing from them. I believe I have been swindled.

[Coolman138]

Thank you very much.

[cintrix]

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/index.html
http://www.fairmark.com/begin/index.htm

[Coolman138]

Hello Everyone

I am non-resident alien, and I started investing/trading in US securities last year. Now I need to report for my capital gain/loss taxes for year 2011. I need guidance about , how to proceed about the matter?
I was looking at irs.gov website, but could not figure out precisely what to do , and how to do?
If anyone can provide some guidance, I will be highly obliged.

[risk on]

Does anyone know the approximate cost to uplist a pink to bb, not including the 2 year audited fins, those have already been done??

Thank You in advance

[portermac]

Works great on Android also.

[Goldenson]

You are welcome. That's all I use.

[CuLazer]

Thanks i'll check it out. You use anything else?

[Goldenson]

Get an iPad or iPhone. Download and subscribe to iHub App with Level 2 real time charts. That's what i did.

[CuLazer]

Hey everyone,

Im new to investing but have had some success so far. I want to trade a lot more but I work an outside sales job that requires being extremely mobile. Does anyone have suggestions on a good setup for being a mobile day trader? ( smartphone,laptop,software,etc ) I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

[cintrix]

I am not a FOREX trader but here are a few tutorials:

http://www.investopedia.com/university/forexmarket/#axzz1sD0EFgOk
http://www.forextradingtutorial.net/
http://forextrading.about.com/