http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-to-do-with-all-the-free-scottrade-trades/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-to-do-with-all-the-free-scottrade-trades/comment-page-1/#comment-46140 What to Do with All the Free Scottrade Trades? Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:34:28 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=2845#comment-46140 [...] Go to the author’s original blog: What to Do with All the Free Scottrade Trades? [...] [...] Go to the author’s original blog: What to Do with All the Free Scottrade Trades? [...]

]]> http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/what-to-do-with-all-the-free-scottrade-trades/comment-page-1/#comment-45859 market folly Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:19:58 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=2845#comment-45859 you could just use all the trades to average into positions over time, seeing as there's no way to time the bottom of the market. also, i'd suggest using some of the free trades to buy some hedges, like SDS for instance, its 2x the inverse of the market. so if the s&p goes down 2%, SDS goes up 4%. so you could buy some indexes with your trades and then buy a 20% position in SDS to hedge yourself from near-term downside risk as you average into your position for the long-term you could just use all the trades to average into positions over time, seeing as there’s no way to time the bottom of the market. also, i’d suggest using some of the free trades to buy some hedges, like SDS for instance, its 2x the inverse of the market. so if the s&p goes down 2%, SDS goes up 4%. so you could buy some indexes with your trades and then buy a 20% position in SDS to hedge yourself from near-term downside risk as you average into your position for the long-term

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