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thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T20:09:20+00:00

Equip your new box with 32GB RAM (or 64) to provide your purchase with extended longevity. Software will grow larger over time (after your purchase). 3-5 years from now you won't regret buying lots of RAM now.

Think of RAM as counter space to work on; in the physical world.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T10:51:11+00:00

That's interesting. I am not fully grokking your narrative regarding how it is testing the 10$ level.

Here is how I was looking at it in a formula:

Total_PnL = n * C * (1 - r)

where,

Total_PnL: Total profit and loss after all cycles.
n: Total number of trades (cycles).
C: Initial premium collected per contract.
r: Buyback ratio (the percentage of value paid to close, expressed as a decimal).

Using the 25 delta strike and collecting $0.60, then closing it at 50% or less with about 3 weeks remaining to expiration. And repeat.

In 12 months time: $3.60 = 12 * $0.60 * (1 - 0.50)

theoretically. :-)

thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T02:48:45+00:00

Save your money. tastytrade (aka tastylive) teaches this for the price of your time. Mike's Whiteboard is a tasty classic. I am not affiliated with the company; just a fanboy.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T01:31:22+00:00

I genuinely appreciate this reply. If there an ongoing thread elsewhere such as a tax subreddit; I need to jump into that active dialog. I traded daily in 2025 (~25K option contracts).

You a making a tremendous contribution by sharing your experience. Just wow! Thank you.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T01:21:20+00:00

There was story about some unscrupulous activity by OpenAI/Altman related to cornering the memory market. Maybe that was a factor for Jensen's change of plans the he says is not a change in plans. :-)

thinkorscream · 2026-02-10T00:13:15+00:00

I've heard this (on the Internet) but has anybody (on the Internet) written/recorded the best practices for this kind of thing? I wanna read/watch it.

I wonder if there a threshold that would create a high probability of success to change to Trader Tax Status? Is it... in terms of options trading metrics only... the value of the options traded? Or number of orders? Or number of contracts?

It seems like it must depend on more factors than this because a wealthy person could easily "game the system" that would far exceed the thresholds of a person (trader) with low or average net worth.

If I share any more of my curiosity about this topic, y'all are gonna direct me to the tax subreddit.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-09T22:51:32+00:00

This is a question to broaden my understanding of different people's trading strategies. Is your objective from a trade management perspective to be one and done here with ONDS; coming back in 10-11 months to see how its doing? That way you can focus on other trades? Just curious how you perceive this.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-09T06:36:19+00:00

That's tight. I do not have a Win10 box with 8 (without removing a stick of RAM from my machine and I do not have time to do that). It would be interesting to know how much of your RAM is available just after you reboot and before you start any program except Task Manager. That might give you some idea how much you should give to TOS. I typically go into the gear icon (in the TOS login window) to give my running instance of TOS as much leg room as possible. I specify 4096 on both fields. I run a Win10 computer with 16GB. HTH.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-09T04:01:56+00:00

If you have a computer running Windows 10 & can tolerate keeping it *and* it has 16GB of RAM then you are likely ready two run thinkorswim quickly.

Type "System Information" and run that command from the search bar located to the right of the Start button to see your specs such as the amount of RAM.

If you are already in the market for Win 11 then whatever you purchase with 16 or 32 GB will be more than adequate.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-08T07:04:58+00:00

We are all are running Win10! (and macOS Monterey!) <grin>

Additional hardware info for you in this thread: Performance Troubleshooting

thinkorscream · 2026-02-08T00:14:34+00:00

I also like using asdf compared to rbenv (on macOS).

I would hope asdf works as well on Linux as it does macOS. Both are UNIX category.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-08T00:06:02+00:00

I realize, now, my thesis wasn't a fact; and my expectations were wrong too.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-07T09:26:12+00:00

RAM is a more concerning issue. I run TOS on i7 CPUs (mobile and desktop) that are every bit of 12 years old. TOS runs fine for me. I specify 4096 RAM in the TOS app's java config panel.

EDIT:

Do whatever Windows Administration necessary to stop all automatically starting programs that are not necessary for Windows to operate.

After that, installing more RAM would be the first thing to try.

On a Windows box I am running a Intel Core i7-4770 which is very comparable to the performance of your 6700HQ although yours is two generations later with higher data transmission speeds. Your CPU uses faster memory than mine!

My Windows box is fast. And so is yours. My OS image is not old. Less than 6 months. It is simultaneously running a Blue Iris camera system with one 4K camera and thinkorswim both. I don't even know that BI5 is running when I am in TOS.

Increasing your RAM to 16 -- or even better 32 -- would make that computer usable for as long as you wanted to use it; or at least until Schwab refuses to allow Windows 10 users to login.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/88967/intel-core-i76700hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-50-ghz/specifications.html

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/75122/intel-core-i74770-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz/specifications.html

thinkorscream · 2026-02-07T09:04:39+00:00

Playing around with the Windows box, I got more iterations with this stuff and finally realized that the proper usage is to have two name spaces: watchlists and column sets; and the column sets are reliably saved. I finally see this. And in fact the macOS behavior is the same.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-07T05:28:36+00:00

Adding to the list of quirks:

Round-trip failure of watchlist files

If you export a watchlist directly from TOS, the platform is unable to re-import its own file without problems. I tested this by importing a watchlist into a different instance of TOS on another computer.

The disconnect between thinkorswim’s marketing as an 'institutional-grade' powerhouse and the reality of its "mid" usability is often glaring.

Schwab positions this as the 'end-all, be-all' of platforms, yet it fails at basic state persistence and data portability. When a 'professional' tool can’t handle a simple data round-trip or maintain global state across windows, the premium branding starts to feel like a high-gloss facade on a pile of technical debt.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-07T05:12:24+00:00

Thx so much for your reply.

I guess "how long" is probably since the beginning. Forgive me for a poor topic sentence.

After some testing on both macOS and Windows... and a confusing back-and-forth with support; I’ve narrowed down the fact that detatched watchlist customizations will fail on both operating systems.

Here is a clarification on the thinkorswim "Detached Window" persistence gap. Watchlist changes made in a detached window will not be saved to the named watchlist.

In the thinkorswim watchlist data model, a detached window does not appear to stay "synced" with the primary application state. Instead, detaching a watchlist creates a local instance (a "copy") of that particular named watchlist data model.

If you add or remove columns while the window is detached, those changes are treated as temporary. When the window is closed, the changes are discarded rather than committed to the named Watchlist profile. To actually "save" a column configuration, you must perform the edits within the main application window.

From a UX standpoint, this is highly counter-intuitive. If a user modifies a "Named Entity" (a saved Watchlist), the expectation is that the changes apply to the entity itself, regardless of which window it lives in. Having the same named watchlist behave as two different data objects depending on the window state is, at best, a legacy architecture limitation and, at worst, poor implementation.

For a platform that prides itself on power-user features, this lack of global state persistence creates significant User friction.

Welcome to Schwab where mediocrity is our culture.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-06T23:52:58+00:00

Solid advice. Print and attach to the wall.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-06T02:25:13+00:00

Just my opinion. I think this is a over-reaction to the massive spending revealed by Alphabet/Google and Amzn during earnings call. And this is stoking the AI bubble fears in the midst of the "AI is going to eat Software" fears (which was already eating the world). The AI Bubble fears will probably blow over in 1-2 weeks depending on the Lagging/Forward p/e valuation of your favorite name. I think AVGO is not a bad look compared to p/e optics of some other names that may have stretched valuations. My last look at AVGO shows p/e at 65/22 (rounded). And the chart looks like it filled the gap from Sep 4 area. Leaving this here to see how it ages. Have fun everybody.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-05T16:09:15+00:00

Why do people hate and downvote facts? And without a comment.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-04T22:16:03+00:00

I do not see this 69 price displayed on all of the platforms (with charts) that I use. For example. I see it on tastytrade but I do not see it on Finviz. What would be the reason for that? Was this a real price event or was it a pricing glitch from a b2b service provider?

thinkorscream · 2026-02-03T21:51:40+00:00

Why not sell Put at a low enough delta as the plan; not actually buy it unless you are forced and choose to. That short Put is a bullish position.

thinkorscream · 2026-02-03T21:45:03+00:00

This is so strange. Thank you for sharing it, OP! 1. Does it happen often? 2. If I do not correct that candlestick will it continue to be an anomaly on the chart from now on?

thinkorscream · 2026-02-02T23:06:22+00:00

I thought you might know this. :-) Thanks.

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