Example: bid stays the same, ask increases?
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There are several possible reasons for this.  People who make markets in options are effectively making markets in the uncertainty underlying the stock price.  If the bid- ask spread is widening, then that could mean that the market makers have less certainty about the future volatility (price-swingyness) of the stock. If there is a big story in the company, that could lead to such an effect. \n\nAnother potential reason could be that the stock itself has got a wider bid-ofer spread.  The option market maker has to base his price partially on the stock price, and if the bid offer of the stock is widening, then the bid-offer of the options will generally get wider by an ratio called the "delta" of the option, which is between 0 and 1.
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Keep it down girl for gods sake.\n\nI'm £50 up already.\n\nSshhh.....\n\nXX
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like this  ;;)  it'll show as the one u asked
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It might not be against the rules to ask, but if the seller only has enough to cover the auction, it may not be ok for them to sell it when the auction is still in progress.    \n\nYou can however, ask after the sale, if it didn't sell, to see if they'll sell it to you.... as a seller sometimes people ask, but I never agree to that.  They usually ask me to sell it for a price i'm not willing to sell for.
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Offer items for sale that are in demand. If you have several of the same item, don't sell them all at the same time.
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Ah, there's oodles of different ideas.  I like the one that narrows it to five basic rules: (1) Does it make a profit?; (2) Does the graph look like the price keeps going up?; (3) Is the news good and getting better?; (4) Is it doing better than its nearest competitors?; (5) Does it look like it is going to keep making a profit?
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Your fee sounds reasonable, but you can probably increase it a little. Just hike it $5.00/hour (plead expenses such as gas have increased) for about 3 or 6 months, then hike it $5.00 again.
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Dear Danicassa:\n\nI am not sure what you speak of. . .?\n\nEquity is not a price.  Equity in investing is the build up of your asset beyond the price YOU paid for it - or the loss you have incurred and therefore, lack of equity.\n\nFor instance, if you buy a home or property or make an investment for $100,000 and sell the property or home or investment for $200,000 you made $100,000 ABOVE what you paid or invested into it.  You got your money, originally invested, back. . .PLUS you got $100,000 MORE.  That is the asset growth, or Equity build up you have received.\n\nIf the home, property, or other investment goes down below the money you paid for it, there is no Equity at all.  You have a loss on your money.\n\nIn making an investment on property or home or apartment buildings, etc., the price you are asked to pay should be the "Fair Market" price.  This is found in COMPS and should be shown to you by the person/people you are investing through, or your Realtor.  Carefully choose your Realtor !  It is calculated by the median or average price of a like-property or home or building , within a radius of several miles.  What the average price of a like property has already sold for and is documented in COMPS.  It shows what similar properties have been able to receive for it and that is the "rule" that is applied.  YOUR investment should not be higher than what has been FAIR in that location.  However, you might get a bargain!  Again, it is called the Fair Market Value.\n\nWithin a fair market value price, the actual Equity build up for the person who sold the investment to YOU is unknown.  It sometimes can be provided by a Seller or a realtor IF you ask to know what they made on the sale to YOU.  But, they do not have to give this information.  The COMPS shows you what is legitimate in that area for that type of investment.  Also, Property Tax rolls show the value appraised by the City and what was paid for a property, I think.  You could possibly look back into the rolls and see what the present owner has been assesed at. (MAYBE see what price they paid.  Not certain.)  These rolls are available to the public.\n\nIn a General Partnership where you invest for a SHARE of a building or complex, you evaluate against COMPS whether the Partnership is being asked to pay more or less for that area with similar properties.  The Fair Market Value.  You would need the number of investors in the Partnership to divide into the overall price and see that portion you are expected to pay.  When you sell your share, you can calculate your portion of the Equity that will be ESTIMATED by the General Partnership for that neighborhood and similar properties within it.  A Realtor is best used for that.\n\nThe expectation on what the property may gain in Equity over a period of time - like 5 years - and what you could expect to receive on your share is calculated by the factors of :\n\n1.   Growth of Income (this includes if the property has a history of being fully rented out ; or a calculation of vacancies and the amount of time of vacancy on your units per year. (Revenue loss has to be included  - due to vacancy.) \n\n2.  Also, maintenance expenses, etc., including all expenses of upkeep through property management fees; gardening fees;  Utility fees; and property taxes per year to be paid. Also Miscellaneous expenses like re-black topping the driveway or parking area.  Window washing, painting, re-landscaping. \n\n3.   Also, the age of the building and what the age of the surrounding neighborhood is.  As buildings get older - they are less in demand.  Aging neighborhoods, receive less Equity build up - prices get held down by age - unless you invest in a prestigious neighborhood.  Included is the amortization of the equipment in a building or complex.  The Pool equipment, i.e., filter, pump, age of the pool and surrounding patio. (Concrete or brick work) ;  air conditioning unit, etc..  All these items must be listed for a p
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There are two basic fees:\n1.  Insertion fee\n2.  Final value fee\n\nThe lower your set the opening price, the lower the insertion fee.  Low opening prices help drive more bids.\n\nYou can also add feature fees (galley, bold, etc...) or add a reserve price or Buy It Now price.  \n\nWhatever you sell, make sure you accept PayPal.  It protects both you and buyer and it's listed on more than 85% of listings.
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Currency traders have a bid and an ask spread.  The bid spread is what they will give you to translate your currency from one to another, the ask spread is what they charge someone that wishes to covert their currency the opposite direction.  The difference between the bid and the ask is the spread that the broker makes.  A number of things affect this including financial policy of each of the countries.
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markup on cost, you paid $1 sell for $2 your markup is 100%\n\nmarkup on price, same input, your markup is 50%
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Very negotiable depending on the sales price.  High end=2%-3% and at the last minute the commission can be butchered just to hold the deal together.  Lower end pricing can go up to 10%.
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Get Trading Statndards in again. Or ask at the CAB.
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That is daytrading.  There are no other rules.  Just be prepared to "lose" as often as you "win".  \n\nDaytraders usually play with alot more money.  There goal is try to turn 10,000 into 30,000, not turn 1000 into 1005.
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I am sure you could get a lot for it. You can check auctions that have already completed by going to Advanced Search and putting in the keywords. That would give you an idea. Also, place a reserve price to prevent it for going too low. Set the reserve at the lowest price you would be willing to sell it for. So if it does not get bid up that high, you are not obligated to sell it.
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Don't ask us, our answer is irrelevant.\n\nAsk the market. It'll answer you soon enough, even if you don't ask.
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I'm not sure what you are asking for, but I'll tell you the meaning of the options.\nLet's use as an option example Yahoo Strike 30 March and say trading at $.65 an option and you are going to buy/sell one contract\n\nBuy to open- Buy to open is to buy this option and for 1 contract you would pay $65 and $8 transaction fee. \n\nSell To Close- You can not do this first, you need to own and option first. So, if you bought the yahoo option and it is now worth $.9 You would sell it and make $90 $-8 transaction fee.\n\nNow what I think you are interested in is the opposite\n\nSell to open- means that you sell this option and you will recieve $65 in your account - transaction fee and you could do whatever you want with your money.\n\nBuy to close is simply to buy back your option. If you think the option will expire worthless and do not want to buyback, then you may not need to do this action. \n\nHope I was some help.\n\nALSO VERY IMPORTANT. If you have sold more than one option contract and it is likely to be exercised, buy back the option. Because buy back is only $7 +1.25(per contract) per transaction, but getting exercised is $8 per contract.