Re: max. investments in a portfolio

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Posted by Mark on June 26, 2006 at 12:51:10:

In Reply to: Re: max. investments in a portfolio posted by jc on June 26, 2006 at 12:44:06:

: I see. Thanks for pointing that out. The problem, I think, has to do with options. Each strike for each month counts as an investment, I presume. I do calendar and butterfly spreads quite a bit over a number of ETFs. I crank out a dozen trades a month at least just for options, not to mention the underlying I'm holding and trading. And I could easily go over the 2000 limit very quickly.

Hi jc,

Yes, that does make sense. One idea would be to re-use the same investment file for subsequent options for a given security. For example, you could have one investment for INTC, and one investment for the current INTC option you're trading. After you're done with that option you could change the name/symbol, and re-use it for the next INTC option. I'm not sure if that works with your trading method, but thought I'd suggest it...

Thanks,
Mark
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