MaStA's Account Talk

[wavecoder]

could just raise your stop loss to lock in profits and see what happens, i often do that if i'm not sure & holding a winning position.

at worst you get stopped out and take a profit

 

[MrJohnRoss]

I'll bring my thread back from the dead lol.

I'm still holding the XIV I bought at 15.74/15.76 last Wednesday/Thursday and current futures have it at 17.16. I hope we can get a little rally today to make the VIX go down and increase my XIV shares. If I could make $2/share that would be great!

Congratulations on a winning trade!

 

[MaStA]

I won $3,288 in prize money for an online gaming tournament (World of Tanks) this weekend. Any idea where this will fall in taxes? Like will it be taxed as regular income or get raped like lottery/casino winnings are? I'm sure the company will send all of the tax documents, etc. with the check, but I'm pretty eager to find out how much will go to the IRS. Thanks to anyone who can possibly point me in the right direction on this!

Glad to see my gaming skills are at least pretty good...now only if my trading skills could get better.

 

[Handballer]

I won $3,288 in prize money for an online gaming tournament (World of Tanks) this weekend. Any idea where this will fall in taxes? Like will it be taxed as regular income or get raped like lottery/casino winnings are? I'm sure the company will send all of the tax documents, etc. with the check, but I'm pretty eager to find out how much will go to the IRS. Thanks to anyone who can possibly point me in the right direction on this!

Glad to see my gaming skills are at least pretty good...now only if my trading skills could get better.

I'm not playing the game. Don't want any more bleed on my hands!

 

[MaStA]

I'll bring my thread back from the dead lol.

I'm still holding the XIV I bought at 15.74/15.76 last Wednesday/Thursday and current futures have it at 17.16. I hope we can get a little rally today to make the VIX go down and increase my XIV shares. If I could make $2/share that would be great!

Sold my XIV this morning for 17.60 which isn't too far from my hopes of $2/share. I had 200 shares invested so I made like $358. Not too shabby for a rookie.

 

[wavecoder]

Sold my XIV this morning for 17.60 which isn't too far from my hopes of $2/share. I had 200 shares invested so I made like $358. Not too shabby for a rookie.

that's a nice return, i can see you're getting better at trading, good job

 

[MaStA]

that's a nice return, i can see you're getting better at trading, good job

Thanks man!

 

[MaStA]

Bought XIV on Friday at 18.71 and just sold it at 19.32. ~3.5% gain in a trading day...not too shabby.

 

[MaStA]

8.75% for the year! I'll take it and I'm happy to have it! I almost got back what I lost last year lol. I'm also doing much better with my individual trading account which I'm happy about as well. Overall a good year!

I do have a question and I'm looking for some input. Is there any con to making my TSP contributions into a Roth TSP? I understand the money will be taxed before going in, but I would think that not having any tax on the earnings down the road when I withdraw would outweigh paying tax now, but I could be wrong...?

I'm 27 years old and I plan on staying in the military till at least my 20 year mark (currently have nine in). I've been investing in it since shortly after joining with 5%. I also do $5,000/year into a normal Roth IRA + I mess around with an individual trading account.

Thanks for any input and hopefully we all have a great 2013 trading year as well!

 

[Cactus]

You're still young and basically starting out. I think that is where the Roth option makes the most sense. You have all those years to build up tax free returns instead of tax deferred ones. I understand the best option for the military is to put in any tax free income you get while deployed. That part has to go in to the Roth TSP and all of it (capital & earnings) is free forever.

 

[MaStA]

You're still young and basically starting out. I think that is where the Roth option makes the most sense. You have all those years to build up tax free returns instead of tax deferred ones. I understand the best option for the military is to put in any tax free income you get while deployed. That part has to go in to the Roth TSP and all of it (capital & earnings) is free forever.

Thanks for your input! I will have to look further into the Roth TSP. I imagine I cannot convert what is already in there, but can just change the future deposits to the roth instead of standard...

 

[MaStA]

Another winning trade in my individual account!

Bought a whole 40 shares of TNA on December 24th at 62.80 and just sold them at 68.70. Gain of ~$236 in a week or so. I'll take it!

 

[jkenjohnson]

Another winning trade in my individual account!

Bought a whole 40 shares of TNA on December 24th at 62.80 and just sold them at 68.70. Gain of ~$236 in a week or so. I'll take it!

How about sharing the wealth with your fellow TSP friends?

 

[MaStA]

How about sharing the wealth with your fellow TSP friends?

Wealth...don't I wish lol. I'm playing with pocket change compared to what you were talking about a while ago. :cheesy:

 

[wavecoder]

Wealth...don't I wish lol. I'm playing with pocket change compared to what you were talking about a while ago. :cheesy:

or birchtree where he's making like 100k worth of gains off like +.6 %, that's wealth haha

 

[MaStA]

I wonder if today would be a good day to hop out and then hop back in on the 31st for a little break...hmmm. I guess I have an hour and a half to decide.

 

[MaStA]

Well work took me away from the computer and 1000 MST came and went. Looks like I continue to ride the train! choo choo lol

 

[MaStA]

On a whim I purchased 200 shares of TZA at 11.02 in after hours trading. I didn't go all in, but I figured now might be a good time to dip my toe in the water. TZA is at a very low level from what I am used to seeing it at.

 

[wavecoder]

might be there with you soon, dailies are looking like possibly we're a few days off from reversing.

just be careful with inverse/leverage funds, it's not safe to make a buy based on past price because of the decay factor, but with that said, TZA is at alltime lows and I expect it to get back to the 12-13 range at the very least, within a month.

 

[MaStA]

might be there with you soon, dailies are looking like possibly we're a few days off from reversing.

just be careful with inverse/leverage funds, it's not safe to make a buy based on past price because of the decay factor, but with that said, TZA is at alltime lows and I expect it to get back to the 12-13 range at the very least, within a month.

True, true. The upward momentum has definitely slowed so we are simply taking a breather or we might be looking at some downwards action. I follow J Trader quite a bit and his system has been on a buy for TZA for a little while. Now is definitely a better entry price than when his system first went on a buy. Either way we will see what happens...no one ever knows what will happen so it's all a gamble in my eyes.