Recent content by haraldc

So your current equity is 350,000. How much you paid 10 year ago is irrelevant here. You mark to market and your current investment is 480k - 130k = 350k. The idea is that you leveraged 30k over 10 years and brought it to 350k. That is a rate of return of 27.8%. Not bad :) OK actually...

Apart from the ATO site which is very mmmm ... technical :D are there any more resources/pinters available ? In particular I am interested: -- What are the implications of stock trader vs holder -- Is the CGT discount applicable to traders (if they hold a security for > 1 year) ? --...

Hi, I was looking at IB but a couple of questions come to mind: 1. Is it possible to trade in odd lots (i.e. different from 100) 2. Is it possible to have directly a cash settlement for stock options ? (i.e. without actually buying the underlying stock which could blow my tiny :D yet to...