Recent content by bl82

I appreciate the replies and have put all of these firms on my short(ish) list.

Anyone care to share their thoughts on which of the prime brokers are the best matches for an options-centric smallish ($10-20 mil) hedge fund or investment management firm? Thanks in advance.

I haven't been here in ages, but this seemed like a good excuse to drop in and say hello. First, thanks for the interest in the blog and the magazine. Both are mostly fun, but can be more work than fun from time to time. If anyone is interested in submitting a guest article for Expiring...

A belated reply as I have not been here much lately, but I agree on both counts. Not only does RVI have a lot of potential, but it is flying under the radar of most traders.

I generally don't post about specific trades and 99% of my trades do not involve VIX options, but I did try a little of the second and third options strategies that I posted about at http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/02/four-ways-to-play-vix-options-following.html FWIW, I only started...

The two options that make the most sent to me -- depending on the magnitude and duration of a volatility spike you expect -- are: 1) bear call spreads (until the markets have made a more obvious top and some panic is on the immediate horizon) 2) call back spreads (if you think the...

Mark has the time commitment about right -- and some of us trade for a living on our own without drawing a salary. For the lone wolf trader, a blog is an excellent way to find like-minded souls to correspond with and share ideas, collect some links, and use the virtual "publishing deadline"...

Several excellent blogs that I don't think have been mentioned in this thread: General/News http://dayshark.blogspot.com/ http://headlinecharts.blog.com/ http://www.tickersense.typepad.com/ http://www.randomroger.blogspot.com/ http://dkreport.blogspot.com/index.html...

Anyone know where I can get old business and/or stock market headlines for specific dates in the 90s without paying a fee? A brief stock market commentary might do the trick too...

http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/info/policy/dates-hist.cfm

I guess I was only one Google click away from the answer. For anyone who wants a historical record of FOMC meeting dates, try http://www.econstats.com/rt_fomc.htm

Anyone know where I might be able to get a list of the FOMC meeting dates since 1990? TIA.