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Who offers margins based on risk?

Who offers risk based margins?

I like their software. Can anyone put me in touch with them?

How could there be an advantage in the synthetic? Cost of carry?? I'm just curious.

So this is what I have been doing. It's really not that complicated since I am relatively new to options but I am trying to profit from both direction and volatility. Buy low sell high on the options and pick direction on the stock. Well at least not get crushed on volatility for gained...

I wanted to start this thread in the hopes that we might learn something. I have had great results thus far by adding options to my stock swing trading and wanted to discuss all aspects with likeminded individuals. What do you think of this current market climate? Backspread ? Frontspread??

What's the deal with AMEX "making markets" in nasdaq stocks. Is that a joke or what ? Take a look at something like LRCX ...AMEX is quite frequently inside but rarely fills. Just watch him and the tape..you'll see. Am I missing something here?

For all you still interested indiscussing some specifics prop firms and some specific branches, PM me.

I firmly beleive that position sizing huge. If we are "smart' about how and when we size up or down, realtive to our own strategy, we can handle the larger sizes. For me, position sizing is all about managing the risk. To each trader it means something different becasue we are trading...