Recent content by GreatRedOne

R.I.P. Don. My most sincere condolences to his family. I was at Bright for a short bit in 2003 and Don was a great help and always encouraging to us "beginners". It was great to read his posts here and his column in S&C, knowing I knew him and learned from him first hand. A sad day indeed.

That theta decay is a killer when using weekly options, LOL I using the virtual trading system at my broker, glad I did to work out any issues. Theta is a killer when long gamma.

Thanks. I figured the hedge was a total loss, like a hurdle rate to overcome for the life of the hedge. Namely, establish a 2 standard deviation straddle with the peace of mind, no matter what happens your loss, whether long or short is limited by the strikes and what you paid for the hedge...

I found more information on active hedging and I'll review the math on my ideas. Thanks again.

Hi, has anyone ever used a straddle and or strangle as an hedge while trading equities or futures? Example, setting up a straddle and or strangle to act as a "safety net" while intraday trading. Standard stops can be blown through in chaotic situations. My concern is, if you're long/short...

Darkhorse: Your Wildcat'ing model sounds like serendipity. Penrose's book does go into detail about how the Ca-Na channels along nerve fibers move a neural signals along. I've read there is some new work on "non-local” effects in rapid chemical reactions. Basically it's about...

CyberTrader allows covered writes, buy calls, and buy puts in an IRA account. They also have LVLII options quotes. Real nice, you can put in orders direct with the ISE. I use it all the time.

Kinda of in the same situation myself. Looking for an office to work out of, basically. Been managing money sucessfully for some time, looking for a firm to work at or a office with other managers to bounce ideas off. Getting pretty boring working from home. Anyone know of a mutual fund or...

You should have no problems getting NT, Win2k WinXP, 98 or Me or 95 talking to each other. Just make sure in the network setup, you have the all set to DHCP, so the router will take care of all the network control. I have NT, XP, 98, ME and 2K all running with one router, no problems at all.