Recent content by lar

I use 5PerSide. I pay about 6 bucks a side after all is said and done.

Thanks Blackjack007. I only trade futures but I appreciate knowing about the OCC's TIMS calculator. Regarding futures, they say: " Inclusion of futures products in a customer portfolio margin securities account is not yet approved by the CFTC."

Newguy, You CAN know your short option margin requirements before your broker fills the trade. PC SPAN, purchased from the CME (about $500) will do it. Many use the margin requirement to estimate a reasonable ROI prior to putting a trade on. Of course your brokerage may not use the same...

Hey Freshpotato, When you google "black scholes" you'll get the primary formula. Plug in the market's actual price then run it backwards using the other measurable inputs and solve for the only remaining unknown, namely volatility. Under those circumstances, the volatility you will have...

Dave at Goldenboy Transmission has a billion 8.5X11" yellow signs plastered around his waiting room. One of them says... You can have it two of the following three ways. Fast, cheap or good. You can have it fast and cheap but it won't be good... fast and good but it won't be cheap... cheap...

Marketforum can have some gems.

Why wait?

Off topic here but I have seen a lot of deteriorated lead paint in my day and those cabnets look like it may be lead paint on them. If you have the ability to contact the parents of the child in the photo you may want to see if that youngster has elevated BLL. Just a thought, not a joke...

"RiskFreeTrading", eh? One problem with 90 + 1.25 is that it doesnt take contest costs into concideration. Both getting into and out of a position. So, even if the initial cost was 1.25, it doesn't concider the slippage and commissions of getting out. Also, one must do better than the...

Real Estate Tax certificates in Davis, Ca.

I will probably get "not long" the June 30 year on Tuesday. Eithers Put back spreads or write OOM vertical call spreads.

2007 the property value of my neighborhood went up +6 percent. The average length of time on the market was 19 days. Of course we didn't participate in the bubble formation. Property values are pretty steady around here, in fact. Rochester, New York

You should know your Greeks and your synthetics. I had an "aha moment when I understood the answer to this question. What is the diference between a straddle and a strangle? Ans. A Butterfly. Read Cottle. Read McMillian. Read Natenberg. Read Caplan. Read Johnston.

I have no college degree but I have been a life long learner. Degree or not, it is important to educate yourself. Having a college degree is one way of demonstrating that you are capable of organizing and focusing your efforts. You know, that you at least mapped out a life plan around...

Interesting. A pro Bush thread (started more than a day and a half ago) seeking positive Bush comments generates four pages of anti Bush sentiment. The OP asks for any positive comments and the best (only) positive one was a weak generalized support of Bush (honestly, there are too many and it...