Recent content by Nomad Trader

Listen up you ignorant fucks. I have had a lot of trading experience in my life and nowadays I know a lot of big players in the crypto market. Last year I got off my ass and flew to Singapore (among other countries) to meet some of them and get an update for what's really happening in the space...

Anyone who complains of manipulation, in any financial market, is nothing but a sore loser who doesn't understand the game. It's all manipulation, all the time. And so finding an edge in that mess of manipulation is all that matters. Quit your cry baby bullshit.. "Waaa waaa.. it's not fair!.. I...

"If volatility was low prior to the event I would likely not have a position in the market prior." That makes no sense and it highlights your focus on IVR. Of course it never seems low but when it goes from 40 to 80 you'll realise pretty quick that you're in trouble and probably wind up...

Even on a daily close VIX was definitely higher in Feb than Dec. I further recall it topping 60 intraday in Feb - it wasn't called the Vixplosion and the Volocaust for nothing! In my experience it's inevitable that options sellers like yourself get carried out in body bags from time to time. I'm...

Krugman25, Interesting thread and well done for having the balls to be transparent about your trading. Will you be posting your real returns on the blog? 1. What kind of annual returns are you hoping to achieve for this strategy? Since you are all about picking up premium it shouldn't be a...

Thanks, indeed, this is the way I'm currently doing it. But what I'm seeking is a proper IB native algo that will be much more efficient.

Yes, the stocks I'm trading are in different currencies. And yes, if I could do fx adjusted ratios then that would be wonderful, otherwise just a simple price/price ratio would be a nice start.

I'm trying to execute a pair at a ratio limit. - ScaleTrader would be perfect but it doesn't work for stocks in different currencies. - Combinations has the same problem of not working for stocks in different currencies. - SpreadTrader only does stock vs. futures or stock vs. options but not...