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Yes, the outcome is known immediately after the event. Just think of a coin flipping game... I just wonder if this can be insured and how much would/should the insurance cost. Of course this is just theory, but it could be helpful in some price model developments.

Oops sorry I forgot that. Let's say it is the same amount. Ie. $100 brings either $100 profit, or one loses the invested $100.

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Let's say an event with 2 possible outcomes (for example up/down) has a 50% probability for each. If you 'invest' (ie. bet) $100 into this event and want insure your bet against a loss, then how much should the insurance cost? Can this be calculated?

Let's say I buy 1000 shares of XYZ for $10/share. At the same time I buy 10 married put contracts for $20 each, totalling $200. The put option will protect the shares against losses. Now, is there a way to also protect ("insure") the $200 amount paid for the options against losses? Or am I...

Not to forget the meteor which is expected to hit the earth 3 minutes later...

Tomorrow Black Friday? (I personally don't think so, but I guess many have such fears for tomorrow because of the developments this week; ie. terror warnings, soaring oil prices etc.)

Another way of daytrading with less than 25K is what Serge of Genesis (www.gndt.com) once told me that one also can join/create an LLC account, or several people can create a joint account.

Found at fnance.yahoo.com: 1:26PM Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang establishes 10b5-1 Plan (YHOO) 30.79 +0.23: According to today's 8-K, co-founder Jerry Yang has established a Rule 10b5-1 plan for the trading of YHOO stock. Under the plan, Yang transferred 8 mln shares of YHOO to a "blind...

Ok, I had used the following schema: 3.95 + the usual ECN rebates + charges. I applied rebates only to half of the tickets, meaning half of the tickets do add liquidity (gets rebate), the other half take liquidity. When I ran the same backtests RMLtrading produced the least commissions...

Is there a web link to info on the API?