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Hi, So a I understand it LTCM was an arbitrage firm that bought less liquid bonds(ie, 29 year bonds) and sold more liquid bonds(30 year bonds) and waited for them to converge in price when the 30 year bond would become a 29 year bond and become less liquid. I am wondering how they were able...

Thanks for the reply... I guess what I am asking from those experienced with pairs is: Let's say you know that a pair of stocks was going to trade at a 1% difference one day(ie, one goes up 11% one up 10%), could you even make money off this trade after the slippage, b/a spreads, and...

Hi guys, I am wondering if anyone knows of a site where I can quickly view the historical(or at least the last year) daily percentage gains of one stock vs another in a column formant... So for an example it would show the percentage gains stock A made on 4/3/2009 vs the percentage gains...

Hey guys, I haven't been able to read the whole thread yet, so sorry if these questions have already been brought up but I was hoping if anyone in here trades/has traded pairs intraday they could answers the below questions... - How much movement are you looking to catch in these intraday...

Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to look at my question. I am looking at swing-shorting some ETFs which are mainly used by most long traders as day-trading instruments. My broker lists these ETFs as easy to borrow, but I am worried about the possible buy in since it does not seem many...

Hi Mark, thanks for the reply and the kind words. At times it is a little difficult to tell how well I am progressing with all of this as I am only 19 and kind of isolated in my learning; its not like I can discuss and question the ins and outs of iron condors or unbalanced butterflies with many...

Hi, what software did you use for this backtest? Thanks.

As far as the stock buying vs option buying question, I am not quite sure why this was such a terrible question to ask. It seems from the little experience that I have that there should be times when you should use options and time when you should simply use the underlying. I understand the...

Hi guys, just have some basic options questions I was hoping you could help out on.. 1. Should I never worry about how many options I am buying/selling, and whether that will effect me down the road as I try to sell and buy them back because market markers have to provide a liquid market? For...

Can someone possibly explain what the three day settlement period does when one is shorting? Obviously I am a newb to shorting so thanks for any help you can provide.

Thanks for the quick reply, and sorry about that loss. But just to clarify I was asking about people's experiences of shorting the long 2x or 3x ETFs or shorting the short 2x or 3x ETFs.