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Just stop with the bullshit. Were you suggesting that high risk patients in the Untied States take a flight to Germany? And what in the world is an "older, yet fully sufficient" version? What kind of pseudo-medical bullshit is that? There does not exist an "older" version of the...

First, every country has its own version of the FDA, and there's an extended approval process. Canada's H1N1 vaccine is not the same as China's is not the same as what's available in the US. Second, Canada has done a far better job than the US in managing this. This is partly because Canada...

Again, you are full of shit. CDC lists exact shipment numbers of the vaccine. There may have been samples available for months, and the local county clinic received all of 200 doses in early October. That was it, until the end of October when they received another thousand doses or so...

You've always had a bit of an attitude problem, but I rarely disagree with the substance of what you have to say. On this issue, however, you're completely full of shit. H1N1 vaccine has *not* been "available for months". The supply problem is well documented from primary sources (like...

I'm not remotely concerned for myself, but for those of us who have young children, you think it's only a scare tactic? Courtesy of the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2009-2010/images/EIP42_small.gif

Uhm, completely. Formaldehyde is only a carcinogenic when exposed to it in huge, huge, huge quantities. It's completely irrelevant in this context.

Not to defend the Huffpo... but just wanted to point out there are many, many children in hospitals very sick from diseases other than H1N1. And they're certainly at very high risk, from H1N1. In the clinic line with me was a mom with a 5 year old son with a major heart defect, and who's...

Yes, I've checked the list of ingredients. I've also read the peer-reviewed research on thimerosal conducted over the last two decades. My wife is also 6 months away from being a licensed medical doctor. I have zero concerns. Well, more accurately, 0.0001% concern. I know the odds are...

As a parent who's spent the last four weeks obsessing about the H1N1 vaccine, and then spent two days in lines at a local clinic... That shit pisses me off. That's unfuckingbelievable.

I used to use ivolatility.com and poweropt.com

Hi, I just use the former... I do an arithmetic average. I doubt anyone really cares if your ME average is 20% or 22.5%. They just want to know if you're 20% or 60%. I actually "tweak" the margin/equity numbers I get from my broker to get what I think is a more meaningful number...

Mark, It's pretty obvious you didn't look at the link. The results I linked isn't for a single manager. It's Autumn Gold's "index" - weighted average of ALL option writing CTAs. Good input from the others. Had no idea of Autumn Gold's reputation/professionalism, but I guess this thread...

Yes, I'm saying this is unlikely to be an accurate record of actual results of option writing strategies. I'm pretty convinced at this point it's serious survivor bias. The top CTA with best YTD results would be CKP Financial Associates, with 210% returns YTD in their aggressive program...

So, I know option writers have a bad rap... and god knows enough have blown up over the years to deserve it. But I'm curious what others think of results like this: http://autumngold.com/ManagedFutures/index_option_equal.php I mean, quite frankly, that's remarkable. Even with the poor...

Interesting. Physically Delivered Sour Crude Futures Contracts Also to be Listed on NYMEX CHICAGO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for cash-settled...

I got an answer from ICE. https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/futures_us/exchange_notices/exnot10xx09dst.pdf All times are based on "New York time".

Hi, Does anyone know how daylight savings affects trading hours for ICE-listed soft contracts? For example, coffee starts trading at 3:30 AM EDT this week. Will it still start trading at 3:30 AM EST next week? Or... is everything off by an hour to match London trading hours?

Hi, I'm very familiar with the day/day movements of NG/CL. I should add that I'm, as much as can be, comfortable with them. I can tell looking at daily bars that post-Katrina, NG opened up +15%. Post 9/11, CL opened up +10%. Both of these are not typical every day moves. I'd like...

Hi, Does anyone have single-day price charts for the energy futures, after a major geopolitical event? I'd just like to get a very rough idea on how the markets can behave after a major, unexpected event... something on the scale of 9/11 or Katrina. How did the crude markets react on...