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She is attractive for a 37 yr old American, but far from "hot".

I used to use this one but got tired of it because it locks you out if you do more than a few computations per hour. It's their way of getting you to pay for something that you can get for free at a number of other websites.

My question is, what does this have to do with trading?

Why not just open up by saying, "I'd like to buy and pay cash". I don't mind lying to the car stealer.

Preserve capital for investing. I'm sure I can beat the interest rate on the lease Lamborghini Gallardo

Assuming that you're referring to options, the best way is to find an options pricing calculator that uses Cox binomial series and play with it. I believe the brokers will use this pricing model or a close variation to determine PM haircuts. I've been doing this for the past week and have a...

Man I hope so. I've been looking at houses but the prices are still sky-high in the places I want to buy. However, 40-50% is quite a drop. I am not aware of it happening in the US before. The Southern Calif bubble of the 90s was -26% and that was a decent sized bubble. I can see it...

You don't need an unpredecented bull market to make money. Since 1998 when I started trading, the Naz (for instance) is up 70%. That is an annual return of 6% which is hardly anything special. But I have done well in that time. I wouln't mind a see-saw market like in the 60s-70s actually...

like I said, I am very conservative and cautious. I will never make 15% per month like some people here. But I can sleep at night because the chances of getting wiped out are almost nothing. The last few weeks, even with all the volatility, did little to my portfolio. Anyone who thinks...

You know what's funny. When people blame every weather event on GW. Last summer we had 2 weeks of record high temps and all these people were saying, "see, look at what global warming's doing". Those weeks were followed by 4 weeks of below average weather and those same people didn't say a...

I've read countless technical journals and textbooks on climate and GW. While Im not an expert, I probably know more than 95% of the population (who get their facts from a 2-paragraph story in the paper.) I will say this: there is no scientific evidence that GW is caused by CO2. In fact...

I've heard of stories like this before. I know two people who lost almost their whole life savings, and a couple of others who lost a ton of money. The problem is when someone confuses luck with skill. Anyone can make money in a bull market. After several months of profits, they believe...

I've used IB for several years and tech support has never been high priority for them. Cost is what they emphasize. I doubt they'll change anytime soon. Try a diff broker if support is your thing.

Deflation in an economy with so much debt, such as the US, is bad. Deflation hurts borrowers, who'd need to repay debt with more expensive dollars. How many trillions in debt do Americans have? (businesses, individuals, governments) Deflation lasting more than a few years would likely cause...

I've always purchased my cars with cash, but for the next car I'd like to lease it for 24 months with as little down as possible. The reasoning is that I don't want to tie up capital in the car, especially a car with a high price tag. There are a number of websites that give lease quotes...

Clements was the premier player in free agency. His contract seemed outrageous at first glance but after analyzing it, it's actually quite reasonable. The last two years are backloaded and have no chance of being played out. The contract basically works out to a 6 year deal that averages...

I was thinking, any short position or credit spread whereby the underyling moves in your favor, would not cause the PM haircut to converge to reg-T. Or, a neutral position such as short strangle or iron condor, whereby the underlying does not move or where the option loses volatility. There're...

I am trying to understand the details of PM to avoid constant margin calls you described, so I posted a thread on the options forum asking if anyone knew the PM formula but there were no replies. Do you know the formula that OCC uses? They didn't post it on their website.

Does anyone know where to find the formula that OCC uses to calculate PM? The calculator at cpm.theocc.com isn't very good. I want a calculator that lets me enter hypothetical values for the underlying and tinker with the time decay and IV. Their calculator only lets you enter positions; but...

I can think of many scenarios where the PM haircut does not converge to Reg-T. Are you suggesting it always does?