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Ya, it's not open for trading yet. I think the time is 10:40.

Ya, it's like the scoreboard at the ball game before they start playing. Light up random numbers, turn it off, turn it on. heh.

Off topic a bit, but I'd disagree a bit Taleb's assessment on the millionaires. Yes, there are folks that take calculated risks and it doesn't go their way and they end up worse off than if they just stuck with a steady job and invested in T-Bills. But by and large, the bankrupt broke people...

Hurst cycles are bullshit. If you look at a Hurst cycle line generated today and then look at the same cycle line generated tomorrow, they'll be different. As it becomes more "historical" the line becomes better fitted to the historical data. I'm not sure how much of your calculations rely...

This is just a collar, no?

I don't understand, why would we want the factory jobs to come "home". I sure as hell don't want to work in a factory. I'm all for moving the menial shit somewhere else for good. With 90% of the factory jobs gone and unemployment at historic lows, why has globalization been considered such a...

Really? Never heard of him? Super freak? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James And here's the joke that coach is referring to: http://www.milkandcookies.com/keywords/rickjames/

Buy some puts? Are you trying to lock in a gain or just protected yourself from downside? Is this because of what is currently going on in the market? At the moment, insurance is a bit expensive. Reduce your exposure to small/micros? Mix your allocation into a relatively uncorrelated asset...

There was a time WAAY back when ... a lad would have to go to a command prompt each and every switch back and forth between DST and type the word "date" and set his own date and time. I find it harder to set the clock in my vehicle. Can we move on.

Nope. The day of the "crash" he told everyone to go to high dividend, defensive stocks. I think if this does turn into a bear market, CNBC will play this clip of him telling everyone to get defensive. If it turns out to be a blip on the radar, they'll play the clips of him telling everyone to...

Err .... theta is always negative.

I've learned a lot from Dan Sheridan on his CBOE webcasts. I've never tried his mentoring service, though.

I don't know that IV being less than HV necessarily dictates a "cheap" option. I find it better to look at an IV chart to determine if IV is cheap or not. Also, a straddle as a vol play strikes me as expensive. Something like a calendar or diagonal is good if you're expecting vol to rise...

Thank you.

Here's something that's puzzling me a bit. I've been sliding into my CEFs as discussed previously. The first that looked good to me from a timing perspective was TIP. I imagine this was sometime in mid-January. Today I noticed from a chart on google that the monthly dividend hasn't been paid...

I've been running Vista since December. I like it. It runs all of my applications (except for 1, and I knew that going in) wonderfully. I'm not sure there are compelling reasons to run out to the store today and upgrade, but I'm not so sure where all of the negativity comes from either.

Knowing the people that I know who are in this predicament, item 2 definitely applies.

I got filled on an MSFT calendar with a 3 cent spread. Hopefully that continues.

Yup, to confirm, MSFT is definitely today. Check out these spreads!!!

That's a pretty interesting indicator. How is it calculated?