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    Charles Cottle's educational material

    Did anyone here ever established a long term/consistent winning strategy after reading a book(s) or attending seminar ?
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    Bye-bye reg T

    mskl , nice ! My is still pending...I hope it will be approved sometimes next week. Do you hold any short calendars by any chance ? If yes , are the margins really 37.50 per calendar as the demo shows ? TIA
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    Obscene options cancel/modify fees

    My 2006 IB statement shows only 70$ in cancelations fees ( with total commish > 20k) . I do a lot of cancelations/changes , but I always selecting Smart. 70$ sounds like a non issue for me .
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    Bye-bye reg T

    thanks for detailed answer , atticus , its make sense. Say , you writing style looks familiar , did we met before ?
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    Bye-bye reg T

    now here is some twisted thoughts...Will the fact that it will become cheaper to sell ( but not to buy) affect somehow the natural supply&demand balance and artificially reduce vols ?
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    Bye-bye reg T

    Mav , I was j/k about max pain...and yes , demo showed a 100% margins on any premium buy.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    Called IB , looks like it will take a week or so...They say as long as account > 100k. Had a chance to play with the demo , wow ! Two huge winners are long synthetics and short calendars ( as long as position close on or before front month exp), just like I expected. Still no respect for long...
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    Bye-bye reg T

    anyone got approved (IB) ? my is still pending
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    How to forecast implied volatility?

    I insist on adding lower/upper vols deciles to the list , lol But event's vols can be predicted.
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    Atr & Iv

    if you break HV into regular HV and event HV , you will get pretty good relationship with IV and event IV. I am referring to equities vols.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I don't think if one-fits-all formula for short/unhedged options exists. It probably will be per broker. You have to use THEIR particular formula. IMO , broker should create alert module where user can enter criteria like " alert when margins...%...within..." Well , only few weeks to go now ...
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    Delaware & Philadelphia

    I'll be at 16th and Market next week ; pm me if you are interested to meet
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    Delaware & Philadelphia

    where in downtown ?
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I see...thanks , yip
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    Bye-bye reg T

    From CBOE : " For equities, equity options, narrow-based indices and security futures products, the amendments require assumed up/down moves of +/-15% as the end points." Does that means that stock with volatility of 70 will get the same margins as stock with vols of 12 ?
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    Anyone know a good covered call service

    Bob , you are playing with fire ( AGIX) Good luck
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    where is the edge in options trading?

    Errr , the forbidden "E" word :) You are a real trouble maker , DB
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I see...thanks , RM Man , its depressing...how anyone can spin a long stock + long ATM put as "unhedged" position ?
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    Bye-bye reg T

    RM , why ?
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    Negative theta?

    Maybe right before one time ( large) dividend on the low vols stock with few days to exp , no ?
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