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    2006 World Cup in Germany - Soccer

    and I would of recall Romario instead of Ronaldo or Adriano ( both are bad lately). Hey , SA , is this true that his ego is bigger than Brazil national debt ? Sounds impossible , lol
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    2006 World Cup in Germany - Soccer

    The biggest surprise was in 1982 in Spain and not 1950. This was the second best Brazilian team ever ( 1970 was the best) ; how could a twenty year old beat them all by himself ?
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    riskarb's trading journal

    Kremer ? More like Rodney Dangerfield --> no respect , hahaha Thanks , brother B
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    riskarb's trading journal

    the real funny part here is that I don't understand greeks enough to conclude if this is a complement to me or not , hahaha
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    riskarb's trading journal

    Risk , about conversions...looks like the best time to close (win or lose) position is around 2 weeks before exp when OTM (long) gamma starts collapsing very fast. Is this fact should be consider ?
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    does anyone knows about any VISG upcoming event ? Dividend ? The put's vols are twice > than call's ( but stock is not shortable , atleast on IB its not)
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    SPX Credit Spread Trader

    OC , a while ago we talked about the following position : Sell front ATM straddle and but back month wings. So far ( but 2 looong days to go) its working out perfect for this month : May is still ATM and June did NOt lost a lot of its premium due to rise in IV
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    riskarb's trading journal

    couldn't you turn ES to some kind of stand alone trade (with down bias) when exotics hit the barrier ? Like selling vanilla puts or something similar
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    Great old threads about Gamma scalping

    I will run it on weekend again... I am scalping stocks with expected future vols expansion only now ; one of them happens to be a wild day swinger , check out CWTR price action for the last 3 days. I averaged 7 reversal per day so far.
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    Great old threads about Gamma scalping

    hahaha ... I got my connections ; the advise also came with free latte , lol
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    Great old threads about Gamma scalping

    I wish I would of enter this position on the day of the post...wow
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    riskarb's trading journal

    I've witnessed $100,000 debits rally to $400,000 in a single day on a 5-handle move in SPX away from the short barrier. [/B] what does it means ? The new, similar bet will cost 4 times more or you just using the theoretical value ?
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    please help me

    F_A , as Mo said , the original question was about " biggest % return" with upfront set up "what ifs" -> the price WILL hit 55. The poster didn't gave enough info , but if 52.5 call is available and its cost 5 c , this would be the BEST bet here. Have nothing to do with deltas and...
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    open interest

    sorry , wrong page... http://www.stricknet.com/main/data.htm scroll down
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    open interest

    are you a programer ? 20$ a month , I use them for couple of years http://www.stricknet.com/main/eqdata.htm
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    Traders in PENNSYLVANIA - Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton

    NE as in Bastelton , Red Lion ?
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    for earnings trades I use ATM straddle price / stock price. In case of MRVL its app 7% ; if you belive that MRVL will move less than +/- 7% then short it. It all will be about intrinsic value the morning after. btw , I am not taking trade on MRVL.
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    so true , cannot build any model based on the fake last week vols
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    Congrats on NBIX RC...
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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    Can you trade those without risk haircut ? hahaha
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