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You're right...that would be quite an analysis. Since Futures Options historic pricing is likely either not available or mucho expensive, doing this with an IB test account would be the way to go.

In Excel, Hit: File, Help, and you will see the Version and the 32 bit or 64 bit within parenthesis. See this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/choose-the-32-bit-or-64-bit-version-of-office-HA010369476.aspx#_Toc254341421 Something appears very wrong here. You have to go out of...

Have any stats or account statements that prove that statement ? dotm puts are cheap, but offer only some protection. ATM puts are expensive, but offer full protection. Options are flexible in that regard....pick your risk level.

Guys - options are the classic instrument for hedging. However, that does NOT mean they are cheap....you'll have to pay a price for the hedge. For instance, Copper has been moving fairly well recently, but margins are about 5500. And you get a margin call if you are down only 7 cents which is...

That makes sense....64 bit software and 32 bit software do not interop very well. All you need to do is uninstall Office 64 bit and reinstall Office running in 32 bit mode. However, something is wrong....it installs the 32 bit version BY DEFAULT: "In a default installation of Office 2010, the...

Nice chart - thanks. I would say that just by looking at the data, that car sales are about to level-off given the weak employment recovery. In fact, they may go down in 2013.

Yes, but that will be the "last shoe to drop" as unemployment rates will likely increase. Thus: Are we in a recesson ? Answer: NO. Will we be in a recession by the end of 2013 ? Answer: YOU BET (or I'll bet).

Huge move down by this guy on Friday....I believe it hit 3.60. Anyone short from 3.80 is up $5k/contract ! Articles I've read indicate hedge fund managers still very bullish, mainly due to anticipation of a new Chinese economic boom. I think that's....bunk. The only thing to hold up this...

Exactly....and a lot of traders kept buying as it became a "bargain"....and they lost. You have to ask yourself: was Friday's action indicative of a "key reversal" day ?

Hilarious. And yes, this is the "new" economy. At this pace, we're fast becoming like Greece !! BTW: I wonder if the Fed pays for Benny's beard groomer. He really insures that beard is lookin "perfect" doesn't he ?

See S&P move down today....nuff said. Corporate profits coming down...thus job market to get much worse...reason: they've maxxed-out their outsourcing. That's been the source of their "profits"....cost cutting. Now what ? Can it get any worse ? Only hope now is, and always has been, Uncle...

The version that was installed did not have those features....or because of the 1000 multiplier factor, the software thought it was losing $1000, when in fact it was losing $ 1 million !!!

It doesn't matter...that's what they SAID happened. That's not necessarily the truth. Almost to-a-tee, any recent disaster related to outsourcing and software has been a huge cover-up. Mariott Corp, BATS, Nasdaq FB, etc...there have been so many this year alone ! You'd have to beat the CEO of...

That's exactly right. Someone, likely an outsourced programmer, mistakenly or purposely installed the TEST version of the market making software. That version lacked the requisite checks and balances. It remains to be seen whether the PRODUCTION version had the necessary circuit breakers to...

Anyone who went long below 60 in July has done pretty well. However, this has not moved in a straight line at all. It hit nearly 70 back in Sept, and has backed off. I think the run-up is over.

A whiff of deflation will knock the socks off the price of silver. Interest rates soared today indicating future inflation. However, inflation is not really sustainable inflation unless wages increase at the same rate or above. And they are not.

And indeed this was a great call. However, silver seems "stuck in the mud" around 33-34.

Copper was weak 2 days ago, and now has recovered. Nice move up to 3.75 level today probably because of news of housing recovery.

$3.77 close - all rallies above 3.80 have been getting hammered.

Copper and silver track to some degree.