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think about what will move the most percentage wise.. currency.. the Euro.. Euro options XDE.. where can you get the best leverage... think about the guys that bought Credit Default swaps... they paid like .001 premium for insuance the the mortgage bonds only defaulting by 4 percent.. thats a...

Obviously if it was just a matter of having a hard stomach and no self doubt i would be rich already.. btw i love the way you recieve comments.. its almost as if you are acting like your cool and know everything.. hahah

you know put_master... i follow the gist of all of your posts in many threads.. and i appreciate them unlike Mr Surely trader here.. but managing risk can be very complex.. and a spread trader might just as well be prone to over spreading as you say..( not considering keeping enough reserves to...

i just wanna say.. anyone that really knows a subject can more easily put things to where an idiot would understand them.. (like myself) ... Heres good ole Albert.. "If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it. " Be frank.. realize everyone isn't at astro physics...

We are already.transitioning into talking about.paying for some .. jack I love you.. I'm going to come up with a product for you to sell haha

Yea that isn't always true... the grave is full of untold short vol traders.. the most money is made being long vol when tail events happen.. rare events aren't actually that rare as studies show

I agree pre earnings plays are better

Think lknd is gonna drift down tomorrow not much of a pop

Sell otm calendar piker.. they implode

if your going to be straight buying premium.. you need to really consider stocks that aren't always over priced... look at a comparison of the historical vol compared to the implied vol.. see if you can find stocks that the implied sometimes breaks up to the historical.. that means the options...

its hard to price options years out... its not a bad investment.... it seems as i have looked at leaps.. ones that are one year away aren't much cheaper then ones that are almost two years away.. and for us option traders that just sounds like a very long investment hha

this thread will never die! haha

i'm selling a calender .. LNKD - AUG 03 '12 + AUG 17 '12 115 Call Calendar Spread i'm doing this for a vol collapse.. figuring on even if it beats and it goes up 12 dollars the vol will collapse and still put me in profit..

it sure looks like eveyrone is dumping right berfore earnings? lots of red volume..

what a drop in lnkd in before earnings.. i thought for a second it missed earnings and the show was already over..

i do believe this is a terrible business..

Gosh this jack hershey guy is like the owner of chic flia in the et world

True and my last trades aren't anything to brag about!

Exactly... exactly

Ouch