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    What's wrong with the big boys?

    Fooled by Randomness. Nassim Taleb. Ikspec
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    Buffet warns of problem in the next 10 years

    True, assuming no counterparty risk. Ikspec
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    GNTA high IV

    Do you define your universe with OptionVu or does it scan all options for all U.S. equities? If it scans all of them in a second, I'm impressed and might have to pick up OptionVu. I use some limiting paramaters on Bloomberg, like I won't have it scan options with no volume, etc. but it still...
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    GNTA high IV

    Hey Mav, How long does it take your OptionVu to run one of these scans? I personally use the OSCN function on Bloomberg to do my option scanning but it takes forever. Each scan will normally run 10-30 minutes, depending on the paramaters and how large I define my universe.
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    GNTA high IV

    Yeah. She said that if it were to get approval it'd be likely on the basis of there being no alternative treatments at the moment, but if she had to wager she'd go with a nay. Then again she keeps reminding me the FDA process is inherently unpredictable and that she wouldn't wager. She'd...
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    GNTA high IV

    I spoke the other day with a family member who has been a healthcare lawyer for the past ten years and works in-house for a fortune 100 pharmaceutical company. She works on various FDA processes among them, drug applications. In her opinion, based on the briefing posted by the FDA (she has no...
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    OSIP Play

    Yep. I saw OSIP a while ago and have been tempted to go short vega for a few weeks but have resisted the urge. I did do some research, before I passed up on it. I went to Thomson One and the latest research report was from Lehman, which stated the company guided the release of the research in...
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    Selling Naked Options

    I know.
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    Selling Naked Options

    Couldn't be better said, Maverick. It's really amusing when someone proposes selling premium as a viable strategy and 100 people who don't belong anywhere near an option come out of the woodwork telling the person not to do it because they've been listening to people without a clue telling them...
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    From novice to riskarb...

    Heh.
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    5 Minute Historical Day

    Anyone know where I can download 5 minute historical day exportable to excel for at least the last several months?
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    Corp Bond Info

    It is an over the counter market so you're going to have trouble finding historical data for it. It is not a transparent market, the basic corporate bond trader's day consists of calling those banks with which he trades and asking them for a run. I'd say your best bet is, if you have an...
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    Selling ZN June 116 straddle

    Thanks for the quick response.
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    Selling ZN June 116 straddle

    Are you going to be keeping it delta neutral or no hedging?
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    Standard Deviation Day

    Why do you define it as a move of 100 pips or more? Wouldn't a standard deviation day be more accurately defined as a move outside of one standard deviation or more? Something I'm missing?
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    FOREX spreads scalping

    You'll get slaughtered.
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    Who would buy a tulip 1 million dollar today ?

    Weren't you going to take the summer off, Harry?
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    College Students and Grads.

    Please don't pretend like this is about philantropy for the poor college grads that will be standing in unemployment lines.
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    Selling Naked

    Klutz, Simple excercise (no pun intended)... ES at 1000. You go long 1 future. OR You sell 1 naked put, front month. ES opens at 500 tomorrow. Where have you lost more? And does it matter at that point? Q.E.D.?
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    College Students and Grads.

    Are you suggesting that instead of going to grad school you'd recommend people plunk 100,000 (that they'll most likely lose if they're new traders) into a Bright trading account? I hope I just have a learning disorder and just misinterpreted that statement. Ik
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