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Good thinking, and good points. If money management isn't an edge, there should be strategies out there that "work" over the long run by going all-in, all the time. That is simply possible, as most profitable strategies are found/ developed initially without considering money management...

LOL. And enlightening!

+1 imo, sometimes perhaps beyond our comprehension, they are not only equally important, but also equally hard to find/develop!

Is this the BBG you are referring to? http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=43912

"OptionsORACLE - Options TRADING Analysis Tool OptionsOracle is free tool for stock options trading strategy analysis, built for options traders. " http://www.samoasky.com/index.html

"OptionVue - run away..." http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125984&highlight=optionvue "OptionVue vs ToS " http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80532&highlight=optionvue "Selling Optionvue 5 , (Ver 1.84)"...

Any ET comments on the following? OptionVue 5 Options Analysis http://www.futuresmag.com/Issues/2008/1/Pages/OptionVue-5-Options-Analysis.aspx " Overall Rating: 3.5 of 4 Level: Beginner to advanced. Price: $1495 one time purchase, $2195 for the Pro version. A 15-minute delayed feed...

I'd be quite interested in backtesting of FX options. Has anyone used OptionVue (BackTrader?) for backtesting of options? How about FX (futures?) options? http://www.optionvue.com/overvue_back_trader.aspx " BackTrader™ - "Accomplish months of paper trading in a matter of hours"...

Market is not normal. Yeah, you're absolutely right! Market is not normal - As usual!

Your egde is the car, and your money management is the kind/grade of fuel you choose/develop to use for desired performance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile "Fuel and propulsion technologies Main article: Automobile propulsion technologies See also: Alternative fuel vehicle...

How much risk capital should one use in a single trade? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=206664

Best options for speculation? My guess would be: http://www.euronext.com/editorial/wide/editorial-1888-EN.html ATM Weekly/Daily Options

Perhaps, enough pointers have been mentioned by now. No free lunch, of course! Here is my last quote: "Premium expansion for at-the-money options can easily reach $5,000 per option in high implied volatility situations, and the margin required may increase exponentially." Good bye guys...

LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithesis http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2964410#post2964410

Now a major issue in this thread is after completing an early assignment there will be a short period of time traders (particularly position) need to consider the potential risk as whether or not we want to properly hedge this risk in advance Once the assignment notice is received and read...

Here is another scenario: https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=lessonExercise " A similar situation can occur with short ITM options. You must be alert to the possibility of being assigned on short ITM options, and the margin requirements that you might have to make...

From another web site Q&A: " Q: "What To Do When One Leg of Bull Call Spread Is Assigned?" What happens if you are assigned the short call on a Bull Call Spread? I have a bull call spread in VISA - Buy Jan75 call @ 3.80 and Sell Jan80 call @ 1.60. Let's say in the short term VISA stocks...

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Proactively: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/printthread.php?threadid=134883 "...your short contract WILL be assigned if they are ITM..thats why you need to close or roll your shorts prior to expiration. "