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Just out of curiosity, you know this how?

Erm, this is a bit of a "Dept of the Bleeding Obvious" type of research... I am all for rigorous analysis, but the conclusion ain't exactly a shocker, innit?

Erm, yeah, they're high, but I trust we've all seen why now?

Commentary in this thread really cracks me up...

If you still want the answer, you're gonna have to give me more info, I'm afraid... Doing it the simplistic way (with a few arbitrary assumptions) I am getting a PNL of arnd £20k plus. I can tell you what I am doing, as it's not exactly rocket engineering.

I happen to be in agreement with you, darkhorse... Just thought I'd point it out. P.S.: And there you have it, now I am taking sides.

Well, darkhorse, not that I am taking sides in your argument, but didn't they actually implement capital controls in Switzerland at some point (actually, they might be thinking of this again)? Last I checked democracy was still alive and well among the Swizzers and CHF assets didn't exactly go...

Best of luck to you then!

Is there a GTOPD, just out of curiosity? The S in STOPD doesn't make much sense without the existence of the GTOPD...

Well, the point I was going to make subsequently is that it doesn't actually matter. While I would agree that altruism exists (I was interested in sociobiology and E.O.Wilson's work at one point), it's really neither here nor there. There's really no connection between motive, whether...

Just a quick question for you, GoC... What are suicide bombers motivated by?

Well, I am happy to discuss the substance of your argument and my disagreement with it, but why don't we leave the whole "the masses are blind" and "the truth is suppressed" stuff out of it?

What precisely do you mean by "real"? It occurs every expiry, with every underlying? Or 70% of time? 50% of the time? Also, how do you know what experience I have or don't? As to emotion, your comment makes no sense whatsoever. Yes, agreed... I understood, but merely wanted to clarify.

What nerve and whose, pray tell? You're a chronic conspiracy theorist, I am sad to say, so everything, including perfectly ordinary things, looks like a conspiracy to you. While I disagree with your theory, a lot of times I also get frustrated when people don't see things that, to me, are...

Clarodina-san, the questions you ask are very basic. Many people here would be able to answer them, but do you really want someone to "give you a fish"? Wouldn't you rather try to figure out the answers yourself and achieve better understanding of optiions in the process? Just my humble...

Well, I, for one, personally don't see any conspiracies here. People, en masse, believe what we want to believe and, most often, not because someone(s) is concealing the truth from us, but rather because we are inherently lazy, not very bright and suffer from all sorts of biases. But we have...

I would idly theorise that it's not about liquidity solely, but rather liquidity relative to the size of option open interest arnd particular strikes. In my experience (not stocks, but bond futures) a lot of stars need to align for the effect to be noticeable. Hence, my suggestion that it's...

We are truly blessed to have you offer us some pearls of your truly boundless wisdom. Every post of yours is like a flawless diamond. If there were a way to nominate you for the title of ET God of Trading, I would do it. Mods, can you help pls?

I would second Equalizer's suggestion wholeheartedly. Filthy has another book out now, which should be just as good.

Erm, you ever heard of chartalism, Misthos?