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That's the hard part of trading options. Figuring out when there will be a vol event. If you can't do that, then you are just churning dollars. This is true of everything. You have to know which battles are in your favor.

You cited heretofore unnamed academic research. I did. I said delta is a source of pnl that you are ignoring. You said "who gives a fuck about delta?" How do I respond to that?

The number one skill is knowing when to take your foot off the gas. Everyday you walk to the bank and withdraw money from the ATM. Except the day when there's a bunch of guys with ski masks on shooting hostages.

Well if you buy index options and sell a bunch of single stock options, it's free premium. You can thank me now.

Read an options book instead of listening to this bozo. You reduce risk but don't necessarily improve your pnl position.

I stand by #2. I would love to see that academic research.

ha. I told you Manhattan when all those douchebags go to the beach!

That post is so wrong. Where’s delta in your statement. In the short run, 90percent of your pnl will come from delta. You ignore it. Gamma is related to theta. You don’t get one without the other offsetting. You aren’t qualified to trade options. 1. Because you are poor (though there are...

You don’t know what you are talking about.

Your reality is on PCP, LSD, or some fun mushroom. If you can’t lose 10percent you shouldn’t trade. Period. The market makers aren’t your enemy. If you had to wait for a natural opposite to trade you would never execute. Even the OTC options market has market makers. Market makers trade with...

If that’s how you live, you shouldn’t be trading.

Buying puts after the sell off was a permanent impairment of capital. L

I’ve been trading from the short vol side for 15 years. I only lost money in 3. And all those losses were less than 10percent. Short vol doesn’t blow you up. Leverage does.

You’re wrong, Wrong?

i thought about ignoring him but his pollution is everywhere: like needles on the Jersey shore. The only solution is to go to the hamptons.

i love to see this research.

Pure arbitrage!

I thought they already did this: Kcj, icj, jcj on Bloomberg.

The deal closes on Friday or goes to trial. the only out is if Biden employs CFUIS to investigate the deal. That has far reaching ramifications which I’m sure legal scholars are pondering this weekend.

How much is it going to cost to replace it relative to the depreciated value?