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HAHAHAHA! This is priceless sh1t!!!!! I especially love the bit about the Rothschilds controlling the Bolsheviks and ordering the execution of Tsar Nicholas and his family. Love it!!!

That's how it always happens, in my experience, when a trade is crowded by carry munkies.

What flattening might you be referring to?

What Nickel instrument are you planning to use for your hedging? What's the size you're planning to do this in? What sort of entity are you/do you represent? All these are questions that need answering before you can meaningfully address your query.

Do you consider your performance since Feb-2011 "proof"?

CDS are treaded OTC. The closest proxy you can get is trade the BTPS (Italian bond) future vs the German bund future on Eurex.

Sure, but let's take your specific AAPL trade (sorry, for some reason, I thought it was GOOG). Let's say you have sold 1 AAPL $350 straddle at time 0 and AAPL is at $351 at time 1. How much AAPL stock are you intending to buy to hedge?

How do you figure that? I think there's a few things that you're missing about how options work. Do you want to think about what happens with your GOOG trade under various scenarios?

Right, so you just want to sell the straddle and delta-hedge it. Why do you think this is likely to be profitable and under what conditions? Let's assume, for now, no transaction costs (meanie's point is spot on, but let's revisit it later).

Not sure what you mean by "on the money", but, basically, you just want to be short straddles/strangles, close your eyes until expiry and hope for the best?

It's all a conspiracy, innit? :)

Anyone can claim anything. Why should one give more weight to one claim over another?

I would vote for the re-instatement of G-S with both hands. It's necessary.

The answer is, most certainly, a resounding "No"... Actually, screw that. I am Colonel Gaddafi and I personally got a suitcase full of cash from the Fed. Crispy new bills, all of 'em :)! So I guess we're saying that the Fed should apply the law selectively? 'Cause, if remember correctly...

Firstly, it's not that complicated (but a bit more complicated than the "stone the Fed guv'nors" solution). Secondly, I agree.

100% agree... But if your search for culprits is based on simplistic and excessively trivialized "analysis", you ain't gonna get anywhere. This makes no sense... The foreign banks that accessed the Fed window needed funding for their USD-denominated assets, which means that they have been...

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Well, it's like they say, innit? If all you got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail to you. If all you're willing to accept are simple explanations, it's all going to look simple to you, for sure.

No... It's complicated because Americans loved living the good life. When sh1t hits the fan, everyone suddenly starts getting agitated and looking for the culprit.

Here we go again...