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well i'm reading the one about Microsoft Excel "Microsoft Excel for Stock and Option Traders: Build Your Own Analytical Tools for Higher Returns " and i like it already.. i think i'm going to just straight up learn how to use excel and Mysequel server.. i've learned other programming...

OK I had one in mind but as I looked at it more it didn't make sense with what the underlying would have to do to make sense of it... I need to graph smiles over he Calender for some different securitys and see if any ideas come up

hey whatever justification you want to use to create your position size is your own business. It was just me brainstorming.. i have more then half my account in one trade right now.. so i'm not one to talk..

i'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of trade. basically short one longer term atm/ntm option long two shorter term same strike option at the short term expiration you would need to adjust to cover the short.. i imagine.. I don't know.. does anyone have any...

your account size shouldn't be an excuse to take huge bets based on your account size..... tell me if i'm wrong what i hear you saying is " since i only have 10 grand, to get anywhere i'm going to really have to make a huge jump by big bets with huge percentages of my account" is that not...

The vixy is designed to follow the vix based upon trading in the vix futures.. constantly rolling the shorter term contract out to the longer term contract to give constant exposure at the loss of the preimum between the short term and the long term futures contract (contango) vxx and vixy are...

those charts are a comparison of the vixy to the actual Vix index.. not to the vxx

wanted you guys to check this graphical comparison of the vix verse the vixy the top is scaled the bottom isn't..

the concept of weighted vega is not striking in my opinion... well you should weight it and see its influence.. thats what i would do.. just even for practice

Iceman have you ever analyzed high open interest influence on price action?

wow, anyone that has a lawn like that shouldn't be trusted haha

who knows really.. i just say you should follow a good risk reward profile on the trade and have good position size management to keep from getting hurt in one trade that recovery is overwhelming

Mathematics took a bad turn when they were doing Math for the sake of Math.. As if it wasn't really that interesting if it actually had an application.. I think Academia is a totally different world then the one a practitioner operators in. Like a few smart guys that come up with the most...

ummm never use all your margin in one trade... thats a blow up recipe

barbaric and harry, with a big club..

I always wonder if these guys are actually making money or if they are the next star of the show American Greed!

why are you apoligizing when this is only a bout you and your trade log? i thought you were totally putting everyone on ignore?

you got that right buddy! you'lll let yourself know when you have to much money in one trade and things aren't going right.. kinda like i'm doing right! haha

haha no i'm not drinking.. if i had really relapsed i'd be running mexicans across the border for 2 grand a head and living in a third world country like a king probably but definitely not on a trading forum talking about suicide by commodity hedgefund exploits. and thank God i'm Sober..

yeah.. in society someone gets ripped off EVERYDAY! We should make this post alll about how messed up things are in business! oh wait ti already is hahaha.. everyone feels guilty when they get caught.. i believe based upon survivorship bias and the fact that we only hear about the people...