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Instead of using the underlying for your short term trades try selling either a near month put or call against the straddle or strangle. This puts time decay on your side(big time if you use 6 mos. plus staddle). Keep repeating each month until a big run in one direction or volitility spike...

msfe- it did not escape my attention on that one article. It is your many links and statements when taken as a whole are so out of balance and over the line that you have no credibility.

msfe- you are over the line and definitely not credible.

It is beginning to dawn on us Americans why the French are doing what they are doing. These threads say it is all about oil and now we are learning who is now benefitting from the current Iraqi oil status. They don't want anybody else to threaten their position. Also the sale of banned military...

Momento-You can use several EOD data provider formats in Get. TC2000 is one and there are several others. You might want to go to deltaneutral.com and read an article there on importing data into GET. In Get if you look under data paths, under file, and then under add there is a list of accepted...

Arizona- I have in the past traded both live cattle and feeder cattle but don't anymore. The reason is volume and the manipulation of the market by a very few large players(packers) trying to influence their incoming supply. The markets are very cyclical and seasonal. I understand that they can...

Same here. Using XP home and ATI 8500 and 3dfx 3000 cards on two minotors and the both fade out together.:)

The put/call ratio ran at .44-.46 for the whole month of Feb. until Fri. when it dropped to .27. The call OI as of Fri. was 59,589 and put OI was 16,315. The short interest 3,218,799 or about 4 days at normal volume to cover. The volume on Thurs. of puts and calls was about even at 2300-2400...

True. But for the contrarian or longer term trader this might be an opportunity. I simply do not trust the brokerage firms that try to manipulate these things for their own interest. It seems odd to me to have the first viable vaccine for AIDS announced and have the stock tank. The contrarian...

In the monkey tests the strongest responders were protected from infection and the weakest didn't develop AIDS. I don't see how it can be negative unless you are a competitor or holding a short position, which I guess there were a ton of. Another manipulation,maybe?:)

Both, but it is much slower for execution for the combined order. I have never had much trouble legging in. Do the long first and if you want to shave some off it seems better to get it on the buy side rather than the sell. Some of the option oriented brokerage firms have a recommended entry for...

Chisel has it exactly right and that is why I asked the question. You already have a nice little profit so close out. You put out .45 and can now clear .35. Not a bad percent return for however long you held it. Next time you might want to consider putting more months between the two legs...

How much is the April 30 worth now at the bid?

How do you fix the current P&L? The fixes listed in the help file aren't available. ie. calculate daily or total P&L.

Exactly- There are the fundamental problems with the market, excluding the Iraq thing, which will have to work out but the pressure is probably downward. The bounce that resolution of the Irag problem could be sharp, fairly significant and last a little while but after that the fundamentals will...

IMO- In my own thinking and strategy there is a lot of downward pressure on the market with the threat of war. The main worry has been a massive upturn that could happen if Saddam left or was taken out before a strike. Now with all the resistance etc. he has to be emboldened to stay longer...

Cheeks- I couldn't find a put option quote for 0 on the DOW.:D

Ditto on Cottle and TOS. Very good outfit with good support.:)

Now I know who has been sniping my bids on ebay.:D :D

I recently read an article on message boards being a vary reliable contrarian indicator. It was related to the Fool boards. It compared the most active stock discussions in one year to the performance of the stock in the following year. It was almost 100% contrarian. It also tracked the...