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    Conservative Options Strategy

    still watching and following to see this work again i suggested doing dim option spreads some time ago(think it was toll bros) selling the calls in this enviorment .hve you given it any thought? good luck cheers john
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    IB backfill is terrible!

    i use them as a source of quotes on QT. "There are problems on IB servers with backfill, globex in particular" says jerry medved cheers :D john
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    IB Problems This Morning?

    no problem with reat trading 2 executions john
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    Ben Stein Says 'Bailout' Is A Scam: Use Money To Bailout Homeowners Directly

    This is a case of the banks shifiting responsibility of mort. payments . to the ..naive, uninformed investors until "the emperor has no clothes" moment slowly but surely came about. What happened? In the past the banks kept these loans in their portfolios and the quality of the...
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    Buffet says the anti bailout crowd are retards

    the bailout was not resolved by the new deal. WWll unfortunately pulled us out cheers john
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    Jesus these swings are killing me

    whats a dnt? thanks john
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    For the record, since I’m used to calls ,not puts - For an $80 stock, a 50 call in ITM. Is a 50 put ITM or OTM? great debate on insurance.....i have some thoughts that are closely aligned with yours. but the reasoning for posting. simply: iitm puts are higher than the underlying...
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    Common Sense.... Boone Pickens

    i think our asses are in there also:D cheers john
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    Ways to trade oil with options?

    sorry i see my error:D john
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    Ways to trade oil with options?

    If i,m correct the aug puts sto 95 bto 90 could be done for about a .63 credit with 4.38 margin. thats a 13.6% return for 46 days. the 95 put is at 49.04 vol. and the 90 is 49.77 vol . Is that the skew your seeking cheeers john
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    sorry $445 margin
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    HI YM looking at the jan mos puts are no better .Prem for 70/75 put is .+/_ .57 cents thats a 12% margin for 7 months.(1.86% mo,) cheers john
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    06-26-08 04:36 AM Wednesday Activity: . ******* SOLD: 5 MOS DEC 70/75 CALLS @ 4.45 SOLD: 5 MOS DEC 75/70 PUTS @ 0.45 Stock at 146.15, net profit on call spreads = 311.0 Expected gross profit on PUT spreads = 135 Nice work ym my question ....Your new mos Dec put pays about...
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    i want to join others here YM, to thank you for an execellant journal. i've been mostly a premium seller of on indicies with fair sucess over the the past 2 years when trading options. ie ........IC, verticals etc. but not without some stressful moments. So your DITM call buying seems...
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    Its a collateralized loan with your port. as security.why wouldn't someone at IB (i have an acc. there also) look at this? whats the downside ? It beats the disruption an exercise on a fully invested port. have and they pick up the interest . I might be out of my league here:D cheers john
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    Conservative Options Strategy

    What about a one day loan at prevailing rates to fund the exercise untile the long is sold? :D cheers john
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    Implied Volatility Data

    http://www.ivolatility.com/
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading

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    Will walking away turn into an epidemic?

    THAT HAS BEEN RESCINDED FOR HOMEOWNERS ONLY YES CAL. HAS A NO RECOURSE .I MET MANY BUILDERS WHO HAVE GONE BANKRUPT (SMALL BUILDERS) AND TOLD ME ITS NO BIG DEAL:D CHEERS JOHN sorry about the caps
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    sorry test
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