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Excellent Mav. Thanks for your help...

Mav, Thanks for the explanation -- makes a lot of sense. In situations where front months have much lower IVs than the back months (take MMM for example right now....I'm seing between 12%-15% on the front months, and between 20%-30% in the Jun and Jul contracts) -- what is the market saying...

Question...on a calendar, if the IV skew is so large on the front month, won't the back month be less affected by a vol implosion? I've seen a few cases in the past few weeks were front month vols imploded and back month vols either rose or stayed the same. Any thoughts?

This is why you need to try it in real life. With a TASR short you would have had 2 potential issues: 1.) uptick 2.) getting shares....

Dude...check the other thread.

The Economist (not a paper, but it's weekly)?

Saw one on CNBC recently Nasdaq: NOOF

Well...typically the "Joe Average" you're referring to is from Silicon Valley -- not to quibble over details -- Well -- you probably have to have some assets, some historical revenue for which you can make a believable case will grow at some hockey stick projections. You need to have the...

You got it. They just take a cut (last I heard 5-9% of the deal divided among the underwriters). Not a bad business, eh? What's more -- company management is probably selling shares in the IPO too and cashing out. The i-banks barely have to hold the stock b/c they pre-subscribe it to the...

Yes, it is a great business... I have a friend who used to work for him. Just left the company...I think he was the 4th or 5th analyst to leave in the last few months. I guess the portfolio managers are very high stress....

After having a few huge down years in his long only funds....

Those profit factors only indicate one thing -- curve fitting.

I have not traded the spot market, but also had to do the same thinking. My conclusion was -- if I'm trading actively, I'd rather pay a 1 pip spread on the CME, plus a $2.50 commish, then always pay a 3 pip spread...

After hearing your situation, I think T-mobile's hotspot is definitely the way to go for you...if $30 is cheap for you and there is a Starbucks on every corner -- I've found their connections to be quite reliable -- and if you're a swing trader, the reliability will hopefully be more than...

couple of things -- 1. First you need either a Wifi card, a WiFi USB key, or a Intel Centrino with built in wireless chip. The USB key, you could also use on a desktop and you could attach/detach it from a laptop fairly easily. Either one will do. Netgear is a good manufacturer (D-Link...

This is a very broad response without regards to specifics of trading - but my understanding is that tactics are specific tools for implementing a strategy. Example of a value investor: Strategy: Buy companies that exhibit relative value Tactic: Look at companies with an EV/EBITDA ratio...

top guys cashed out and formed gamma investors: www.gammainvestors.com They have a private equity fund, FoF's, and proprietary quant trading. Most of the money is the original partners, but they I believe they have accepted some institutional money....

One thing I do -- if your account is large enough -- I put on 2 contracts, then trail a stop on the 5 minute on both -- if the market begins to move swiftly in my favor, I downshift to 1 minute and trail my stop based on 1 minute bars on 1 contract, while continuing to trail on the 5 minute with...

In my opinion, they trend better and are less choppy (on a 5 min chart)....

bordeaux futures perhaps?