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More often than not they've been a pretty good indicator. I remember when Z9 $30 puts were trading huge when crude was north of $100. The purpose of this thread was more for an extra layer of mrkt color and depth.

My selloff call was a little off for the day. Not many noteworthy trades today. Only size trade was Z 60/80 fence traded about 1,000x total throughout the day. Not much else to report.

Vol still getting offered this morning. Would not be surprised to see an EOD sell off.

@setdraw, "ppr" is just an abbreviation I use for "paper" - meaning retail interests, like producers and hedge funds. @day4night, I honestly have no clue about the brt/wti sprds. I really only watch the option markets. And I am not on the floor actually, but I talk to locals and brokerage...

I'll try to update this daily w/ what I'm seeing on the floor and OTC. Charts suggest consolidation - tight range thru July, after that, probably breakdown. Options seem to support this for the short term. Paper interests are: -selling vol in front 5 months (Z 69.50 straddle traded...

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The simple answer is that the thorough philosophy is a utopian dream. It will never be fully instituted in my lifetime, if ever. That oped makes me wonder if Skousen actually read TF or just the cliff notes.

Atlas is the practical application of the philosophy. It is not the theory behind it. It goes into broad strokes and in some instances, very fine strokes, but it is no substitute for her (or Peikoff's) ubiquitous and thorough nonfiction (eg., Obj.: The Philosophy of AR, The Romantic Manifesto...

You read her fiction and claim to be knowledgeable of the entire philosophy? This seems to be the case with every cynic of her's that I come across.

...said the guy who has never studied her.

Correlation is not causation. Idiot.

You're gonna make it rain so much paper cash moneys.

Sittadell? .......Really?

I would imagine it's pretty tough if you're not in a shop or talk to people who are trading every day. You have the seasonal spreads that interact w/ each other, locals and market makers trying to trade their books and/or hedge their positions, paper buying and selling options for size on the...

Jan thru Dec codes: FGHJKMNQUVXZ

Good link, Landis.

Your opinion and market insight are clearly valid.

Totally not the "box" I imagined when reading thread title.

Using GE as a hedge for some other positions. Long the GE J 6/8 ps and short the GE J 5/7 ps.

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