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Yes, Bin Laden was captured . . . again.

Will do, my friend. I have a sneaking suspicion (or is it an unabiding hope) that they may become even more enticing over the next week or two. Ahh, dreams die hard. . . .

Right, but with a diagonalized iron condor, you'll have positive vega vs. negative vega with a straight IC. You'll also have more positive theta and a wider profit range. The trade-off is more upside/downside risk.

While I'm all for positive theta, there are a couple things you should keep in mind if you decide to go forward with your plan. First, as I'm sure you know, volatility is at multi-year lows at the moment. That doesn't mean it won't go lower still. But it does mean that the risks from being short...

The Journal reported that they're being shopped to a number of big brokers. It'll be interesting to see where they land and whether the appeal of their niche focus gets lost after they're subsumed.

OpVue.

Why? Is the takeover price expected to be below $65 (your estimated break-even at Feb expiry, assuming vol stays at these levels)? Or are you concerned that vol may come in on news of a deal? If so, the risk seems low given that the implieds are at the low end of their historic range. If the...

Yeah, I agree. Scary to think of all the neophytes who blindly follow his advice. Oh well, it's good for liquidity.

A long Feb 70c/June 70c time spread looks like a much better trade. The Feb 70's are at 39 vol while the June's are at 33.

Really? Word on the street, sizzle chest, is that you enjoy both a beating and an ass kissing, preferably at the same time.

My utmost sympathies for the beating you're taking on the play, Arb. Better luck next time.

I had a pretty brutal day myself capping off an ugly month. But this is not making me feel better at all. Hey, I know what might help. Spec, could you please post some porn? Anything, that is, except the one with Longshot, Jacko and the Boy Scout troop of Alameda. Thanks.

Inandlong, how dare you polute this thread with reason and insightful analysis. The nerve!

Correction. Jimmy did not get knocked down by Riskarb. No, not even close. Rather, Arb bitchslapped him silly.

Hey dummy, the point wasn't you're "call" (which, if you weren't as illiterate as you appear to be, you would have seen being made by any number of posters on ET), it was the way you claimed to have played it -- by selling naked ATM calls. Again, moronic. So riddle me this, genius, since...

I voted "A" and yet am ashamed to admit that I am one of those idiots. I feel dirty.

Here, I'll try to expain the concept in a manner that should be more comprehensible to you. Writing naked calls provides a limited reward with unlimited risk in the same way that you have limited intelligence with an unlimited capacity to irritate. Capiche?

Umm, it's called a strangle. Neither "clever" nor innovative, but rather a pedestrian way to lose money in a declining volatility environment.

Come on, Blue. I'll admit I'm biased, but a CFA is an MBA-lite. VERY lite. After all, anyone can just sign up and take the CFA with maybe a month of cramming before each of the 3 levels. A top MBA, on the other hand, requires that you first get in, and then that you devote too many to remember...

Chris, Interesting you should mention that. It's actually something I've been considering recently -- switching to simply selling OTM ES puts naked (or perhaps sell strangles) hedged by the futures from my long-standing XEO/SPX iron condors. It's certainly a lot easier to manage and adjust...