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These outages are not for n00b's, only experienced traders that doesnt need handholding will prevail :D

I was a software contractor in Germany and we worked 60hours :)

Thx alot for the restore / move xml thingie.. Now I can work!

My new ride: Volkswagen golf 1.4Litre 170 horsepower urban 28.8 mpg extra-urban 46.3 mpg combined 38.2 mpg. Americans are left behind?

I always have IB problems when market is volatile also..

My acct is also like that.

I can login but i only see like 5% of my total positions..

Thanks Ill add them to my opt book collection (10 so far).

Ive heard youre the master. How do you predict the underlying instrument volatility lets say one month ahead.

This is the application Iam working on: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94354 :D

Iam speaking about underlying instrument volatility (Indexes in my case). Well anyone that helps out can use my Iron Condor trader for IB Api (c++). Iam gonna read all answers once more to contemplate. Thx guys!

I would like to have some volatility predictor for my option strategy evaluator, anyone have any idea how to predict. It can be simple or complex, psuedo code is fine too. :D br

Not to disappoint you, the strategies you are looking for would be; Straddle Strangle Backspread Ratio vertical spread Butterfly Diagonals Timespreads there are probably more.. :)

Like what Eliot said above, also there was some trader here having bought alot of very cheap GOOG calls, they got excercised and then his account went into margin call immediately, unfortunately the GOOG had dropped a few dollar so he realized a very huge loss.

Have you studied any books? Nathenberg for example. It takes quite a lot of theory to get started and understanding what you want to do. Br

AAPL historical volatility: 40.47% AAPL 200 call implied volatility: 37.3%

Which strike and expiry?

Added some functions. I havent had time but iam taking it up again. You can now browse around widening/narrowing, sliding, adjust legs indiviually. Profit, return and probabilities (well everything you see) is beeing displayed realtime. Let me know if you wanna try it out (IB + MFC).

Why are you hanging here when you should be trading options? :D