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would you elaborate

"If it came like I was knocking anyone I most certainly am not. We all have to make a living and to each his own. " on the contrary...i think i came of as if i'm knocking on guys and my apologies for that...not my intent i was, at one time, siting across the table from a trader at a large...

true and believe me i'm not knoking anyone for being upstairs, but for the past 4-5 years we're all siting in a pit looking at a lap top and posting our mkts though the computer, it just gets to me when a guy thats never been on the floor looks at me like im a dinosaur

you think i havn't heard of that, i peranaly know guys waiting tables after years on the floor, when the mrtgage is due, you got to do something...scares the crap out of me...its like having this great wealth of knowledge and not being able to find a home for it

the fixed costs actually came down, a fuction of much more capital required to trade (have to carry a position=real risk), but the payment for order flow can send that number throught the roof...sure you can come down and churn the options, if you can compete with the electronic guys and their...

you know...i dont wish anything bad for anyone...i do believe in carma, but the fact is, or at least i think...alot of the electronic mm that have never been on the floor have never seen a crash...when it comes, and they do every so often...i think the experienced floor guys will get their...

well...the futures are already going electronic...options will surly be next...just a matter of how long, for now the options mkts in those pits are not listed, price descovery...you have to walk in to a pit and ask for the mkt...but who knows...then again the futures are not fungeble...

seriously thinking about nymex...you have the same cme/cbot...what do you think?

i'll go in order 1 almost none...mostly larger locals with good capital and for the most part, SIG, Timber, Knight(or whoever they are now)city i think, citadel and so on 2 dont know now, used to be 1 mil or about 3 most clearing houses and brokers have some version and the exchanges...

what if FEB vols are 2000bp (and has limited upside from this point) higher then JAN ...? IV...im sorry, i must be thickheaded...not following you are you saying there could be a reason to sell the earnings month and buy the month before it?

makes complete sense...but not the same as this... buy 1 atm JAN sell 2 atm FEB buy 1 atm MAR its the buy jan and sell 2 feb i didnt get

just looked at isrg...assuming earnings are jan 26 or so...after jan expiration...why buy jan and sell feb...jan will trade as usual and feb will hold it's price till earnings are released...then collapse...no?

I like double calendars in this case ( OTM and even FOTM)...? can you elaborate...just trying to follow the thread

if you're sure about the reporting date, before the feb expiration, feb would be the logical choice, but as was just mentioned you probably will not make a profit just holding the feb straddle, rather i would buy an a the money feb/jan call sprd. let the jan decay (love being short jan...xmas...

daddy'sboy, where would you get the historical iv, looked at ivolatility...couldn't find what i wanted

IV who's your broker...i just opened an acct. w/ TOS...still trying to figure out the platform...their next class in my area is in Jan. looking for something where you can get a total position risk...all strikes and underlying included...where you can see the mkt and your position next to...

wow , this is the FIRST pre-event vols ramp post on ET !......????? what do you mean...i'm not following you? did i give something away or do you disagree with me? i would be happy to elaborate...just not sure what you mean

almost always a seller, will load up into earnings or FDA releases, but only to unload and get short right before the event, it will be difficult to trade that way with my new capital constraints, i really feel like a newbie, yes i know the theoretical basics, i have experience managing risk...

sorry for the ignorance...what's public API ?