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I agree that you shouldn't buy into workshops/seminarts - better to buy a few books. Myself, I'm trading a NDOS successfully as part of my toolbox. The trade setups are a bit rare, and the payoff isn't that big by options standards - still I find it worthwile to pursue. So yes, it is possible...

Agree - pure nonsense. Like the nick - after the philospher :)

That was a great post, makloda.

Except for one thing: What on earth is going to stop Buffet's successors from hedging in front of the expiration of the puts? The point hinges on the fact that traders on the other end of the trade will manipulate the closing date. But Berkshire can anytime they want (say 1 month, 2 months...

I agree - the imminent collapse of USA is a totally crazy theory. WTF - One of the parts is gonna be Native American? This Russian guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

I agree with Jerry that S/R is very important in forex, and agree wholeheartedly with his concept of getting out very quickly and not ride for "too long". Forex is pretty mean reverting in these time frames. Shame he won't answer any more as my question would be if he buys the breakout or...

The case for a rally isn't that the fundamentals all of a sudden are getting better, or that the situation is in any way turning. It's rather that the market is pulled very far down very quickly, in other words terribly oversold. The negativity has lasted so long and depressed so many, that a...

The bulk freight market is very cyclical, and with BDI tanking the fundamentals are completely shite. If you really want to trade it, use hourly charts and MACD. However, this is more of an investment - just don't buy it yet. Wait until BDI turns upwards again, go long, and then wait until...

There was some talk of a few barrier options that got triggered - might have contributed somewhat.

Who cares if they had expensive wine or not - they were 21 people! Think of the bill for the staffers worldwide preparing that useless statement, and the travel bills and security arrangements for the entourages. The wine and food is utterly insignificant.

Perfect opportunity to log the IP adress of this clown, and put his little Introducing Broker shop out of business. Jailtime. Next!

The pound is overpriced, witnessed by the £15 glass champagne and the real estate market etc. As it drops more, the UK will be more attractive for foreign investments etc.

Obama is just waiting around at the moment, not even meeting G20-leaders etc. The era begins in January.

To Brandonf: I'm going to give you this: His work for Africa (The Continent :D) is probably the only positive thing that stands out from GWB's two periods.

Hi, I'm currently trading an options strategy using IB, and whilst it is possible to get normal spread charting through TWS the charting breaks down when you try to get intraday charting of the bids and asks of an options combo with four legs. So, I've downloaded the desktop version of...

Oh yes, I'm very open for that - I could certainly see that happen.

300,600,800 noone knows and it's not that much point speculating. I'm pretty convinced there's going to be at least one more leg down before "the bottom" is in - thing is that this "bottom" might not be V-shaped, but rather L-shaped. The low probably shows up sometime in 2009 - but if it's Q1 or...

And here I was, thinking it was a thread about retailers :)

Usually about 15, but ranges between 10 and sometimes as high as 30.

I'd agree that Oanda might be more suitable for you. Very flexible position sizing etc. I think the minimum commission for IB's forex trades are 2 usd. Minimum orders are 25k usd I think. The spread in EURJPY is usually 2-5 pips. However, IB gives their customers price improvement - if you...