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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070301/0221835.html Most of that is due to Tuesday, when over 18 million contracts traded hands. That blows past the old single day trading record by over 15%. Crazy! Just when I thought the options markets had to finally stop growing. But I guess I was crazy...

The Options markets had their first real downside test since 9/11 on Tuesday, and they passed with flying colors. So I guess the concerns about liquidity not being there when the market takes a nosedive aren't warranted. Their electronic systems also seemed to hold up. The NYSE and the DOW...

Hedge Fund & Options Article Guess the article that I posted at the top of this thread is even more relevant now. I wonder how Citadel did on Tuesday? Their market making activity probably saved them. Most hedge funds got spanked by the "crash", but they probably had their best day ever...

Please say it ain't so!!! Fox has the worst business coverage on television. Who wants investment advice from the guy from MASH?

3000? Wow...you are quite conservative with your estimate! This really doesn't come as any surprise to me. Insider trading is an epidemic on Wall Streed and everyone knows it. Those "chinese walls" in the brokerage houses and Ibanks are nonsense. Back in my market-making days on the...

So the moral of the story is...? What do you expect to find when you look for info on a paid advisor's site?

The notion that there is a winner and a lloser on every single options trade is just silly. Look up the functions of market makers along with the concept of hedging, etc. Then you will understand. However, I am thankful for people like you. You guys made a killing for me back in my market making...

Sorry, friend, but you couldn't be more wrong. One of the most complicating factors involved with trading options is the fact that options are not a zero sum game. If you buy a call, and I sell you that call, we can both be right and we can both make money depending on how we hedge, our other...

Options market makers have precious little control over the underlying. I can think back to many expiration weeks on the trading floor when everyone in my pit tried desperately to keep the stock from pinning, always to no avail. If you want to look at the true power centers for moving the...

If you are familiar with the function of market making, then you understand that designated liquidity providers are obligated to make two-sided markets regardless of the market conditions. By having so many brokerages cherry-picking order flow without any liquidity obligations, you lose that...

That's certainly one point of view. I think what has so many people freaked out over this is that these brokerage firms are now responsible for a large portion of options liquidity on a daily basis. However, they are essentially just cherry picking the order flow. They don't have any...

Interesting. Given the lack of derivatives penetration into the advising/planning world, I suppose the bulk of planners and advisers agree with you.

I somehow get the feeling that CNBC is laughing all the way to the bank on this one. That channel hasn't been appointment viewing since the bubble burst back in 2000 and their ratings show it. Now, all of a sudden, they are hot again. It may be as a result of allegations of impropriety, but...

Pretty damn disturbing... The Shadowy World of Trade Crossing - Part One. Click Here to Read Full Article For over a quarter of a century, the options industry has relied upon its proven transaction system to meet the demands of the financial marketplace. At the heart of this system are...

Execs falling in options probes http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_5249134?source=rss By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press Article Last Updated: 02/17/2007 06:58:12 AM PST WASHINGTON — Government action against stock-option backdating violations appeared to gain momentum this week with...

Actually, Knight can do whatever they want since they are essentially out of the options market making game. They saw the writing on the wall years before anyone else did. As for trying to read the tape in the options markets, I wish them a hearty GOOD LUCK!!! Trying to trade paper flow in...

Great Shots!!! Too funny..... :D

Read the article again: http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/industry/?id=127 What I was saying is that many specialist firms like Knight have gotten out of the options market-making business entirely in light of the terrible margins and high risk. Some of these firms have now switched...

This is a great thread for options beginners! Lots of good info listed here. Although I would probably take the OIC options site off your list. That site is primarily for institutional customers. I don't know how much a beginner would get from that site. But the rest of the sites on your...

I don't agree with that. You can't simply look at options margins per transaction and compare them to other products like stocks. That is like comparing apples to alligators. Options margins may be slightly wider than stock margins, but there are a host of inherent risks involved in trading...