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are those new all time highs im seeing on the chinese market? just nuts, we have a crash selloff, they make new highs lol

lol i was waiting for someone to point that out for anyone who doesnt know the exact facts, vix in 87 crash topped out at 150, youch anyways, once in a hundred year event, if you are on wrong side of a train like that, well, nothing you can do..... (except be lucky enough to either be out...

by hand in excel :-) and I didn't customize anything to match fridays move, i just looked through the tables for last 12 years for 2 huge back to back daily vix increases such as we have just seen

its just information, do as you please with it

I think the time span of 12 years may be significant this is not like looking for a setup on the 1 min futures chart and see it only happens 9 times anyways lets see what happens, 3 weeks and counting, time will be the judge of this one, lol

oh yeah and the one time SP index didn't regain 3% within 3 weeks, the SP index was 1% higher 3 weeks later

I trade the SP index by monitoring the vix, and love looking for histroical setups. Just thought I should post an interesting trading stat related to fridays selloff only 9 times in the last 12 years (12 years ago is from when I keep records) has the VIX had a back to back gain (in...

no offence to anyone on ET but is there even one useful thread on the whole of ET? And I don't mean interesting or amusing, there are a few of those threads.... I mean a thread that actually has practical trading use? (and not someone's stab in the dark calls, something like trading ideas...

I'm thinking the best possible strategy in the universe would be to wait until michael and cramer agree on something, then you should do the exact opposite at 100% margin. anyone agree?

I cant believe this thread no one has asked the most important question! ...... has michael scott seen the matrix?

I signed up with a 2nd broker who shall remain semi-nameless for now, let just say i may CRY about it i get charged overnight fees for being short ES options (like 10c per night per contract) I estimate this will shave about 2% off my account per year??? what the hell?

haha dude now thats funny seriously

Just wondering what the implication for a homeowner is.... here is a hpothetical: homeowner buys house for 500k in 2002 get a new mortage now at appraised value of 1 million, pockets the $500k extra cash from the new $1 million mortgage invests the 500k cash say the housing market...

man I'd really be interested in buying an investment condo when the bottom arrives but how to time it will be a mystery.... I guess the bottom will be in when inventory of condos in miami starts dropping significantly? prolly 2009 to 2011? On a side note, on a 2nd or investment...

lol

can anyone overlay the shanghai SSE against the nasdaq to see a comparison?

cool can you ask the aliens where the top on the shanghai market is? if they don't want to tell you, then at least ask them to fire some lasers at hollywood because the last batch of movies I watched were sheit

the amount of nonsense on the internet never ceases to amaze me

luckily I wasnt able to trade the shanghai market or I would have gone short at 3000 now as you all know, its close to 4000 does this thing ever correct, or is china really a special case?

lucky i cant trade it i would have shorted it at low 3000s and been burning now.... lol up 350% in less than 2 years wow