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how did he get that job if didnt even finish college? know the owner or something

That's a loaded question, so i will just give 3 simple examples i am sure the more experienced can explain it better. 1) To buy 100 shares of goog cost $43300, to control the same 100 shares using option (1 contract atm call) cost - leap 09 expiration=$6700, jun 08=$3800 etc.. You get to...

where have you been dude? welcome to america :D

i guess it's different for each firm. i have first hand experience and friends in other top 10 ibanks all have similar bonus pay structure. regular salary is 100% cash minus whatever you put into 401k. But for bonus, stocks are always a big part of it. For example, lets say 50k payout...

That's not true. For most ibanks, EVERY employee is forced to take some stock options aka golden handcuff. The more senior you are, the higher your stock/cash ratio is. For example, an average joe at an ibank's bonus each year: cash + unvested stock (company stock that will be awarded to you...

thanks, but it's hard to find publically traded luxury retailers that deal exclusively in nyc. I will dig around. I think nyc has a way to go yet because 1) The real estate market around here really hasnt been hit much like in ca, fl, etc.. 2) Massive layoffs on wallstreet, which drives...

my penis is bigger than your penis... give it a rest guys. this is what happens when traders discuss economy..

christ, not this shit again. go here

man they have a futures on everything, thanks! One question on the case-shiller index as the underlying. It says: http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/site/sp/en/us/page.topic/indices_csmahp/0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0.html Most of the residential real estate in nyc are condos and...

yeah i was hoping to get some feedback between the different type of strategies. Will be adjusting the iron condor or closing it out if prices gets closer to one of its legs long before it reachs max loss. For quote, i used IB's option trader -> options speads and manually put in both legs...

If you are bear on nyc area real estate, retail etc.. does anyone know a financial instrument or stock to play with? thanks

yes i was just kidding around, insider buying usually is a good sign of positive, selling could be anything...

no offense, working as an exec for NINE years and only has 50k savings? I wouldnt really use your brother as an example to argue the case.... Maybe the monthly living expenses is the problem then?...just a guess. If flipping burgers 24/7 wont put a dent, i wonder how all those other low...

Maybe they just needed to buy a few more maybach. Nothing to see here folks :D

to do well in this country, you have to be either piss poor with like 5 children, those people dont work or pay for anything, government will happily sends you the check. Or very rich, then you will get richer. The middle to upper middle class are the ones that will ALWAYS get fucked with...

i dont think it's any bank? so can etrade dump it's billions of mortgage paper to the fed :D

The higher you are on the food chain, the more you are paid with stock options that become vested usually in 5 years or more. AKA the golden handcuff. That's why most of those bsc executives are so mad, they basically lost a portion of their bonus going back many years..

i dont do program trading, but what about ninja trader as the platform, then you can pick the broker, or strategyrunner.

why the hell on earth do you use IB if trading in the millions? are you just insane. What do you trade? just normal stocks? find a more professional platform.. IB is for people who trades in the 5 and low 6 figures because IB has such a wide varity of different products all under 1 roof...

Ok i opened an IB account with 25k fund to be used exclusively for writing options on es futures for monthly income. Since options on es have pretty low margin requirement, i will trade up to 10k requirement, and leave the rest 15k as buffer (40%). Assume JUN ESM8 at 1312, april...