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Ah, at least someone understood that lesson of history. Bravo. "Let's kick the bastards out!" always means "...so our bastards can get in." But the idiots who "man the barricades" will never understand that. I grew up in a country where people spent their lives shocked that all the slogans...

Did you think that I was talking to you? How cute. How long have you had the delusion that the world revolves around you, and have you looked for professional help for that? Clue: I was laughing at you, as are most other people. Perhaps we shouldn't laugh at anyone with this amount of obvious...

Setting aside the hilarity of recommending, without context, a Russian book on an English-speaking forum... a quick scan of this thing produces (among the endless boring generalities and circular "logic") such howlers as "the optimal scheme of investment requires an analysis of the entirety of...

A few hundred if you're lucky; a few mil (and cutting losses early enough) if you're not. :) Seriously, though? There's no meaningful answer possible. How much could you have made pyramiding WTI from 1998 to 2008? (Caveat on asking me for help with options: much as I wish and strive to, I do...

Non-wheel: $12.33 VIX 191218C15 / C18 -$0.99 -$99.00 Buying another one in VIX. I guess this is what they call averaging down... with VIX at below 13, I'm willing to ride it. Wheel: $83.21 SBUX 191115P75/P90 -$7.40 -$363.00 My first market-caused loss of any meaningful size; guess it had to...

I'll ask... a friend of mine. He'll make you a special deal.

It can be a bit hard, separating economics - and by extension, at least some aspect of politics - from trading, but overall, I agree. It's not a particularly productive direction.

Do you really? That's good, because I don't expect it from the majority of those who haven't served. It may be that the subtle difference between putting your life on the line to defend your country and paying the cost of politicians' whims and posturing in life, limb, and every other type of...

What was the prize? Because if it was "Haw, haw, look at the size of our balls", then - speaking as a veteran - I'm just as glad for that "lack of resolve".

I think destriero's outed all the ones that knee-jerk about simple bluntness and controversy. If they're stupid enough to freak out about that regardless of the actual value of what's being discussed, let'em die on that hill. It's not my kind of battle, but I'll admit to some guilty vicarious...

The petro-yuan! What a GREAT solution for getting out from under the thumb of the US! Because - as everyone knows - being under China's thumb is sure to be better...

Two decades, and still totally clueless? Unsurprising. If you don't know how to think, spell, or express anything beyond a caveman's grunt, learning from experience is going to be way beyond your abilities. My point, since you missed it, was that your typing effort (poor lad; deciding which...

Didn't watch any of the old crime dramas, I guess. Making the bad guy nervous enough to run back and make sure all of the evidence was gone is an old, old trap... That was good detective work, folks. Joe Friday would be proud of ya.

A Chihuahuajo?

I've seen smelly ragpickers come up to people on the New York subway, mutter some irrelevant shit, and then wander off on whatever their business is. Thanks for the memories.

Back in my high school days, the equivalent we used was "I promise I won't come in your mouth". Whether raVar is on the side of the angels or not, disclaimers of that sort are not much of an indicator. As do rabid chihuahuas. It's not exactly what I'd call meaningful. Demonstrated competence...

Followup to last post: I've been keeping track of the total cost for any given entry on a spreadsheet and modifying it (keeping track of either total credit or basis) when I roll; that works fine when I'm rolling the whole thing, but breaks when I close or roll only a part of it, as with the...

$83.38 SBUX 191115C90 / C105 -$0.40 Closing out 1/2 of the fly. Total credit: 4.17-0.40=3.77, current closing cost: 6.82, a -$305 P&L. I'll see how earnings goes, and either go inverted, roll, or close depending on the results. $29.92 TWTR 191115C38.5 / C40.5 -$0.02 Closing call side of fly...

So, no trades Monday - with quite good reason. I think I'm finding a middle ground between just sitting on my hands and getting into poor-quality trades, all without compromising. Good trick, neh? It doesn't work all the time, but here's how: I look at my Usual List of Suspects - SPY, IWM, TLT...

We did. It's the one with the 19 year old Eastern European nanny in it... It's nothing but the boring old Transverse Paisley Albino Newt strategy; I'm sure you're familiar with it. Alternate shorts and longs on every strike of every stock on the Bolsa de Valores, and buy the CME as a hedge (I...