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He trades verticals on some Dow stocks. Hey gang, thanks for the responses, I'm glad to see that he was off base. It just seemed odd to me to think that the two strategies had the same risk profile.

I was having lunch with a fellow trader friend of mind and we brought up something interesting. He kept arguing that selling a vertical has same risk as initiating a covered call. I thought he was nuts. He cited an example selling an OTM SPX vertical and using the return on margin as the...

Now that's comedy! :p

I smell a rat. :mad: And I'm kicking myself for not loading up on some Puts.

PC Perspective is reporting that there won't be a replacement for Phil Hestor who resigned this week. This makes me wonder what is happening to AMD. Link to original story: http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=5474

Just out of curiosity, is anyone trading those currency options on the ISE? Or are they this year's single stock futures? I keep thinking of jumping into these things, but that the liquidity ain't there.

Oh those damn commercials with Billy Mays, his voice just annoys the hell out of me. I keep thinking he's pissed at having to do a commercial. Whatever happened to that Australian guy who sold those rotating chicken machines? :confused:

I always thought that that was really her friend or husband who was doing some sort of fake radio show for her commercial. God, you'd think her dividend plan thingy would have at least paid for a new commercial. Just goes to show, I guess.

So I was on the Think Or Swim platform trying to scratch a nickel or two when I saw quotes for options on eMinis. I wasn't able to trade them, but was surprised none the less. Any word if we'll be able to trade these things?:D

Neat site!

I was wondering the same thing. Right now I've been doing spreads via the phone at one of the local Chicago houses, but was itching to move my spread trades onto something like IB. So, for example, I wanted to do old crop new crop corn spread or calendar spreads on Eurodollars or emini S&Ps on...

I'm in a similar boat. Currently do spread trading on several futures contracts via the phone. It's all position trading for the most part, so the in and out daily or hourly action isn't a big factor. Saying all this, I would like to use an electronic platform also that could take into effect...

I've been thinking of trying out those mid-cap and small cap S&Ps. Has anyone traded these puppies yet? Liquid enough to scalp or day trade? ER2 made me some nice cash in the past, but was wondering if basically Russel's new cousins were worth the time. Thanks! Hoping you all have a...

that's awesome.

Now I've been very pleased with TOS's software platform. My executions have been great. I've been doing futures for some time with another broker, and would like to consolidate. What I'd like to know is anyone knows if Think or Swim will be doing other futures contracts besides the minis and...

For years I had a subscription to the Wall Street Journal and later it's online edition. This year, as a gift, I received a sub to the Financial Times. It seems like a nice online "paper," used to the journal's format, but still nice. What got me thinking, though, was given the various news...

Going through the forums here, it looks as if the gloom and doom postings and threads have skyrocketed. Could this be a sign of some sorts? Oh I'm sure that there are problems still, that the other shoe hasn't dropped and the market could still drop. Still, could there be some sort of magic...

retro collectors of 80's toys action figure futures!

holy cow, thanks gang! Just curious, Local, which STOXX? The Euro STOXX 50 or STOXX 50? MTE, what has been your experience on those Eurodollar options? How far out should I go, or would say (for example) the Junes work? Speaking of debt instruments, how bout the Bobl or say the Shatz...

I am looking into trading options on futures. Currently, I trade mainly ES, the Euro or Swiss futures (sometimes the yen), some grains and the 10 year. But I was wondering, in the whole pantheon of available futures, which ones were the best for options? Basically, if I wanted to do some sort...