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    By How Much Is The Market Oversold Right Now?

    for the past few days the market has been oversold yet it refuses to rally. when the markets does the opposite of what everyone expects (and everyone expected it to rally) look for a HUGE move in the other direction no matter how improbable. the person who mentioned the disconnect b/w the vix...
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    NG spike Wed 8th June

    i believe this news came out HOURS before the "flash crash". if i hear someone say flash crash again i'm going to punch 1 of my 30 monitors:eek: if you have the capital you could cause a flash crash in any security during non peak hours. what would happen if you submitted a 5000 car es...
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    SPY quarterly distribution & options

    AFAIK, it's after the end of the q, so after 6/30
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    SPY quarterly distribution & options

    OP, my good deed for the year is done. here you go. in the spirit of the "teach a man to fish" thing, in the future try using GOOG. if just go to the spdr website the info is right there. just giving advice not trying to be critical. happy trading...
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    Market Data Feed

    iq feed for futures. if you use NT use kinetick for a carbon copy of iq feed at a lower price.
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    Larry Lavin book 'How I Made 1.9 Million...'

    +1. In other news to those of you interested in taking your trading to a higher level, I'm selling my new book "how I made $1.91 million sim dollars". Why anyone would buy lavin's book instead of mine is beyond me.
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    Worst Scenario?

    I disagree that you could assume a stock will only go down "as much as 10% any given day". Sino forest ring any bells? Down 63% after fraud allegations? The black swan is out there. No backtesting can prevent it from occurring. The only thing you can do is diversify and/or hedge w/ puts.
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    Looking For New Trading Rig? Dell Outlet Has $150 Off, $799+ Selected Models

    All Dell Outlet Computers come with the same Warranty & Support as a new item, plus a 21-day return policy. the above is from the website. this should ease your concerns.
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    Engineer looking to make a career change into trading (PART II)

    not to beat up on the engineer but saying you can be "off by 10 to 20% and still be fine" is beyond stupid. if an independent trader (like most et'ers) loses 10% no one is effected except him (ok his family but it won't destroy them or him). if a bridge collapses b/c an engineer was off...
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    Inspiring video for traders!

    If you go to the signup page now there is no question asking for your broker now? Did they change it? I don't see how protecting personal info is being a pussy. I'm not trying to start a fight just saying that I need a good reason to give out this info and a chance to be sold an expensive...
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    IB with Ninja Trader and DTN IQ Feed?

    short - another plus to using kinetick (as opposed to dtn directly) is that if you're using nt and have a live funded trading account at one of nt's broker partners you get cme fees waived. so say you only trade ES, your monthly cost is just for nt (unless you bought lifetime license) and $50...
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    Deep in the money Options

    frost - i use a similar strategy. since i'd like to capture a large part of the "middle move" (not top or bottom) i want higher rather than lower deltas but the spreads are usually so wide that it gives up a substantial portion of profit (or adds to losses!). so i stick to between .5 and .75...
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    Large LEAPS Orders

    what you fear (mm's raising price of option/iv) is what will happen with illiquid options. i've tried to accumulate a position in them before and i've just given up before even filling 25% of the position. i try to split the b/a and the order just sits there. then i raise by a penny/nickel...
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    Maximum daily price fluctuation

    there are no limits in terms of how high an option price can go for calls. for puts obviously there is a limit since a stock can't go below zero (except in the case of vonage - does anybody remember that POS? It feel so fast you'd think someone tied an anvil to it's feet). Is that what you're...
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    Inspiring video for traders!

    From austinp: "I don't have time to sign up for things that are kept a mystery at the time of registration. For all anyone knows right now, it could be an offer to cure impotence in over-stressed traders." I don't appreciate you criticizing what seems like a valuable service for me...
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    Engineer looking to make a career change into trading (PART II)

    journalist to hedge fund manager: if i had a $100 million i'd retire hedge fund manager to journalist: that's why you'll never have $100 million
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    Commissions and day trading

    not to be the bearer of bad news but i believe if you are an exchange member (lease holders are considered members) you have to pay SE taxes which can negate a huge portion of any commissions saved
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    my story

    this is just one of the many reasons i will NEVER get married. actually there is one reason: someone is holding my family hostage and says "get married now or i will kill them dead". and even then i'd have to think about it lol.
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    Exporting Bloomy Data

    if you're still having probs after using the excel add in, press <HELP> twice and make them someone else's probs:D
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    SPX Options on C2 Decision June 6th

    although the bid/ask seems wide for spx options as they're currently traded you can almost always find price improvement if you're willing to work the order (more so than other less popular underlyings)
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