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Barrons is not that easy to find, even in the U.S. The few stores that do carry it near me in Chicago are usually sold out. But I have to agree with the other posters. If you want to sample a new publication without laying down the full cash for a subscription, then check out the online...

Amen! That subject has been beaten to death over the past few months. But I'm glad that people are finally starting to see the light. Yes, people on both sides of an options trade CAN be winners. It's just a fact of that marketplace.

I think anyone in the futures business would cry out with rage if they read that post. The last thing any futures trader, broker or exchange wants is the SEC messing up their marketplace!! They've worked long and hard to set up a situation that works well for them, and they laugh at all the...

I think he was trying to point out the existential relationship between call buyers and... ...oh the hell with it!!! Even I can't pretend that post made any sense. :p

I don't know. Is it really that dangerous when 70% of the OTC market consists of single name credit default swaps? The author points that out in his article as well, and I'm inclined to agree.

This is just like back on my floor trading days, when guys would blow out spectacularly one week and then return with a new backer a few weeks later. The moral of the story: There is no shortage of idiots with too much money out there.

I hope ICE takes them to the cleaners!!!!! Seriously, though, ICE stock has dropped quite a bit over the past week, so the value of their deal is diminishing every day. All the CME has to do is reach into their incredibly deep pockets and the CBOT is theirs again. However, do you really...

I don't buy it. The NYSE & CBOE may be talking, but they will never join forces. NYSE already has the P-Coast options exchange, so why do they need the CBOE? I think they CME will buy the CBOE and NYSE will go their own way, especially now that they have purchased derivatives powerhouse...

I think this one was posted already. Looks very familiar....

Interesting....so you just essentially want to trade stock. After all, .99 delta options are essentially the same as the underlying. Anyway, back to hedge funds. Here's my question.... If making markets in options is so profitable for Citadel, then why aren't other funds getting in on the...

You trading the options? If so, how are you liking those penny spreads?

What type of help do you need? Are you just an employee who gets a simple W2 at the end of the year or are you a self-employed tax nightmare with multiple Schedule Cs?

Anyone with half a clue usually executes their insider trading in the options markets. The oversight there is a joke and you can get much more bang for your buck.

The Natenberg book is great. A little boring perhaps, but full of info. I also like these sites. If you are a beginner, they are great: www.cboe.com www.888options.com www.TheOptionsInsider.com Good info for beginners and, at least as far as I know, they won't cost you a dime. Might...

Perhaps. Those periods ARE when the most money is made by market makers... However, I've also seen periods where you just couldn't buy puts no matter how hard you tried. Somehow, with a hedge fund on the other side of the trade as opposed to a "pure" market maker, I feel that might become a...

He didn't say anything about capitalism, just socialism. You should stop reading into things. On the other hand, ...I think a free and open marketplace where prices are dictated purely by market forces is the embodiment of capitalism. Let the market be your guide.....

I know it sounds strange, but some part of me agrees with you. I know that market makers can't really enact their own agendas since they are really just slaves to order flow. However, I still get an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach whenever I think of some shady hedge fund taking the...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mukherjee&sid=apm.ICwxSAuQ Is it me, or is this ban just nuts?

There Can Be Only One - SEC vs. CFTC Just saw this and it got me thinking about the whole oversight debacle in the options markets. Is it me or does the SEC not have a freaking clue when it comes to options? They are so busy trying to chase Spitzer's tail that they don't do a damn thing...

I was surprised by the performance of the markets on a macro level. You seemed to have a lot of problems on the equity side (e.g. - NYSE, DOW) but no problems on the options side, which is interesting. You'd think that, with those exchanges posting record volume days, that there would have been...