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Some people got squeezed.... End of story... Even if that is true... And vol spiked because of some purchase of otm options...the vol curve was the lowest and flattest it's been in a really long time... People who were leveraged got squeezed... Liquidity hole it's called.. if you have the...

I don't believe it... the cost to risk relationship of trying to manipulate such a large liquid market seems very improbable.. plus Maverick makes a clear point about the otm weights

Paul Samuelson was a keysian hack... But yes the market is forward looking. Leading indicator of market sentiment... Look at how many people on here have completely switched to bearish because of a correction... Many of you guys have a backward looking view for sure haha..

Your right... So I can't answer your question

Means your gonna pay exchange minimum no less...is my guess

Read the prospectus!!! You'll understand once you realize how the value is derived from the firures

Who has the crystal ball?

I made it through... make sure to take note of the feb 6th margin update

if your trading overnight its best not to trade with IB as they will almost without notice raise your margin and liqudate you.. this might seem reasonable but it does not give you a chance to reduce your position in a orderly fashion , they will liqudate you at the very very worse price...

ya i can't imagine how many retail people were in those yesterday when all that liqudation happen..

they are freezing their risk with respect to all those products.. makes sense i saw somewhere credit suiss is going to nix their product

RJO, advantage, any introducing broker for wedbush

Ib is notorious for auto liquidation. They flushed millions of dollars at the close forcing people out of their positions . They raise margin requirement right when you need it the most and auto liquidate ... Just fyi they are a bucket shop...

they are trying to get ahead of any crisis that they cause themselves to then jump in and regulate more under the "i told you so" clause

Why would they say anything that wasn't in their interest. If they are long they want to tell the audience they are bullish.. if they want to exit longs they want to tell the audience they are bullish.... And what do you think we have been experiencing if not a blow off rally already

Don't be confused.. the actual price of any option is based completely on supply and demand....historically market participants have paid more for otm puts then otm calls.. price is market driven not model driven

There has always been a premium to buying protection on the spx compared to it's constituents... This isn't new and it doesn't mean anything other then people are willing to pay a premium to hedge with index options as opposed to holding a basket . And commission is cheaper...

The real punishment comes from coming here and asking weither you can do something or not...

Anything to get a big corporation in the news about skating taxes is a boon for the media...panging on the envy of the population... No one argues against taxes all together just only who is benefitting more , just an argument over who pays , how much ,and who deserves the extorted money...

non agression principle.. this comes from natural law... you can no agress on someones property... with or without a government.. liberty is only present when the NAP is being reconignzed