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Trading is solely about making money. I don’t do it because it’s interesting, challenging, or exciting. It’s how I make a living. If I find an easier to make money, with less effort, then I’ll do that.

I think the “Flash Boys” used a 128 kbs connection.

95% of options books are garbage. Here’s the ones that aren’t; -Hull (the Bible) -Volatility Trading by Euan Sinclair. The only book geared toward the practitioner and not the academic. -Option Market Making by Baird -Rebonato -Haug is good reference Hardest part is going from theory to...

Legging is dangerous. But if you must, do the hard part first.

Guest post: -Long AMZN May10/May17 2010/2030 call diagonal from 2.63 -Short AMZN shares from 1960.60 (short 10 shares per 10-lot diag) (I have 25 of each) *credit to destriero for strike selection

How dare you offer out free money!?! You've got some nerve...

Yeah the May17 sucked at open. Saw your order cross my screen.

Damn. Then I'll have to pick a different one. There will be no juice left for me once your order goes up :)

What duration you thinking? May17 7700 line?

TSLA up on stock offering. When it rains, it pours.

I covered half. So I guess I'm Bi...

Yeah...that's something chicks do

Your data is bad. Looks normal on my end.

It's not a skew trade. With an IC, you are almost always buying higher vol than selling. I figure he just wants to have some atm curvature exposure, as he is short delta in Nq, and has residual position in TSLA upside. It's a nice way to balance out a book of index/sn positions.

Traditional IRA has early withdrawal penalty prior to 59.5 (unless you put the money back within 60 days). Taxable portion is based on amount withdrawn. After age 70.5, you must begin to req min distribution (RMD) each year (=life expectancy factor / closing balance on Dec31), you must also pay...

Me too!

Fair. If traveling at the speed of light, disregard my post.

The market is well aware that time passes. In fact, the entire universe is based on it.

SPY is roughly 1/10 SPX. You can beta weight deltas/gammas. But keep in mind euro vs American, div, exp time, settlement details.

Have at it (caveat emptor)