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When the economy goes to pot people will quit buying computers. They are not going to quit buying food or heat until it gets really desperate.

I doubt its tits are big enough. Might pass for 7/10 though.

I think the whole thing is going to tank and stay that way for a while. Utilities and consumer staples will be the least hit, but I wouldn't buy them.

Anyone try using IV skew as an indicator for trading the underlying, instead of options? What results did you get? OR is this more like putting the horse in the cart and pulling it yourself?

Two related concepts. Ability to favorite or bookmark a thread. Of course you could use browser bookmarks, but doing it in forum also allows for scoring by how many people bookmarked it.

I'm interested in the concept of developing mastery and examples of mastery. Please contribute an example of mastery where you were most impressed. By this I mean more knowledge and less accomplishment. I'm not really looking for "John Doe made 9999999% returns in a week" but more for a...

Wow, those are some really good replies. You guys are showing off some mad skills!

That is roughly how the FBI defined it. Ironic because that is pretty much all they do.

Warp is already done. And I'm not referring to the nasa stuff. We passed star trek decades ago, at least. I've even built some of the stuff, but its dangerous. We found a way to make copious quantities of antimatter, then found out it was going to kill everything on earth. Then found out how to...

God no. We already ruined this planet. We have pcb and gmo everywhere. Lets kill all the criminals and morons. Then maybe we can go there and start fresh, as long as no one else is already there.

I used to be in favor of a large number of nations with diverse forms of government. It cuts down on the likelyhood of a despot gaining control of the whole planet. Sadly there is already a global criminal regime effectively controlling most or all nations and they look more than capable of...

Am I the only one that watched terminator and wasn't sure which side to cheer for?

I think whoever wrote this has been living in a very sheltered world. My cats are smarter than most people, and I've made scripts that out smart well intentioned but fool hardy junior network engineers.

There are already tunneling machines that use a uranium reactor in the nose to melt the rock and compress it into a super dense tunnel lining. They also do it much faster than conventional machines, in the MPH range. Its not top secret but they are keeping it quiet. I think he is going to be...

Lots of videos about space travel etc. methods that we might use in the future. Very entertaining.

So insider trading isn't the only way to get rich in the stock market? Or does this count as insider trading? I think it counts.

"The secret to winning on the stock market is surprisingly simple" Yes, its called "insider trading" Too bad I don't know any insiders and am chicken about going to prison.

Can any experienced traders comment on the rreliability of an increase in volatility brought on by movement in one direction offsetting the price decrease of the opposite direction long option? In other words, does an increase in volatility brought on by a sharp jump in price cause puts to not...

Picking up grains of salt in front of a steamroller?

Do you still have to do the grope fest and stupid human tricks with the TSA?