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    Burned out fund managers

    Algos don't wear pin stripe suits, don't smoke cigars nor experience stress. :eek:
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    didn't they do Whiter Shade of Pale?

    For them, it's a "blacker shade of pale". :eek:
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    VXX Probs

    1) FWIW, you could use the delta of the call option at each of those strike prices as a very "rough guideline". :cool: 2) FWIW, with the market in all-time high territory, it's almost a certainty the market can pullback and give a boost to the VXX next week. We'll see. :)
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    The New Alfa Romeo

    A poor man's "Ferrari". :cool:
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    CMT certification

    When was the last time you met someone who bragged about their CMT designation? :confused: :D
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    Another computer driven hedge fund closes

    It will reorganize as the Dense Fund with a new highwater mark. :p :D :eek: :cool:
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    Light Sweet Offer

    The usual reasons: 1) Aggressive bear-spreading 2) A collapse of the "speculative premium" 3) Extreme bearishness 4) The cash market is "well lubricated". 5) Aggressive short-hedging of "real" supply. 6) Something "weird" might be going on between CL and Brent. :cool:
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    Corn tick size

    1) The "2, 4 and 6" indicates eighths of a cent. Since the numerator is an even number and the denominator is eight, it reduces to a quarter-cent tick fluctuation. :) 2) The tick size in the ZC, ZS and ZW used to be one-eighth of a cent until ~1973 when it was raised to one-quarter. :eek: 3)...
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    Option Calls: To Exercise or To Trade?

    1) Generally, if you exercise early before expiration, you're forfeiting the remaining extrinsic value in the options. :( 2) If the options are deep-in-the-money to begin with, it's less of an issue. :) 3) If the options are out-of-the-money even after the $10 rally, exercise would be...
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    Student Suing Atlantic City Police After Violent Beatdown Caught On Video

    4:10 to 4:25, the dog kicks some serious butt. :eek: :p :D
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    US stocks vs Cushing stocks

    1) Neither. :eek: 2) Gold does a "better" job. :cool:
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    Did anybody by those QQQ 79 calls for only 1 cent today?

    Wait until the exchanges start listing daily expiration options. :cool: :eek:
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    Getting laid with virgins vs non-virgin girls

    1) 2-11? :confused: 2) For the most part, if you want to have sex with a virgin, you risk being arrested for statutory rape in all 50 states. :eek: :( :mad:
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    Getting laid with virgins vs non-virgin girls

    ? .... ! ...... you're describing Jewish girls! :eek: :D
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    This is impossible

    1) Chicago's murders are concentrated in a small number of neighborhoods. The "problem" is "contained". :( 2) It could have been a lot worse if the Summer had been hotter. :eek:
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    18 Teens Who Are Doing Incredible Things At The Google Science Fair

    Please let it be that and not investment bankers, management consultants and algorithmic traders. :cool:
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    18 Teens Who Are Doing Incredible Things At The Google Science Fair

    Confirmation of the obvious ....... East Indians and Orientals are "taking over" science. :eek: :( :mad:
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