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you can make big gains and then find out you can never get your money out of the account,and the paper trail leads you to a country with no extradition treaty- goodbye cash. Never trade anything that is not regulated through one of the major exchanges

FWIW I have always suspected that OI would give a good idea about PIN risk and often the big players will ramp up the index(FTSE in the UK) to get out of their short puts-but they are smarter than to play the same game every expiry, plus OTC volumes far outstrip exchange traded options. Last...

total idiots- the vote cannot be rigged-this is not Florida-we let black people vote in the UK

We seem to have a world of have and have nots- some have intelligence, some have chosen ignorance as evidenced by the rise of religious invasions. You cannot argue with the sickness of religion as they refuse to accept education, ands that is bringing the world to a crisis. Tolerance of...

Remember Victor Neiderhoffer anyone- dickheads selling naked puts deserve to get their butts kicked-blind arrogance

www.21stcenturyinvestor.com it is free and the best course you will ever do.

China's baseline was very different from the developed world-'investment' is the word traders use for a trade that went bad. China's mission is political it's still a communist dictatorship. There has been no real growth since about 2002 in the devloped world, just more debt

Hmmm you cannot know the counter party's risk as you may have sold puts that another trader was looking to buy to close out or add to a position-it's not just 2 blokes at a table. I never trade naked these days but straddles are an interested trade as the losses will be awful if you can deal...

It sums up most wannabe traders-they are lazy and want to be told what to do- I watched hundreds flock to see this idiot-https://www.amazon.co.uk/Armchair-Investor-Do-yourself-Investors/dp/0752811738 while about 4 of us watched an excellent presentation on options and real butterfly trades that...

buy the cheap options, sell the expensive ones

Never assume your reasons for a trade are the opposite of the guy taking the other side of the trade-their motives might be very different-of course it's academic anyway but perhaps the other trader is closing out a profitable position,adding to an existing position,legging in, netting off...

I think DYOR is the key vol expectations v reality -none of mine would make any sense as I trade the FTSE in the UK and I don't have the data to hand-it will happen soon enough when the naked sellers start crying

most people here want to be told what to do and want metrics they can hang their hat on-well here's the news- that's not how it works -the classroom is not the real world and vega will surprise those who think the BS calculations are carved in stone. That is my point and if you don't get it you...

What a bunch of unhelpful smug twats are to be found here- I make a valid point and some dildo has to smash it to bits instead of investigating and trying out some 'facts'. As I said vega will surprise sometimes not in a good way-of course it's not reliable, no one can predict the future. If...

Personally I look at support and resistance and worse case scenario then trade accordingly-when vol is very low I have nett positive delta put strategies,and wait for the market to tank,hopefully 2-3 times a year,after which you can rely on QE and the plunge protection team to buy the market...

naked selling shows an ignorance of epice proportions-but what do I know after 16 years trading when evidently you are all multi millionaires?

the market is owned by the FED, central bankers globally are manipulating all markets,and trying to crush vol. Thursday's comedic efforts to get the US indexes back up 'buy levels' was a clear indication-nobody wants to hold on to risk over a holiday, real traders flatten,central banks don't...

I didn't say the Greeks are unreliable I said Vega can often surprise, and should not be taken as an absolute

NEVER sell naked options, unless you have millions of other peoples money

The banksters dropped a Trillion - they are all professionals still in business.Most pro's lose money they rely 100% on a flow of new dumb money-that could be you.