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:p I hope it comes back and erases your loss! For what it's worth : one of the Market Wizards (Stuart Walton, I think) had to go the brink, too, before changing his tactics and becoming successful.

Exit the position now and take the existing loss. Thus current unrealized loss = realized loss = maximum realized loss. Since you are convinced that the stock with whipsaw back from 150 to 100, buy an ATM or OTM put. But it's converting that unrealized loss to a realized loss that hurts...

improvingstops, some ideas related to stops (just thinking aloud) : - try entering in steps : enter 1 contract and wait. Enter the 2nd one ASAP if price goes your way. If it goes against you, judge if you are comfortable with what is going on and enter the 2nd. Else exit and wait for a new...

:) Yes, it's quite a useful tool!

lasner, this kind of stuff works until it blows up in a really bad way. Forget about naked options, even far OTM Verticals and Iron Condors carry a good amount of danger (-ive gamma). At least try to use a vertical spread instead of naked options to cap the $risk amount.

mikasa, GTS is correct. The way memory is used changed from XP to Vista (and hence, Windows 7, too). In fact, one can argue that in XP, RAM was being wasted by not being utilized. Vista and 7 just try to utilize RAM to the max. Proper use of the in-memory buffer cache can reduce the amount of...

vertigo3 + ThePropTrader, that's a sorry tale, if I ever heard one. She literally lost her home....Shocking. Why can't people just trade on sim till they convince themselves that their system works? :(

I have awe and respect for: - riskarb (a.k.a atticus) for being an options God, and demonstrating that a thorough grasp of options theory rewards you exponentially. And on top of that, his directional trading is superb! - Anekdotten and ASusilovic for demonstrating the power of simple TA...

Hi Ophir, just wanted to let you know that I discovered LiveVol and your blog http://livevol.blogspot.com via an ad on the "VIX and More" blog around 1 week ago and have been really enjoying reading up the posts there. Very educative, thank you! Your write style is very readable, too. Livevol...

efficiency, just curious : why 20 days for the ATR? Why not 14 or 22, etc;? (Not arguing, just asking).

dtrader98, jwcapital, point taken about vol regimes + case for it to stay low. dtrader98, have you done any work on the nature of regimes/regime changes in vol? Asking because I've seen some educated/quantitative posts by you in the past.

+1 for the thinkdesktop. Lets you trade options with a visual intuition, i.e., you don't need to be a math genius to get a feel for what's going to happen to your position in various "what-if" scenarios. (But don't stop there, do continue reading Natenberg, Hull, or whatever piques your...

I'm hoping it will touch 25 before Mar expiry. Betting on higher VIX during Q1 2010 is not a bad idea, methinks.

Many congratulations neke. This is one of the threads that has been a pleasure to read, and like many others, I wait for your update each weekend, keeping fingers crossed for you. All the best for 2010! P.S. This thread is best read with this song running in the background (Rocky theme song...

talon, how about just ignoring the jack hershey flames and the pr0n. You do it, we do it, and let sisboom and co. continue whatever they're doing in their own parallel universe. Just ignore them. Mods, given that the jack hershey post has identical content each time, it should be easy to...

Was reading this article and was reminded of this thread: "A mad scheme to kill a scientist" http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-scientist-murder7-2010jan07,0,1907606,full.story ""You only played chess with Walt two or three times because you were always humiliated," said...

Oh groan, one more from Yuvrajjj (hope I got the number of j's right). I am from India, and even I am tired of this continual chest-thumping. :p Yuvrajjj, our country has a long way to go, and it is wiser to make progress quietly first. Also, to be honestly self-critical, if one's country is...

Misthos, your analysis, insight and the presentation of your ideas in this thread are impressive, brilliant. I believe you are right about the inverse relationship between wealth and morality (and it's close cousin : the enforcement of the law). Similarly, there is an inverse relationship...

From their news page: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=news&p=n&ib_entity=llc I've tried this out and it works just fine. Good move, IB! Also, delayed market data is supposedly available (I have yet to try this out)...

While on the topic of screens: I'm waiting for these to hit the market: http://pixelqi.com/products. The firm is trying to market themselves on the basis of lower cost, but the readability and less strain on the eyes is what I am interested in. Basically, the screens will be similar to...