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Schadenfreude can be wonderful sometimes :p

ES is the E mini, SP is the larger brethren, right? ...this is what happens when you spend too much time trading options and not enough futures :mad:

"I think the S&P will be at 1575 (about a 7.4% return), Dow at 14250 (7.5%), Nasdaq at 2900 (about 9.5%)." I'm with the OP; same prediction

SPX closed at 1411.63 on 1/5/08. So 100 handles below the index is 1410.63?

Heard the term a few times, but never inquired on its meaning. thanks

Some say yes, others say no. So it depends who you ask. Physicists say no, practitioners say yes. I say it's random enough to not make a killing off of for an extended period of time.

www.greencompany.com Look under 'traders'

Negotiate...you're in a good position right now. Realtors can sell your house much faster than you can, and they take on liability. I'd talk a green sales guy into selling my house for 2-3%

The news wasn't as bad as the fearful expected?

After tax-break, what's your riskless return? If you're willing to add variance, by all means trade your money instead of getting a riskless return. Put it this way: would you rather put your money in a federally insured muni bond or would you rather take on additional risk to possibly get...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Modigliani_theorem

What did Paulson pull down? You know--payment for order flow and all :D

Straddles

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The black swan will eventually catch up to you...don't short vol!

So does anyone have a copy of said Research Paper?

I play nice and like to share the wealth:cool:

Risk of ruin

I made 60% YTD selling Vol this year:p The more participants the better!

"The enfeebled dollar—lately in sight of $1.50 to the euro—would be weaker still without enormous purchases by central banks in emerging economies. This support is now waning. China and others are putting a smaller share of increases in reserves into the American currency. And Asian and...