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Of course the upside to trading alone is that no GF or spouse is second guessing you! I'd rather be alone!

The spreadsheet was great! Thank you for sharing that with us. Cody

Murray, Could you elaborate further. Coach usually places his spreads around 2 std deviations from the then current price of the underlying index. Are you using the same strikes for your analysis, or were you picking closer strikes? Wouldn't the directional bias of the index become far...

Hey Donna, I sas that you have your IRA at TOS, do you pay an annual fee? I just got my first IRA statement and they charged me an annual fee, I did not thinkl anyone charged that anymore! Thanks Cody

Hey Coach, Many of us bought the Cottle book. I have not seen any discussion of it on here. Could you share with us what you thought was most important. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Cody PS I did not find the book to be light reading!

Thanks Coach, I think we are all interested in how this works out for you (I know that I am!) Of course we are also a little nervous you will abandon all your pupils now that your are busy!

Hey Coach, Now that you are at a prop shop, can you share your impressions and experiences with us. Do you trade from your own office, or are you at a centralized location?

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Agreed, but I think we, as spread traders, must try to analyze the potential for large SPX price movements. IF Iran (and Venezuala) threaten to stop or slow oil production I think we will see a strong market response. Cody

Coach, I agree with your assessment of this particuliar issue. However, I feel that the Iranian issues certainly throw larger risk on our economy. I am not sure these are priced in yet. Cody

Hey Coach, Can you comment on the Tradestation platform. I saw that they have a new option trading platform. Can you trade spreads? Is the market info timely? What are your general impressions? I think the commissions are somewhat cheaper than TOS. Thanks Cody

Hi Coach, I found the posted Q &A about the risk based haircut margin requirements illuminating. I would beextremely interested in seeing the calculations as they would apply to uncovered and covered index options. Cody

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Excellent trade!!

1270 straddle under $7.00

Hey Andy, I usually do much larger spreads than Coach. The good is that you can go further away from the index (SPX) and still get a decent premium. the Delta is usually much smaller, therefore a much larger move must take place before you ahve to adjust. The Bad, obviously the margin is...

Coach, Are you feeling good about your shits and giggles:D :D

Donna, http://www.cboe.com/data/Settlement.aspx try this.

Donna, I'm with you. It seems that TOS should work to get all its ordered filled at optimum prices without a nagging phone call. It reminds me of the kids that used to go and see the teacher whenever grades came out. "Teacher, Teacher, I deserve a better grade!" But it just goes to show...