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    More on leaps

    Not suprising at all in a bull market..To be expected. One important factor that is often overlooked is one should compare delta equivalent or equal dollar positions,not 1 ATM option vs One 30 delta option.. I do think there may have been some curve fitting going on,but the authors approach is...
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    Options Stats

    Lol...Im completely blanking on the elevators..Pretty sure I was in 388. Loved working down there
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    Options Stats

    WOW,blast from the past
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    More on leaps

    Hes using the 20% for leverage and buying apx 2 ATM's as opposed to one really deep ITM...Think 1x2 backspread I eyeballed the SPY reurns since 94,and there were only 6 flat-ish years where you would have really regretted buying the options.. Hes going long some vol and it appears the market...
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    Options Stats

    Is that Henry Schwartz from Salomon Bros?? Looks like a a Henry I traded with when we (Sandy Weil) bought them
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    More on leaps

    Have you ran any backtests?? Your assumption is obviously correct. I haven't looked at an 80/20 allocation. Not a huge fan of ATM options as a bullish play,and not so sure that the. 20 invested in ATM calls provides significant outperformance despite the leverage. Im ball parking 10% of spot...
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    Algo & Quant traders

    My man SML driving a 454 Chevelle???? That's what I am talking about!!!! WXy, give up the wave count,learn to trade and maybe one day you will have a ride like SML
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    Algo & Quant traders

    WXy is not a trader,and thats not necessarily an insult. Though in his case it is :) He is still at the stage where he can NOT take a loss nor admit he was wrong. Hence he doesnt use Stops..Instead,he averages down..Very odd for someone who brags about the precision of the Elliot Wave. He also...
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    Algo & Quant traders

    Good luck with that..Hes like 99 percent of all the Elliot Wavers out there,great hindsight analysts with zero money management..
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    Algo & Quant traders

    It is with zero sorrow and massive relief that I have placed Simple and Wxy on ignore till they demonstrate they aren't the most clueless pikers on ET...
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    Algo & Quant traders

    I do not know none???? I see what you did... well played... Stay in your lane..........
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    Algo & Quant traders

    Of course you dont know one... You expect successful quants to hang out with some piker knocking home 3400 bucks on his best month???
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    Algo & Quant traders

    Not if you only had one up month in a year
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    Algo & Quant traders

    By now,we should know better than to feed the Trolls..
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    Why I don't go long options

    Looks like WX is getting snoozed
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    Algo & Quant traders

    Baron,what happened to the minimum IQ cutoff to post on ET???
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    Algo & Quant traders

    No surprise here
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    Algo & Quant traders

    LOL @ Simple and WX uniting and sharing their first hand knowledge on Quant trading...
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    Algo & Quant traders

    Wait..Wut???? You are the guy who sells puts as a bearish play and lets them go 500% against them on the down move... Hows that EW ABC working out for you in CLSK?? Correction...ONE put...Thats the only reason you are still in existence..
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    Algo & Quant traders

    You are bragging about owning a car that is worth less than a Subaru??
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