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I think they just mean from a 'managed futures' perspective. probably comparing it to cta type shops and not hedgies.

Roger Federer already blew the grand slam! Got beat in straight sets at the aussie open. Do you want to change that to Tiger?

Im pretty sure its the latter. There's not that many people working there.

No. The fund charges 2 and 20, the individual trader doesn't get that. It will typically be a salary plus % of portfolio profit as well as a discretionary bonus. Nowadays with the way traders jump around, they usually get some sort of guaranteed amount written in (but often it will be in a...

EFS?

I think the offer takes CFC back below yesterday's close by a nice amount.

i have never traded NG. I don't think I have the stomach for it. How about the .80 cent to $1 move down guys from last week? LOL NG is a beast! People are getting nailed on the Oct/Jan spread right now (probably one of most widely traded spreads). Sort of a mini amaranth occuring again.

i was under the impression that it was secured debt. maybe i read that there isnt much in front of cit's bond's and just figured they would have first dibs on the cash that they gave. this still doesn't change how i feel about the deal. they still bot that mortgage book at 27 cents on the...

i would think that you probably went to the last one of those my friend! once they go public, thats going to be a big no no. no way you can justify "luda christmas party" on the balance sheet!

MTE, is there a way to trade variance swaps over an exchange? thought this was strictly an otc type thing that banks and hedgies enter into. just curious, not interested in trading em!

i think the firm mentioned here trades options.

that was kinda harsh wasn't it janny? do you have something against any of the firm he mentioned? try to offer something to the post rather than just insulting people, its beneath you.

We are in agreement there bgp. i think that the stocks of management companies are a suckers bet. little more than a great way for the people that own it to become super rich while cashing out of the management co's, while still investing in the fund itself. they know that the street will over...

leveraging at 10:1, a few bad trades and you're done. probably want to start with $100k to trade with, probably don't want to risk more than .5%-1% per idea. usually the losses come out of your end, so depending on how many bad trades you want to allow yourself before youre out is up to you...

Lately I've been making money selling verticals. I think by nature I want to be a net seller of options (i think vol is overpriced a good % of the time) but i don't have the cajones or the deep pockets that it takes to sell nakeds. i like the defined risk reward of selling verticals. i'd do an...

Seems in this case the option provide very little risk reduction in terms of price. no one really has any idea when etrade will bounce back (if it wll bounce back). but @ less than $4, you have very little downside, and $0 theta risk. if you want to go long, the stock is the play.

there are times where you want to exercise where dividends are concerened. with deep in the money options on futures, if you can't get better than intrinsic (when delta is basically 1) at times you want to exercise into futes and sell out the futes (provided this doesn't end up costing more).

i think if anything we have come a long way.....hard work and drive can certainly trump connections and privaledge. you need a whole ton of will and drive and an equal amount of luck as well. several rock star billionaires in the us started from less than nothing. that being said, wealth...

here we go.....im 28. nows the part where you tell me how my age and lack of experience are the reason i am so dumb and you are so smart, blah blah blah. i don't really think that MY age has anything to do with anything on this topic dude. i think ken griffin's age/experience, and...

i said nothing of what is harder. i think what i was implying was that if given a choice - which i think the point of internship experience is future options - if given a choice i would go to the buy side or trading. the poster did say something about 26 or 27 right? i think at that point you...