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The usual bakwas. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aIo7Ze6HOhrs&refer=india

You better hope the google phone gets officially announced this week.

Coach, being a Bills fan that analogy really hits home. What I find so surprising about Neiderhoffer blowing up twice is how much effort he makes in trying to learn from other disciplines. Yet he didn't really learn from his own personal mistake during his first blow up. It makes no sense...

Not sure if this was already posted on this thread, but an article in the current New Yorker lays out most of the facts. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/15/071015fa_fact_cassidy

Yes, I can see how pound for pound the fly is a better delta bet, and I agree Nov/Dec would be preferable to Nov/Jan if it were available. But at this point I like the long vega exposure, in particular because I plan to hold this position into early to mid Nov. As a general rule when you...

GS Nov/Jan 220 Calendar @ 4.20 looks interesting. Edit: Of course as soon as I posted this the price dropped to 4.10.

Speaking of options related research, I found the website trade-alert.com from theoptionsinsider web site. Their basic info looks interesting and perhaps even useful, anyone had experience with their research and analysis? ST

I think it's actually unreasonable to expect any mentor to make you into a successful trader. A good mentor can teach you how to trade a certain product in a conservative and smart manner, and can teach you how to make appropriate exits and adjustments. But so much of trading is based on...

In my own experience I find that whenever I get my limit order filled at the mid price quickly after entering my order, invariably the price will remain better than my trade price for the rest of the day. Conversely, if I need to fight a bit to enter a position, the price I obtain ends up being...

Overall this seemed like a fairly successful trip for Ahmadinejad. He got to speak at Columbia despite various protests. He spoke with any reputable reporter who was around and took all questions (naturally only answering the ones he deemed appropriate). And spun the dialog to point the...

While I don't understand anything that was said, girl deserves mad respect for carrying on like nothing happened.

The ironic thing in medicine is that the guy with the best pedigree will likely have the better research experience and publications, which in turn will yield the more prestigious academic appointment. Yet that guy will make a fraction of what the fellow who graduated from east Jesus state and...

The 2 main problems I see with your approach to the short put strategy are the following. 1) Expectations too high. If your goal is to multiply your money 100x in 7 years you're already heading down the wrong path. Focus on trading smart and trading well, and sustaining that for many years...

Cottle's books rock. The free and low cost seminars by TOS/OptionPlanet are good for beginner to intermediate info. But of course even after all the reading and listening, you still need to attend the school of trading by actually trading and likely losing some money. Just keep on learning...

You bought a 10 pt fly for 0.75. If your opinion of where RUT lands in the next week has changed then go ahead and sell the fly for a small profit. If you still expect RUT to move into your range and you would still consider buying the fly at the current market price, then continue to hold it...

Drawdown of 44% since last year? These guys are no better than some guy trading large cap tech stocks in march 2000. How can the managers of this fund still be employed by GS? My wife would boot me if I had half of that % drawndown!

I see similar pricing on bom, but max payout is $25,000. Who did you use to get this quote? st

For the Sep 700 puts, presuming they were bought for 0.05, if SPX drops to 1400 and Vix pops to >30, those puts could be going for 0.10. Both the spot price and VIX have been at those levels recently. Not the way I would trade a down move, but I think it's more likely a Taleb like person made...

I think you summed up pretty much why shorting naked far otm options are nearly impossible to hedge well. If he is in fact trying to stay delta neutral at entry, he'll lose both ways pretty fast. If he is partially hedging, maybe that could work, but still tough when you're selling nickels and...

Oh my god, are you short calls at all those strikes? At what vix level did you enter these trades? If it's a sizable loss, I suggest you close it all out and just take the loss. Rolling doesn't get you out of this mess, unless vix drops profoundly from these levels. And I was ticked off...