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The recent legislation greatly expanded MSAs, however it doesn't look like much will be on offer until after the first of the year. The one MSA that popped up on ehealthinsurance.com doesn't really appeal to me. Ideally, I would like a $5,000 deductible and $0 above that. I have a feeling...

Or maybe selling a March, April or June 5 put against buying th June 10 call? I would be more interested in buying the 10c and selling a 5p. It seems like the breakout point for the stock is close to the breakeven point for the 7c. As people have said, the return will be greater on the 10 if...

So, what does this have to the Carlyle Group? Just kidding, nice article. Reading up on time series and the work of Granger is on my to do list for the holidays. I won't be taking the time series class until next spring(05), but I'll need to kind of know it before then.

I was thinking the same thing. In addition, there are probably people who don't want to sell for other tax reasons, namely income vs capital gains tax rates. You would need to anticipate a decent correction to take the former(assuming a higher tax bracket). I don't see this market going below...

Tiki, What's weighing on the Dutch market? The larger European indexes are within a percentage point of 52 week highs, but the AEX is about 5%. Are people fretting over the currency? I was there when it exploded to the upside on the weaker Guilder in the late 90's, so it doesn't surprise...

Opera rocks.

I ran port scans over time as well, nothing ever came up, and yes, ad-aware as well, but thats not the problem.

I have never downloaded any pirated software. I downloaded legal software to watch a pirated movie(see previous post where I made a joke about this). Old School, considering I am back in school at the same age as the characters, it's pretty cool. Of course, I'm still waiting to have parties...

LOL, NoMoreOptions always makes my day.

LOL, hmm, maybe they're hiring, shitty couple of weeks. I want to say though that my criticism towards IB is directed at this feature in their business model. Despite what it may seem, I think IB(and Timber Hill, I don't think I would have lasted as long on the floor without them) is a...

Actually, I think many people are somewhat paranoid over security on the net. I have had, to the best of my recolection, only 1 virus in all the years of myself owning a computer. That occured eleven years ago, my CS professor gave me a disk that was infected. It turned out to be a complete...

Should I build a nuclear bomb shelter in the backyard as well? Your obviouslu ignorant about business practices. A business, here in the U.S., is required by law to have controls in place. Since we know that this has happened before, they are aware that such a scenario exists. Therefore...

Actually, the IB customer service guy was helpful to an extent; he walked me through changing everything and was on the phone with me for an hour. I wouldn't have said he was nonchalant if he had said that the company takes these things seriously. At the very least, he should have been more...

The fact somebody could find out my account log in and set up a transfer to another country so easily.

I had transfered my account to IB from the one I had been primarily trading from for the past eight months(I had always kept a few grand in the IB account just in case). IB was going to serve only as a temporary stop over as I was actually looking to move somewhere else. I had tried to set up...

Yep, it is something I'm(and I think Mav is too) working on. It requires a risk based haircut as opposed to the regular retail margins.

Lot of things here, first I have been in the position of not being to pay rent, both in the options market and for my apartment(the two events happened to coincide). In fact, my blowing out, which happened twice(I've trade for four people), was the result of being long premium. Both times...

Sigh, I don't disagree with you. It would be great if commodities were electronically traded. Equities can be very event oriented which is why I am seeking to be able to diversify. I'm getting leverage so as to put on positions in multiple stocks. I'm right now trading only 1, 2 or 3 stocks...

I almost forgot the original question. There was huge institutional demand for Vol leading up to the Iraq war. I forget the exact numbers(I had a lot of drinks when the person in the know told me this), but I trust the person who said this. Now with the war over and the dawning of the bull...

I would also add, that for as great the quant guys are, there are floor traders who made a living trading against them. I speak specifically of Timber Hill and Arbitrade. People loved trading against these guys because their machine would go off and they would just start hitting bids and...