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    Julian Assange Interview on 60 minutes.

    Thought the interview was interesting. 60 minutes struck me as a bit more antagonistic than usual and seemed to keep trying to pin him down on certain issues - he did a good job of keeping his line. I too liked him a lot more after the interview, though my problem with him is that while I...
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    CL: calendar spreads more liquid than outrights,why?

    This might be a silly question, but just to clarify are we talking about a wide inter-month spread during the contract term that's trading beyond full carry and/or about convergence to spot upon expiration? Seems like they tend to go hand in hand and the issue is both, although I'm not sure.
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    List of inversely and directly related futures markets

    What is 'stability' and how are you measuring that? TIA, interesting post.
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    OVX futures?

    .2/99,999
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    CL: calendar spreads more liquid than outrights,why?

    Don't think so - correct me if I'm wrong but Local and bone don't actually seem to be in disagreement about anything, they just seem to be arguing for the sake of arguing. Local is saying the contract is 'broken' because the spread has moved beyond full carry. Bone agrees the spread is...
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    Jay Cutler "Quit" on his team?

    ...you mean the divisional playoff game where they played a team that was 7-9?
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    Basic Tradestation questions

    Just a few basic questions I was hoping someone could help answer: 1) Can you download historical data into Excel - if so, is any programming necessary to setup this function? 2) What kind of historical option data do they provide (i.e. just trade prices or bid/ask, IV, etc.)? Thanks in...
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    Jay Cutler "Quit" on his team?

    I was going to make an eloquent and well informed post about the situation - but stopped halfway because my knee hurt.
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    Best Way to Hedge GE

    You can compare the tracking error to the theta decay over your intended time frame and make a determination on which is the least costly hedge. SDS also has 'time-decay' due to leverage. Without any analysis, my guess would be that an option would be a better hedge, that's just my 2 cents...
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    Smart Money Sells Straddles!

    The Vegabus is coming And everybody's jumping New York to San Fransisco An intercity disco
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    Hedge Fund Returns for 2010

    "Zen" is probably a euphamism for crazy, nuts, insane, etc. They have a reputation for being a strange place to work and Dalio's "Zen" approach is encompassed within his Principles Handbook: http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManager/Principles/Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf
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    should good traders be good poker players?

    You can play limit games which might make MM more systematic.
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    Interest of Bonds?

    I've heard that if you purchase debt that's senior enough you can use your cusip number to get a discount on movie tickets:D
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    Niederhoffer's year end contest! ($2500 prize for 3 best 2011 trading ideas)

    Interesting, thanks for the explanation.
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    Niederhoffer's year end contest! ($2500 prize for 3 best 2011 trading ideas)

    Edit: Sorry, trouble posting here, don't mind me.
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    Niederhoffer's year end contest! ($2500 prize for 3 best 2011 trading ideas)

    Ok, let me re-phrase: When you short a put (for example) is your intent to capture/profit from Charm or is it simply another tool you use in your evaluation and hedging process?
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    Niederhoffer's year end contest! ($2500 prize for 3 best 2011 trading ideas)

    thoreau777 - Forgive the question if it doesn't make sense but I am curious as to how Charm can play an integral role in selling OTM options? Wouldn't that assertion imply you are trading Delta/Gamma/Vega neutral? Thanks.
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    Weights of SP500 Constituents

    Does this help? https://www.spdrs.com/site-content/csv/SPY_All_Holdings.csv
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    BCS National Championship Pattern

    They all have a vowel as the third to last letter?
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