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    Option clueless beginner question

    if you think of it, a way in the money option at expiration say stock trading $100 and you have the $90 calls, they should be worth $10.00 which is really $1000. Otherwise everybody would buy the $90 calls pick up essentially a free 100 shares at 10 bucks and sell it in the open market for a...
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    RBOB Sep Vs Oct

    Yes, if you look out further on the curve you will see the summer months are in backwardation to the same year winter month contracts. Pretty much the opposite in the heat for the heating winter season.
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    eSignal 11 Preview

    would be perfect if you guys would combine futuresource with esignal...can you do seasonal and seasonal spread charts in the new esignal?
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    Natural Gas journal.

    UNG is a terrible etf, there is news about it all over the internet, you can't win long term in that stock, I would use it for short term speculation only.
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    Bull$hit ICE cocoa action

    they are to some extent, I'm sure especially after everybody got run in March 08 in Cotton for example, lots of OTC stuff going on...
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    Spreading the Grains

    18-20 area looks like a good buy been bouncing off of there for a while... buying beans/ selling corn has also been working out as of late both n and u
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    Crude curve blowing out?

    evil speculators
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    eSignal's QuoTrek Available for the iPhone

    just installed it with live quotes pretty cool program about time they come out with this, should be useful for the commute to work lol...just wish I could get rid of some of the markets on that first screen...
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    options on futures...noob help!

    if you don't know about options then no...you can learn though: Sheldon Natenberg's book is the source for learning about options...
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    who even daytrades Soybean Oil...pretty weak contract!

    You can trade the soybeans crush spread/ beans vs oil, beans vs meal, meal vs oil etc.
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    Can I use Technical Analysis on Future Spreads

    trading futures spreads is more of a fundamental and seasonal thing, I wouldn't use too much technical analysis on it, other than supports and resistances...
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    ICE and Windows 7

    no problems here, I am on 32-bit...what kind of problems, they're always having some sort of issue.
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    Sweet Deal: Time to Short Sugar

    the real high for that spike was actually 28.9, good ol ICE canceled the 100s if not 1000s of lots that traded above that level...if that makes any difference.
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    Copper options?

    not sure how it is nowadays but about a year ago I know that there were very few copper options traders on the floor, barely enough to make a pit. I'm sure it's pretty much the same today and everything if anything is done on the screen. Considering the front month atm options have so little...
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    Got into trading after college, 1 year retail, 1 month prop so far...I have issues..

    Don't listen to these fools telling you to give up just because they have nothing better to do, if you want to do it, just do it. How many traders have failed many times just to succeed, make sure you treat it like a business and just be consistent no matter how little you're making. Enjoy the...
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    The Greatest Trade Ever book!

    I am almost done with it, I like it so far...
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    The latest FIREFOX update is garbage

    Does anybody use realplayer anymore? Ha just kidding...3.5.5 has caused me trouble on one computer and no trouble on another so go figure, same thing keeps crashing. I installed the beta of 3.6 on the computer that was having a problem and nothing has happened since. Also if you want to just...
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    Nymex floor, Market Depth Screen...

    It's a quote screen with the different months nothing special, I would assume with TT, wouldn't make much sense for them to pay for two different software. I worked on the floor, I'm pretty sure that's what it is...
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    Hedge IV of SPX Put with VIX Option - possible?

    so if you are short the put, and looking to hedge away the vega I would probably just make it into a put spread or buy a same strike call and make it into a synthetic stock...if you're only concern is hedging the vega. I assume that is not the case, so without more information it is difficult...
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    recomend a good optioncourse

    Sheldon Natenberg's book: the only course you will ever need.
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