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Don't know what sellindexvol66 will say - and you should likely listen to him 'cuz he knows way more than me - but to me it just looked like the middle playing catchup with the front. If you look at VXV/VIX, which is a shorthand for my strategy, that peaked on the 15th with VXV at a 21% premium...

That's interesting, but I'll pass on the pics. I usually go long the first two months as a hedge, and then short from the third month on, emphasis on the third month, which none of the VIX ETNs bother with, so I notice when those months sit around while the front either doesn't move or...

Not sure what you're seeing. Middle of the curve was sticky for a while, and is now making up for that. Dec went up .05 during the day today, while the VIX itself was up more than half a point, so while Dec did go up while everyone else went down it wasn't by much. I'm thinking the middle is...

Assuming this is still a question, these guys are the real deal: atticus newwurldmn sellindexvol99 sle daal Ghost of Cutten martinghoul First four are mostly options guys, next two mostly stocks, last does interest rates, mostly Europe, by his own admission, from what I remember...

Yeah, the editing needs updating really really bad. You should be able to highlight some text, right click, and post a link, so that you can link without having to remember the complicated VB code that allows you to do the same thing. Other than that, nothing else needed. Well, better...

He might want to learn a few letters in the Greek alphabet first. Just sayin...

The banks create reserves outside the control of the government. Always. It's a business, banking. No different than any other: they will do what they need to do to maximize profit. In a bank's case, that equates to making as many loans as possible without getting dinged by bad debt. As was...

15 straight up or flat bars on the hourly ES as of right now. I guess that 90% correction is going to be a little delayed, again. But we're only a little early on that call, I'm sure. One day, it'll be right. One day, the Fed will really be a private corporation and David Graeber and jem will...

You're repeating as gospel truth actual leftist(as opposed to liberal, but you have no idea what the diff is either, do you?) talking points, and in your bottomless ignorance have no idea that you're doing so.

Martinghoul! Hey, missed you around here. Anyway, not that that chowderhead would know, but the problem with this structure is actually specific to the New York Federal Reserve, which has on its board any number of folks from the New York banks. Note this has nothing to do with the alleged...

Another one? Every time I come back here there's a thread like this re Atticus. Free entertainment.

Ah, the voice of reason. I was sweating for a sec there... :p

For future reference, short into exp is suicidal. If you go back through the history you'll see times when the settlement was 10 points higher than the previous night's close.

So you were right to think about that relentless advance ending. One quick note on selling SPX put spreads with VIX to hedge: works well, but another nice hedge is this: I had, leftover from a previous sale, 1600/1595s. I bought back most back when SPX was a lot higher, but left a few as a 1/2...

Big news actually in bonds. Sudden liftoff on ISM numbers. Nice.

Don't know his thinking but I've got a line at 1619 which would be an old S/R line. Other line that was support and got busted on Friday was @1632. I'd be looking for that (1619-1632) to be the range. Trending toward that 1632 line as I write this. If it manages to get past that before tomorrow...

See this page, real interest rates: http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/data/inflation_expectations/ Gold has a -.76 correlation with real interest rates (r2=.57). As real interest rates are rising (although still negative), gold is falling. That is all.

Well, long as we're here again, recently discovered that a can of sardines (I like them in olive oil) is an excellent lunch. Right portion, highly nutritious, tasty. Switched to cod liver oil from fish oil pills btw. Funny since this is what I took as a kid a long time ago. Mom, it turns out...

Oh lawdie. Down a percent and a half or so from the tippy top and already it's the End of Days? Can't we at least wait for, I dunno, three percent or more on a closing basis first? Yahoos. Pun intended.