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Hire an attorney with experience setting up CTAs and RIAs.

http://www.cboe.com/micro/volatility/introduction.aspx

Dude... can't believe you didn't ask on FT! No formula for you!

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I also should have made it clear that this position will not stay neutral. The closer to September expiration, the greater the long volatility exposure. The idea is that you are going to roll before that happens...

You would be paying a very large premium for those puts.

This is correct, pricing in the short term durations is extremely efficient. The QQQQ Sept/Sept04 Double Diagonal could be viewed as slightly short to neutral vega, even though the sign of the net vega is positive. The best way to speculate on the direction of implied volatility is to use a...

Do you have any evidence to support this claim? I would be interested. Also, what is "statistical proof"?

Well I am not normally a pessimist, but according to my ticker Dow futures are down 131 in the overnight session as of this writing.

Personally, I find poker infinitely more frustrating than trading. (I still love the game in its many variations).

What will really bake your noodle later is when you realize that predicting (assuming) a random state is still a (non-random) prediction.

I'll lower the bid to $0.34 USD.

Liquidity.

I am sorry, but that was not the correct answer. The correct answer was "If the market gaps through my strike by 5 percent I am dead meat."

What if the market gaps through your strike by 5%?

Cool knife!

A group of men making cat calls at your woman should immediately elicit a strong homosexual response from you. Your testosterone infused and undoubtedly stupid adversaries, not knowing your true sexual orientation, will be made uncomfortable by your advances and turn their attention to you...

Thanks for sharing this. I might have time to answer and post back later. -segv

You made a trade without understanding the risks of the instrument you were trading. That is what you did wrong, no joke. The document "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options", published by the OCC here, is required reading for every US options investor prior to being granted...

Psssssst, hey buddy! Don't look now but, I think the academics have been pulling in the dough!