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Does anyone know of a site/service to get live streaming quotes/charts (i'd be happy with simply quotes!) for the Shanghai indicies? the SSE has a very lame browser refresh kinda option that is worthless. using yahoo China, the quotes on the Shanghai are *kinda* realtime. that said, the...

yeah, i wish that the HKFE would list futures contracts on the shanghai. i thought i read something about this occurring, but have yet to see anything show up @ IB. anyone know any information about pending shanghai futures?...

not a perfect solution, as the SGX and HSI feeds were down for like 90 minutes earlier this week. thankfully i had just closed a position. it's messed up that IB is 'global' but has VERY limited customer service options for those who trade the Asian markets. given the volatility, i am looking...

1224am PST and TWS has been down for an hour. first HSI and SGX down, now everything. went down several times when i had open positions tonight too. when markets are this volatile it's pretty nerve wracking when you're broker doesn't have its act together. not a happy customer right now...

really makes one think and question everything you think you know. i can't help but shudder when i think that maybe Al didn't really kill manbearpig in that cave... serial.

have the same feeling as the OP. that said... yeah, the above mindset also helped me today/yesterday (knocking on wood...). i went long 1395 puts on the ES yesterday @ 12.50 and, unlike usual, held overnight- stuck to my conviction. the reduced size made it an easy decision. this morning...

i bailed early (probably too early) and took my ~27% profit already. not much strategy to analyze- i bet that the stock would move more than my basis for the straddle ($9); assuming that my longs would trade @ intrinsic value only. sold for 11.51. the paltry reward wasn't really in line with the...

umm, huh? you misread my post. i am long (quite unfortunately, the way things are looking) the straddle, short nothing. sure looks like i am going to be an iv dump casualty...

i'll take your first scenario (to 80)! i looked @ selling an iron butterfly also but, the more i thought about the history of this stock @ earnings, the more i thought we'd see a good sized move. i looked @ all different combo's and finally, when the 115 strad came down to 9, i figure i can live...

yep- finding it VERY difficult to resist playing the short side, cause all indications (in my t/a world) say down st. but.... the oft accurate 'don't short a dull market' proverb, along with the narrow range, stops me from anything but token positions. gotta wait for it to break the range.

thanks for the thorough response- appreciated. yeah, i was attracted to the IV spike in the front month, coupled with the way the market has been trading, previous earnings moves in DE and an expectation of enough volatility over the next month. i preferred the strangle-esque version but, not...

Looking for opinions as to whether these are sound trades, and which is the better in your opinion. Figure i'll post this b4 DE moves tomorrow, to avoid the skew of 20/20 hindsight! I've been researching calendars and, like with most strategies, my head spins like Linda Blair's, and i really...

my entry on the 25/27 1/2 was just stupid by many measures- no, cdt of only .60- yes, i'm dumb. actually, just toococky after many winning cdt spreads that were entered correctly- i guess i though picking the wrong strike and not being compensated would still work out! dumb. the answer on the...

the problem with doing nothing is that, although i see a move back towards (or even through) both short strikes next week, my degree of confidence that they will end up there is not high. given the charts, the position where i'm short the 90's could very well end up @ 95 (resistance level) on...

When you enter an OTM credit spread and it then moves ITM against you, say 2 weeks from expiration, how do you adjust the position? 2 examples: short July 27.50 put currently @ 1.70 long July 25 put @ .50 stock @ 26.50, IV around 58 on both short 90 calls currently @ 5.30 long 95...

Mostly looking @ june expiration; though i probably wouldn't hold any positions more than a day or 2 if we get a bounce of any significance.

This is the first post of yours that I've understood! My options related goal in life is to not feel stupid when i read your posts ; ) Guess we're looking at the same chart action on GOOD and AAPL. I'm up in the air on the industrial type commodity and metal plays. They were so overbought...

There are sooooo many to look at, i'm kinda overwhelmed trying to narrow them down to a manageable list to trade. Figure we're all trying to isolate the best plays given all the carnage/volatility. Kinda curious whether this thread gets responses, or if people are reticent to list their...

let me attempt to redirect the focus away from the 10% per month part (because we all already know how easy that is- duh)... for those of you who trade options for a living: given the strategy that you use, at what level of assets do you feel it would become more difficult? i don't have...

I'm referring to THEIR data link/s going down, not yours. a concern, especially if you're legging in or out of a butterfly/whatever and you execute the the short and the system goes down before you leg in the long side- certainly has the potential for disaster. when i started with options, i...