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oct dec touches -.50....today...of course i went long too now (@ -.35,-.40), lol..gl to us!!!

sounds ok, just watch for curve flip as imo oct short and jan short will outpace dec long by a long shot in a vol rise. still a very directional trade. also long a oct dec trade "elsewhere" is already .10 under , so be careful. you are short oct in 2 different trade set ups.

not unusual, you should know that by now. after repeated vol days, vix will pop when people get a bug up their butts and buy all those puts that they did not buy as the trend started. of course i simplified it for you guys.

as a vol trader i seem to have apparently missed how to get double my premium...can you please clue me in how this is achieved?

an outright vix call will lose in 2 ways as sle explained because in the current term structure of vix futures are trading at a premium to spot vix so as time goes by and if vix does not spike a call based off september futures will fare poorly because the september future will converge to spot...

bone, i trade nothing but future spreads using a model i made for years and without giving out any edge from my experience you must be directionally correct even with these as far as the underlying (ie:corn) moves. i admit there are convergence plays out there that even resist underlying moves...

thank you very much. i have been meaning to ask this question for weeks.

hey def....i use tws spread trader. please tell me you are working on tws android spread trader?

weeks and weeks of tough markets and a little multinational financial difficulties really gets people to throw in the towel. i'll take the other side.

vix is notorious for having zero predictive powers. i would not use vix in any way for es market direction. i trade nothing else for years, and jmo regardless.

hey mike, et al... if his size is small relatively speaking i think he has a great shot..especially as he is marti slightly. give him a chance. we all know we are due to roll over at the very least. there's a guy on es journal who shorts his share and no one rips him. also i am not...

jeeze, asking a guy to post his net liq is ridiculous and really low. he admits that the strat took a hit, hopefully does not try to get opm, and has posted his results. that's a lot more than you have. i am not defending him as much as i am telling you are simply out of line. the...

idiot, if you read my post you would see i am not disagreeing (nor agreeing.i keep my edges to myself) with you. my actual point as i said previously is , again; don't you think other traders who do well see the same current trends? good luck.

why do you spew such nonsense? don't you think guys who are real traders are aware of current trends and also have the experience to have seen opposite behavior's? please do not tell us this is your edge. clearly you are being passive aggressive.

yes all true. one thing does bug me; everyone is blaming banks for selling off the loans losing title's is all noteworthy. the fact still remains that the homeowner should still lose the house for defaulting one the mortgage. just because their doc's are lost should never preclude them...

in 1990 my cousin owned and lived in a 4 family he paid 180k for 3 yrs earlier (note S&l crisis). he lost his job, stopped paying the mortgage, still receiving rent money while the bank did nothing for 3 years thereafter. then in 1993 the market started to turn; badabing badaboom..the bank...

my take on hoco is he is learning , growing and hopefully adapting on his way to becoming a long term profitable trader. few make it due so many factors such as lack of brains, work ethic,bad luck, stubbornness, etc. and also even professionals blow up and lose. this is a hard business...

omg, mike you are always beating me to the punch.

can someone tell me wtf did surfer do (ie: made a lot of money?) to deserve special alert attention?

excellent point.