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Why do calls increase and puts decrease but not the other way round? Does the pricing change across the board or only with ITM options?

Will the calls and puts decrease and increase in price respectively when the underlying goes ex-dividend?

Vanilla Ice is on CNBS talking about flipping houses. WTF?

John Arnold, a fund hedge manager and former Enron star trader worth $3.5 billion, has announced he will retire - aged just 38. The Texas native made his billions through his own energy trading firm, Centaurus Advisors, after Enron went bust following its trading scandal in 2001. Arnold...

You keep hearing traders say x% of a move is priced in in xyz option. How do you get this info by looking at the greeks? Thanks!

I'm looking at the slight OTM weekly calls/puts and the IVs are in 70s to 80s ahead of earnings. Have they peaked already or they can still go up some more tomorrow before the close?

How can you have a day job and trade at the same time? I mean both demand your time and attention during regular office hours.

Is there any good prop shop in the area for trading options?

Senators want review of Facebook passwood requests NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut are calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to look at whether employers asking prospective employees for Facebook passwords violates...

With a DITM call like this, it has a delta close to 1 so it should move like the stock but costs less, i.e. ~$36,000 for 1 call vs ~$60,000 for 100 shares of AAPL.

What do you guys think about synthetic long stock vs NOTM long call? Which one is better if you are bullish? Is long DOTM call a good strategy? These DOTM calls cost less and therefore less to lose in terms of time decay.

Capped upside with unlimited downside risk. He may get wiped out in a crash.

What if I placed a market order for this 585 put at 3:59:55pm, will I still get executed at 0.5/0.51?

Or MM tried to gouge whoever wanted to close his position at the last minute? AFAIK, the 4pm closing price is the price used for settlement purpose.

Does Goldman have any credibility left?

You can buy DITM call with delta close to 1 to minimize time decay.

AAPL closed above 585. How come the 585 Mar 17 put still has 0.5 left? Bid/Ask were 0.50/0.51 at close. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL120317P00585000 http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=aapl&ql=1

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Why do they bother to stress test at 13% unemployment when the real unemployment is more like 20%? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/13/us-usa-bank-stresstests-instant-idUSBRE82C1AQ20120313