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Kinda the whole point of asking for advice. But it's always a bit of a case of the chicken or the egg isn't it. Come back when u got a bit more experience.... All points taken though. How do you know when you know though?

Spindr0, thanks. Thats definately some food for thought. When you refer to ' Fill the long side first' are you talking about the long side of just one half of the condor (Put spread or call spread)? and then work the other half? or start with the 2 outside buys and then the 2 inside sells...

So are all and any combinations on the table when legging in? (apart from a naked side) or is one combination more common? Call Spread then put spread for example?

Ive got a general understanding and a little experience with general condors now. It seems to be a relatively popular strategy. I have noticed the idea of 'legging into iron condors' seems they way to manage them correctly. I understand what this means but my question is. How do you handle the...

If your retail level, youre gonna be dealing with relatively high Commissions so longer term strategies are probably better. A coupel of good books though Option Volatility and PRicing (natenburg) The bible of option Strategies (Cohen)

yes yes, I understand that I have read his books and while I have a healthy respect for his ideas I was actually referring to Risk management/ portfolio analysis software, most of which I would assume are based around VAR, MPT etc...

No Takers? Alright maybe a more general question. What do you use to calculate the Risk of your portfolio?

Ive just been looking for exactly the same thing. The Scanner on MSN Money seems to do a pretty good job. I noticed Fidelity have a pretty useful research area too. You cna rank sectors and industries by performance. Comparing the 3 month and the 1 month is a good idea. and add min...

This might be a question out there for those who currently/ or have tried in the past to run their own fund or those who trade money for others. Is there any software that helps with managing risk for your entire portfolio? Perhaps something along the lines of IB's Risk Navigator, but a...

how do you figure max risk is 15% if your selling naked calls/puts? Man, Taleb just keeps making more and more sense.....

How do track your gold Silver spread? Im trying to set up a chart for it but am stuck with what calculation to use.

Right, please explain then why production and labor costs in particular are so freakin high!?

check out the online courses on the cboe website. All free now if u register and have everything u need. Thats all I started with. Haven't looked back. And get a paper account.

cvds, right. Thats what I would have thought. The premiums must be very attractive to sellers. What kind of general strategies though can take advantage of this kind of volatility without exposure to insane amounts of risk?

Well, 'they' being option sellers. I would have thought that condors would be quite risky with the current market volatililty. (obviously all strategies have risk involved...)

Im interested in what kind of strategies a Seller would be using in these kind of volatile markets. Im guessing things like Iron Condors are out, but with premiums as high as they are sure ly there must be something that they are all into???

any gold/siler spread traders out their who can help me set up a spread chart?

Trying to set up a Gold Silver Spread on X-Trader. Could someone help me with the multipliers?

Cheers TX.

Quick question about the crush spread. Would the current Crush be Meal/Oil Dec08 Contract Soybeans Jan09 contract?