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Check this out for day trading opportunities: http://finviz.com/bubbles/bubbles.ashx?t=full and http://www.barchart.com/stocks/marketoverview (Market pulse)

LiveVol Pro, cost about $250/month...scanner workers live and you can configure it.

Your question is too broad. Can you narrow it down to be more specific. What asset class are we discussing? What risk are we being asked to calculate? In "general" there are two types of risk. Market risk (beta) and company specific risk (alpha). Is this what you're asking?

Most if not all option markets have both floor based and some form of electronic market in the US. Many commodities markets have done their best to delay fully high speed electronic access to their option markets. So, the question should be which options are only electronic, none that I know of.

You don't like the structure that's out there. Design your own. Let's say you just found investors, plus all your savings, to put up $1.5 mm. You hire your own Compliance officer, risk manager, CFO, etc. You make a deal with a prime broker for the JBO, rent space, internet, etc... Now you have...

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It's not a bad strategy, just risky.

Much of it is free. Just sign in, no charge for basic data.

http://www.ivolatility.com/

When you use the term "cars", what are you referring to, round trips?

My advise is to do nothing right now. Watch this page: http://investor.apple.com/ might not see it until mid September. Wait until AFTER the earning date is announced. Their earning are most likely AFTER October Expiration, but could be before. They change from time to time. It make an...

You can try buying vertical call spreads, or selling vertical put spreads to get long rather than straight long call.

It's a comparison. Compare that option with other option from that security, from similar securities. Compare the impied volatility with current stock movement, expected near term movement, etc....

That's true. I was trying to answer the question without regard to what I would do. He asked if their was a metric for comparing decay between two options, and there was a simple answer. Everyone made that so complicated.

This is more simple than everyone is making it. If you're concerned about decay over a period of time, compare the theta and make a decision. Along with the higher theta of near term options you get lower premiums and more gamma. You'll have to balance all that with your expectations. The hard...

If your an LLC you will pay more for live market data. You won't qualify for non-professional. I believe they have a minimum to open an account of $10K. I did that to check it out. I payed for some futures data which was only $1. I don't think you can open the program without any data...

YES. You can short them, but you'll require a locate because they are not on the 'easy to borrow" list. Last I looked they were charging -1% to -10%. This changes all the time. At this time, our firm passes on negative rates from the Prime Broker, some firms charge an extra premium.

LDK is on the REG SHO list: http://www.nyse.com/regulation/nyse/Threshold_Securities.shtml.

If your option program gives "Theta", that will be the estimated decay per day for that option if Implied vols don't change.

Because Futures are leveraged to begin with, how much capital are you looking to but up?