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Just to be crystal clear on an issue that has been commented on: I am not a supporter of Clinton, his party or his policies, just as I am not against Bush, his party or his policies. I am simply pointing out something. I would do the same no matter who it pertained to. My loyalty is to truth...

http://www.dailyenron.com/documents/20020703081640-38022.asp

http://www.mcalvany.com/specialreports/april/plunge.htm

If we assume that they will continue with their pace of posts (chasinfla at 27.81 posts/day and Don at 7.16) then we solve for x as follows: [1080 and 1777 are the number of posts they have made so far] 27.81x + 1080 = 7.16x + 1777 x=33.6 Therefore we can say (under the stated...

A man must make atleast one bet a day, otherwise he could be walking around lucky all day and not know it. :D [forget who said that first]

candle.....dubious intentions?.....now where would we get an idea like that? :D :D

Just to clarify, this is the situation: I want to position myself long but at the same time protect from a fall in IV as the position would be taken at a time when the IV is high compared to historical volatility. What would be the best option strategy for such a trade ? (selling a put...

tatertrader, I believe that is a TKO. http://www.public-i.org/story_01_100400.htm http://www.thedailyenron.com/documents/20020307061926-97282.asp http://www.americanfreepress.net/10_07_01/Bush___Bin_Laden_-_George_W__B/bush___bin_laden_-_george_w__b.html And for the really paranoid...

Magna, the reason the market has memory is that we give it our own. Trendlines, S/R, etc. are important because we deem them to be important.

guys, please! I'm desperately trying to keep my lunch down.

A result of the crash of 1929. We have to thank countless congressional hearings for the creation of the uptick rule (along with the creation of the SEC). The same shennanigans were taking place (fraud, manipulated stock prices, false fin stmts). People needed to tar and feather someone, so they...

There is no way that they can win (in the long run) if they shaft their traders. Actually their interests are aligned with them. So I fail to share your view because I doubt that they woud be so myopic.

If you believe that the tenth outcome depends on the previous nine then you are projecting your own belief and memory onto the coin. The coin has no idea how many times it has been flipped nor does it know how many times it has come up heads or tails. It is a coin. The same can be said for the...

Thanks for the info guys. My brain is much right now. I'm going to study the posts and write when I am my coherent self again. I'm sure I'll have some more questions. :p

F1, were you playing the 0.01 range on WCOME?

Baron, I would second that since I remember a while back (waaay back) trying to look at some old threads (to 1999) which you had removed. I understand that you don't have unlimited capacity but if you could find a way to preserve the info it would be great since there is a LOT of good info...

rs7, thanks for the reply. So the bull spread (as described above) is not appropriate for such a trade? then how can I structure an option trade to limit my vulnerability to IV movements? I'm confused :confused: why then are spreads so popular?

GG, SYXI is a stock that avg 150,000 shares a day. With some days much lighter than that. With such a low volume stock you should not be surprised tha the spread can get so wide. goldenarm is correct in the basic premise of spreads. If you don't want to be surprised like this stay away...

I was re-reading my copy of "Options as a Strateic Investment" by McMillan and I came across this: "...bull spreads are not for traders since the spread differential changes mainly as a function of time, small movements in price by the underlying stock will not cause much of a short term...

Here is an article that talks about MZM (liquidity). It is about two months old but I don't think a lot has changed: http://www.zealllc.com/2002/mzm.htm