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Hi on my IB, it shows gold futures(GCU8) down 20 or 2.3%. But why is the GLD up 3.3 or (3.99%) ? i thought they follow each other like the crude and uso. thanks

when you say they went into debt, you mean they blow up their account and now owes the brokerage? Assume those are all professional option traders.

IB is completely screwed today. -First in the morning it says my execess liquidity is at -200,000!! then once that's resolved, it said my newnetliq or some sht is negative. So i couldnt trade the premarket open at all and missed the ibkr(how ironic) run. Out $3000 profit -Then all my...

what a fucking morning :D wild day on top of all the problems with IB. bought some atm nov straddle. dont like the iv, but my prediction is there is no way the price will stay at this level for long after such a wild move and all the shorts holding the bag. Will scalp the underlying a bit...

shorted naked calls? ouch sorry man! :( checkout the options section, there are some very good discussion around the risk/reward on it.

probably not want to short today unless for a quick scalp, and it's already up 65pt pre-market. wtf is there to trade lol, hopefully we get some big moves up and down instead of just flat once market opens.

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Noone would think it's a free "$20 bill" for an atm call today. Maybe if you are talking about a far otm call, then someone new to option would be tempted to write it. At which point, they will get smoked this afternoon and quit option or going back to the drawing board.

mr jahjee is pretty quiet today....

dude what are you talking about. Are you asleep today or something? It's pretty obvious why the iv is so high. Expensiveness is relative, i wouldnt buy into that iv but you must also be suicidal to write that call as well.

i am definitly against short ban, but this is utter bullshit. Lehman had a bad balance sheet yes and fuld didnt act aggressively, but it is the shortsellers that killed it without any doubt. If its stock remained at $14 the company would be fine, the shortsellers took it down to $3 in a few...

exited all at 1227. cnbc: paulson said no announcement tomorrow

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122178234612954617.html anyone got subscription to paste, this fucking thing wont let me read the rest of the article

+10pt on es so far lol. sometime it pays to blast cnbc all day

"Breaking NewsSEC intends to temporarily ban short selling, but it's not clear if the commission has approved the move. Cox is briefing congressional leaders. Separately, the government is seeking congressional authority to buy distressed assets." it's on the breaking news headline on...

it's not a bullshit thread you moron. SEC SAID THEY WILL BAN SHORT SELLING, the news broke on cnbc.

No i am not talking about naked short selling, but short selling in general. WTF! i never in my wildest dream thought it will come to this. Just today i was talking to my coworker that us will never ban short selling like the brits, it would be the end of the free market. WTF...

very good day. never bet against the fed when they are actively releasing policies against long or short. I learned this the hard way a long time ago. hope noone got caught on that last rally, 60pt move in 1 hr just pure insanity.

Understood, very good point, thanks dmo! I am trying to figure out if it's worth it to try get a better net vega by going out to mar vs just doing dec for the back month. I noticed the bid/ask spread for nov/mar is 20pt!!! while nov/dec is 5pt. I got filled at mid, so it's...

hi i cant model this with my software, anyone know off the bat are there any additional concerns if you try to do a reverse calendar spread on es mini using 2 different underlying futures? buy atm nov call (dec future) sell atm dec call (dec future) vs buy atm nov call(dec future)...