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2% of Naked Call sellers actually end up naked.

That is why I stick to Equity options and a big capital cushion.

I had short puts over that time period. Guess what, I did not blow up, I actually sold more during the drop. In fact they are back out of the money. You blow up if your an idiot and over leverage. I do not use Margin.

But how do you get wiped out. Lets say you have 100K cash, so you sell 8 SPY puts near the money (116) for max premium. you get 2296 dollars income that month. So what if you end up put the 800 shares, you have the money to cover. You can then just sell some otm calls on it and cash in...

I wonder how long would it take once an invasion takes place before the US or Nato sends troops in.

Since Iceland has no standing army, Theoretically cant a group of Americans go and invade Iceland and take over? Lets say 500-100 Hutaree Army Militia.

What no one was willing to provide a bid and someone needed cash fast and he provided quick cash now no questions asked. No one put a gun to the head of the person who filled his order.

I will beat your PG bid up 1, to 21 Looks like investors will have to live with the losses. http://www.cnbc.com/id/37071046

They claim they will need billions every so often to stay afloat. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051002850.html?hpid=topnews

I had a huge amount of dollar bids on most of the Dow 30 components. No luck. Lets see what happens tuesday

Blame the Republicans for Medicare part D Somehow it has to get paid for.

Opps, I meant May 10 strike 13 puts.

Why? IF you are the buyer of last resort and someone needs cash fast, you gave them cash for stocks. Its like someone who goes to a pawn shop and pawns something for quick cash out of desperation.

I am seeing ultra high IV on a select basket of stocks, Last time I saw such high 80+ implied volatility was before we had the S&P crash to 800 and under. I wonder if in the next few days you will see a mass pullout of equities and people trying to get safe. No one is going to feel...

Wow, Look at the GE May Strike 10 puts. Someone is expecting Armageddon to strike.

Just in case we get another blow up so you can get filled PG,XOM,GE,CVX,etc.. for a nickel if we get a mother of all meltdowns

I suspect this "Noob trader" is not so "noob"

So what do you think. Will the ECB make a huge decision that will help bring the bull back, will the longs jump back in to grab cigar butt discounts or will Fear and uncertainty rule and the Big Bear will bring the dow down another 100+ points End of Day.

One block at 16.86 for 37K of GE then the next block 17.07. I suspect traders are afraid of skynet attacking again.

Heh, Fear and destruction came yesterday. :) Today is hangover day, People are dazed and confused.