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  1. Scataphagos

    Science vs. Science™!

    Like the famous Yogi Berra-ism... "Hitting is 90% physical... the other half, mental".
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    WFC, Jun 16 50C
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    OK, thanks. 'Nother question. I see size fluctuation up and down as you say, but no volume as of yet. Does the Bid and Ask sizes reflect the number of contracts at the current stated Bid/Offer and not like the DOM in the ES where Bid/Ask volume is shown for 10 prices above and below. Seems a...
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    Now that I have the Bid/Ask columns up, I see lots of fluctuations in the sizes, but little in the way of volume. Do option players cancel lots of orders? Spoofing?
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    I was JK. :)
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    Fidelity Active Trader. Oops... I checked and can add Bid and Ask size columns.. the default setting didn't include those.
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    Great. If my play offers MM an edge he wants to take, maybe I shouldn't be offering that??
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    My option watch template doesn't show bid or ask size(??)... only volume traded
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    Rookie Question of Fills

    On my list is one particular call, about 3 months out with OI of 460. Hasn't traded much recent days and the spread is 7.80-8.50. If I wanted to trade a 10-lot and pay the ask, would the MM fill that right away? Will the MM usually take just about any trade at the Bid or Ask?
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    Is Amazon a Fad?

    AMZN is to "retailing" (regardless of whether online or not)... what WalMart was 30-50 years ago. Definitely not a "passing fad".
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    Trump's tax plan

    Whatever changes ultimately in the "tax plan", it won't be dramatic for us peons. One thing I'd like to see... If corporations are to be taxed at all, that it be on "world wide income whether or not profits are brought onto America shores". The business of avoiding taxes by keeping profits...
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    Obama Judge Blocks Fed Action against Sanctuary Cities

    Judge who just stopped cut-off of fed funds to sanctuary cities raised money for Obama https://www.infowars.com/obama-judge-blocks-fed-action-against-sanctuary-cities-he-raised-money-for-obama/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Despicable!
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    How is that Wall coming along?

    HUUUUGE!! It's apparently conventional wisdom that they WORST thing in the world is to be called "racist". It isn't.
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    What do you consider a good yearly return? (In percent)

    Back in the days when I managed OPM (doubt the game has changed much since), there were services which tracked (audited) the returns of money managers (MMs). Out of thousands of MMs, 10-yr average compounded returns of 30%/yr were <0.1%. The number of 10-yr returns of 40%/yr could be counted...
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    How Many World Champions do we have?

    That kind of thinking makes the Left proud. "Everybody is a winner" in the US! Trophies all around.
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    How Many World Champions do we have?

    Those contests, legit ones and not, are for wannabes looking to make a name for themselves. PTJ and Buffett don't need it. Never heard of "World" trading championships until Chuck Hughes claims to have won 8(?) Times. Then again, maybe there were only 2 entrants?? Maybe had only $5K at...
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    A sad day for journalism, Bill O'Reily retires

    With the kids running the show, it's not going to be the same old Fox news any longer. Likely a stupid play on the kids' part. Fox had most of the "non-Left" audience to itself. Now that Fox is apparently going "full Commie", it will get lost among all the other Lefty channels.
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    A sad day for journalism, Bill O'Reily retires

    I used to like Beck, but somewhere he went off the rails... began to support the Left and then endorsed islam.
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    44% Of Americans Won't Pay Any Federal Income Tax

    ~40% of the populace pays zero Federal income tax.... some even get payments from government after paying zero tax... wealth redistribution, you know. ~40% of the population are die-hard, brain-dead Lefty sheeple... blindly endorsing and supporting everything the Left does. I wonder if there...
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    44% Of Americans Won't Pay Any Federal Income Tax

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-19/4-americans-wont-pay-any-federal-income-tax As to the amount the "well-to-do" pay, this is about the lowest estimate I've seen. I believe the rich pay an even higher percentage. Personal experience.... With all the taxes, not just Federal... I pay ~...
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