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    ET's best traders

    Getting older everyday (who doesn't), I don't think my memory serves myself well today. It seems that kind of performnce was a minimum requirement for everyone becoming a member of ET. :D
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    IB vs. PHLX

    Q http://www.phlx.com/news/current.html 05/18- PHLX to Introduce Trading in World Currency Options UQ Q http://www.phlx.com/news/prlinks.html Brokerage Firms - Advest, Inc. - A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. - Alaron Futures and Options - Ameritrade - Banc of America Securities LLC...
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    The Edge defined

    Probably that can only be done by some Truly intelligent traders, not me. :)
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    IB vs. PHLX

    Do you trade currency options? With which retail brokers?
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    IB vs. PHLX

    Does IB (or any broker) offer PHLX currency options?
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    The Edge defined

    Obviously you have had a very Independent and Logical thinking in this challenging trading field, particularly when learning the teaching and knowledge that are Freely available on the Net from some Truly experienced traders you Know well. :)
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    The Edge defined

    Hi InCom, I commend your scientific appraoch very much. Looks like Gallacher did a very similar experiment in "The Options Edge". :)
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    Is 20% p.a. the norm?

    Is that because the pool of options is relatively small therefore trading options is not very scalable? Particularly when considering the total daily volume of traded options divided by so many contracts in an option chain, it seems the individual volume of an option can be quite small/ thin...
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    I am new

    Thanks. Now I found that, and probably from IB TWS as well.
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    I am new

    You mean movement of the underlying or the option or both?
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    Do you think Currency EFTs a workable idea?

    Perhaps they need very good marker makers for individual products to make them working better for liquidity purpose. Options availability of them might be helpful, imo.
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    I am new

    Hi MM, Are there any good sites/ books for plotting charts of the underlying's price/index vs the option's implied volatility? Your (or anyone's) feedback would be appreciated. TIA.
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    Do you think Currency EFTs a workable idea?

    Euro Currency Trust (FXE), and EFT of Euro currency http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=fxe , has been traded since this year. Here is one interesting comment about it http://yahoo.smartmoney.com/etffocus/index.cfm?story=20060621&afl=yahoo : "Once you enter a derivative like an ETF, you lose...
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    I am new

    The above reviewer can be found with this book at amazon.com : The Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading (Trade Secrets Ser) (Paperback) by Jay Kaeppel :D
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    I am new

    Actually I'm not quite sure yet if I can find/ develop a suitable style for trading options, besides hedging. Perhaps more comments would be learned from others. Thanks for your input anyway.
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    Prop trading looks great, then why most retail traders don't simply join in?

    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1156894#post1156894 :D
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    I am new

    Here is an Amazon.com reader's review about a book: Q There are four basic mistakes all beginning option traders make, these are: 1) Relying solely on market timing; 2) Buying only out-of-the-money options; 3) Using strategies that are too complex; and 4) Casting too wide a net on...
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    OANDA widens EUR/USD spread to 20 pips ahead of NFP

    Look at the AUD/USD spread on Tuesday 1/8 was 20 pips, while normally 10 pips. My theory is Oanda's spread is the cost of risk management (such as guaranteed stop loss) I pay happily for my trades. My guess is this cost probably is clsoely related to options volatility. Very likely higher...
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    The Edge defined

    Are you saying "Edge is 'Buy Low and Sell High' " in a different way? :)
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    Currency options

    Anyone trading of any style with any brokers with any common or specific issues?
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