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Yes, and you pulled an article from 2012 that cited 2005 data. If you extrapolate that data out to today you'll see it tells a very different story that is the opposite of the one you're trying to tell. You either know that and are being intellectually dishonest by pulling only confirmatory...

If you're working for a bank in the midwest you're living in the midwest. If that floats your boat then you're lucky. If you want to live somewhere more cosmopolitan, and most people in the Bay Area are there for that reason, you have to live somewhere with a higher cost of living. We call that...

Two things you may not realize if you've never lived in one of those areas. 1. The cost of a mortgage greatly exceeds the cost of rent. In most places if you rent a home your rent is roughly on par with what your mortgage would be if you owned the home, taking into account the tax benefits...

It's actually easier to do this by buying the widest SPX box you can find. Very wide boxes are sold specifically for this purpose. You can also use this to obtain margin rates just above the wholesale rate regardless of your broker. Keep in mind, the original post listed european options as an...

Why don't you show us all those graphs extended out through 2018? Seriously, you're getting your talking points from a 2012 article that shows data through 2005? OK Boomer.

If it's anything like the "deal" with Canada and Mexico we'll be just slightly worse off than we were before all these tariffs and uncertainty, of course that is if you ignore all the value destruction caused by the tariffs and uncertainty. Nothing like breaking something and then expecting some...

I guess I only care that I can do it at my broker, now that you ask:D I would be surprised if there are any brokers who wouldn't let you do it. It's a common strategy for exactly that reason and some entities are required by their bylaws to either do that or have insurance coverage that would...

Mercedes doesn't make helicopters.... that looks suspiciously identical to an EC-145.

Keep in mind the FDIC only covers cash.

So first issue, SIPC insurance limits, is relatively easy. Just buy Treasuries in your name, you take a 5% haircut on buying power, and if they go under you just retrieve your Treasury and move on in a matter of days. On the margin rates, just sell a wide SPX box to get better lending rates than...

It's not politics, it's just U.S. law that requires you be registered in the U.S. to offer securities to U.S. citizens and has for decades. The European exchanges have the option to request a no-action letter as some have. Obviously those who haven't see the amount of work involved as not worth...

They do and that's one of the primary reasons I trade them!

The first question you need to ask is if any UK (or US for that matter) broker will accept a shell LLC without a personal guarantee from you (hint, they won't). At the point you provide the guarantee, you run into the same issues you were trying to avoid. And you are familiar with the myriad...

Those are cash settled European options, there are none of the risks you're worried about, although you're right to ask the question given the non-obvious way things like the AM-settled SPX options expire. I've been letting them cash settle for years now with no unexpected surprises. The only...

Do you know if you have to petition to be an intervenor or can you just send comments in?

Such a profound comment, are you in 4th grade or 5th?

Yeah, I think anything they do show is indicative anyway, hence the small size. I think all their volume is essentially exchange transacted/cleared OTC deals that were effectively negotiated off exchange. If you have an actual broker (human) who can do deals you can probably have them set...

They claim that there are market makers who will hit your bid or offer if you make it. I've never tested that, but you could always give it a try. It's probably more likely to happen on the ones that have at least some MM activity, as you've identified. There's a rep here, @OneChicago, who...

NDX and VIX are also cash settled weekly options.

Alrighty there tough guy. Arguing against math is hard when you're wrong but impossible when you're wrong and don't grasp basic math! It is kind of cute, you laying on the "layman" and "is too difficult job" bullshit, cute in the way you think of a puppy trying to viciously attack your leg but...