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Waaaay too complicated. Gordon, do this. Using the keyboard, go to the top cell. Hold down shift and arrow down to the second cell then let go, now both are highlighted. Now Mouse up to the lil square in the bottom right of the lower cell, left click and hold while dragging down...the...

I am of the opinion that the referral fee you are paying must be disclosed to your clients from your end as well, since it is ongoing and a percentage. If you were buying a list with a one time payment, that might be different - aside from any solicitation regs that Foz mentioned. This is...

Post it. At least a few of us are interested. Anyone hear what the results of the investigation were? I never heard any more and was curious as to the outcome.

Emma Thompson

Well I thought I'd try and help him...didn't give it much thought but I had to laugh when I read yours. I'll leave a spot in the garage for the vega...hope they send me a clean one, maybe black with some mag wheels and a Hurst shifter.

I don't recall reading 3 times anywhere. As an investor in Neiderhoffer, what you should do is roll 100% of your money over in his fund year after year. Never take any out, and never invest with anyone else. Those poor, poor people lost all their money. That's solid money management.

I agree with you all. This is an outstanding development and adds one more tool to the arsenal of options traders of all persuasions. I think I read that they are cash settled. The additional fact that they are providing day by day historical prices of VIX vs. VXO means that backtesting...

Neiderhoffer did over 30% for 17 years. Canadian-dude, You can get set up for less than you might think. There are too many variables to put a set dollar figure on it, but the 100K+ figures I see often posted here are not common for very small hedge funds or CTAs from what I've seen...

MD, You do not need a CTA to trade equity options. However, depending on the state you're in and the number of accounts etc... you may need a Registered Investment Advisor registration. You could probably do the IB F&F acct and keep it to under 15 accts to start. This requires your...

Others... It is getting complicated... BUT it's important if you're going to put the trade on, to understand what you own, your obligations and what will happen to your account if certain things happen. Nitro, The $10 you received was premium. You still have to pay for the stock when...

I think there are two major problems with hedge funds maintaining consistent profitability through the years. The first problem has to do with a particular strategy working consistently over time. Many strategies will work well for a few years, then fail at some point. This is for many...

If the stock is at $19 on expiration Friday, what happens? Your $20 (bought) call expires worthless. Your $10 (sold) call is either: 1. Bought back by you. If so, you will be paying the spread and probably some premium too, given zero open interest and other factors. 2. Allowed to...

Sounds like you have a pretty well thought out plan. I would suggest putting it into play and see what happens. There are a lot of good options traders here. Some might tell you it won't work or make some suggestions to make it better. Some of these guys make a lot of money doing things...

You will need a CTA registration if you are trading commodity products of any kind, futures or futures options on indexes....as well as some others I probably forgot. The second question is bit tougher to answer. Many funds are closed and don't have disclosure documents posted on the web...

It varies. From under 100K to over 1B.

Allani was (is?) Mohamed Allani running out of Switzerland. He had some decent years from 97 to 2000 but had been in the positive single digits the last year or two. In July his two funds lost like 30 and 38%. He had 80M under mgmt. He trades a lot of markets and products, not sure where the...

nitro, I agree with HD here as well. While I don't speak Greek, my emphasis would be on expanding the winodw of profitability. As written, IF you are able to leg in for $10, you still have the costs of getting in and out plus the logistics of exercise (and you need at least a 10% drop)...

Here's half an answer. QCharts allows you to do it, although the options time and sales data was so bad last time I checked that it wasn't worthwhile. When I checked the major quote vendors a few years back, they were the only ones offering T&S data for options. I'm sure there are others now.

Go Aaron. AutumnGold just released the July performance numbers. Looks like Allani blew up. It's amazing how many CTA types dropped 7 - 10% or more in July.

Well said. I agree. I think the silent majority clearly support Baron and what he's trying to do to make the place enjoyable for the majority. All things considered, he's balancing this quite well, especially given the large number of assholes showing up lately.