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OK. Korean. My mistake.

They hold it because people have played games with checks and unverified funds and ripped off brokers in the past. One or two wacky Chinese guys ruined it for everyone.

Add IASG.com, AutumnGold and Barclays. AutumnGold is very small but will provide referrals if people inquire through their service. Barclays provides many downstream investors and service providers with profiles that turn into leads. IASG handles inquiries through their website and...

Indexes. My understanding is that there are some spreads thrown in as well, not just naked outright selling.

Vic doesn't list with IASG. His fund is called Matador and he's up about 20% for the year before July with over 160M under mgmt. He is not number one in any category that I am aware of...top ten maybe in a few limited categories, but not #1.

You can make a living selling options. Many do, both as incorporated firms or just private traders. I have done this for many years myself and can tell you that the ability to succeed is squarely placed on the hedges and adjustments. Some hedges need to be placed at the time of writing -...

3 reasons to go short: 1) Fundamentals 2) short term reversion to the mean 3) nearly everyone thinks we are going up

What are you trying to accomplish? If you are putting on the credit spread, you are selling to open and buying to open a different (cheaper) contract. There should not be a "buy to close" if you are initiating the position. I do not understand your post. You can also enter the order as a...

Nice. I was wondering who was faxing all that crap.

These guys are right. Renting out fertlizer machines is one thing, but once you start accepting OPM, there are some rules that need to be followed. A few big ones that were written in 1933 and 1940 and still apply.

Typical Cramer call.

Right. And remember that in all the other months (today for example) that you WILL be delivered futures contracts when options are exercised and the closing is not until 3:15 CST, not at the open like SPX.

Last year we had one about 5 or 6 below the low print as well. Futures dropped hard in the 30 mins before the open, then reversed on the open and the SET was way down, well below the low print.

1. That has been my experience. When the shit hits the fan, (even mildly) there is no one there to take the other side. In terms of protection, I agree stops are near useless. If you are going to hedge futures with options, you must put them both on at the same time. You may be able to get...

No. Something more complex. Given most of this thread has been about just getting quotes and the mechanics of the contracts, I should leave it there for now. We need to walk before we run.

1. Don't be heavily leveraged. Being leveraged to the point where you can't roll down/away multiple times is asking to have your acct taken away in whole overnight. 2. I don't think this has happened yet. Do you trade with this in mind and hedged appropriately every day? I don't. I can't...

I would suggest a closer ratio spread done in such a way that it follows your futures down and compensates you nearly dollar for dollar...but maybe provides a bit of protection for more likely smaller drops as well. We could run some numbers if you are interested. Actually these types of...

Great idea. Your participation in this market is key. Please continue the outstanding work.

Thanks...it's working again now. Everything back to normal and the pages are back...I guess the server I was on farted or something, although chat still doesn't work. Thanks again.

Is anyone up and running on TWS right now? I can launch local TWS, but my pages are gone. Restoring prior pages just results in blank screens. Typing new symbols produces nothing except an hourglass for a few minutes. Tried chat, but that doesn't work either. First I got "trying to...