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This is certainly an interesting point. I believe that many index based funds, be they hedge funds or mutual funds - use the purchase of protective puts to hedge their mostly long portfolios. Although there are about 15 - 20 premium sellers currently registered and reporting, I don't think...

It seems my interest for May was sharply lower than for April, despite having about the same account balance and patterns of margin use. Did anyone else notice a significant drop? Did IB change the way interest is being calculated? I could be missing something in my own account, but the...

This was the post that started the slinging. I have a problem with people who take perfectly good threads and crap all over someone's strategy, and an even bigger problem with someone suggesting you hedge your own acct against a client's. Maybe that's the way they do things in Asia or wherever...

The strategy is far from crowded. Lumping all the premium sellers together as if we are sitting around running the same contracts all the time is like saying all day traders are doing the exact same thing. Just because the specific strategies have not been shared down to the last trade, don't...

Ansbacher talks in general terms about what he does. There is much more than what he has disclosed, exiting on a double would not net the curve he has achieved. As has been said before, nearly all the premium sellers today are in business and stay in business and cranking out decent returns...

If you answered 120 and they hired you, I wouldn't show up.

Definitely a bad quote.

You have a great sense of humor.

It didn't help that Donaldson was almost constantly siding with the Dems on key issues, especially on close votes.

It would seem that under a lock-up agreement, he would have no obligation to return the funds. Else what would be the point of a lock-up if everyone could retrieve funds on demand?

Just like CSFB didn't own any of Grubman's stuff, nor Merrill owning Blodgett's. The CLIENTS of both owned them and were encouraged to buy much more, and we all know what happened from following that sage advice.

Bought the top in oil? LMAO. You haven't been following Goldman much eh? That is their method of getting short.

It's amazing the lather you guys can work yourselves into when you really try.

No he didn't. And he'll be back before long with lengthy posts about the next perceived "injustice".

I think this has bigger, more positive implications for the smaller trader. You have to think beyond the fee. First, there is the issue of the cancel fees. Obviously there is some behavior out there that the exchanges are trying to curtail. One clue to this should be a bit of text from...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=50056

Liquidity is less but you still have no problems getting filled for a few hundred contracts at a time. I have not viewed SPX spreads in a while, but they are probably similar. I would suggest entering some comparable ES futures options on the same page as your SPX options and watch them side...

I have never dealt in currency options. Sorry.

You need to switch from the CBOE to the CME, from SPX to SP(ES). Same prices, same underlying, but only half the margin. Equity index options are subject to reg-t, futures options are subject to SPAN, thus only one side is charged. IB futures options spreads are fair right now, sometimes I...

That may be someone buying to close. It's very dangerous to sell those. You would rarely see MMs selling nickels this far out.