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In it's current form, I don't see liquidity arriving. The contract simply doesn't move in sync enough with the VIX to be a viable hedge. Take a look at the recent 11 to 18 VIX swing and track the VIX futures move - it was a fraction of the actual move. Between the lack of sync and the wide...

I don't agree. IASG and Barclays are littered with those who have exceeded 20% drawdowns a number of times and gone forward to thrive. Maybe 40% or 50%, but not 20%.

Most of the true bashing is from those who have issues or agendas. Anyone with a legitimate problem who is serious about getting it resolved has more than ample access to IB reps here on this site who are willing to help them, not to mention the standard chat and help desk functions. This new...

20,000 refers to the large contract, so that would equal 100,000 of the ES (E-mini) contracts.

"Check margin" is often accurate, although it depends on how much you have on at the time. I have never seen a case where the check margin feature did not provide the worst case scenario. When it is wrong, the actual margin required was more favorable than "check margin" indicated.

I think he is still here, but we all have him on ignore.

If I were IB, I would send your funds back. If you are trying to promote yourself, which it appears you are since there are no other legitimate issues in any of your posts, you are doing a great job of letting people know what you're all about. Congratulations.

Is that a broker decided issue? I haven't traded security issues in a long while, but I thought when I used to trade CBOE SPX spreads through IB, that I got charged on both sides?

dt-waw, It is inappropriate to post PMs here, especially private conversations with brokers about something very specific to what you are trying to do. If you had a question, you could certainly summarize your interactions with IB and ask if anyone here could shed some light on Forex regs or...

Good points. I don't see a spiral though. Even if things got nasty, you could see the "carry trade" had numbered days long ago. A few might have some dents in their numbers from the GM issues, maybe big dents. If a few funds had that much concentration in one or two positions, it might be...

It does sound like these guys certainly had a lot more talk than walk. I do feel sorry for those who got duped, but how many knew exactly what you just posted? and how would they? Sure some basic background research would probably fit the bill, but look how many people still spend tons on...

Just21, I believe that if you had credit spreads on both sides of the market, that you would pay for both on the CBOE and only one at the CME. I don't have the SPAN calculator.

An experienced voice?

Sure he's a goof to listen to, and most of his writings and answers are babble. As far as trading, he averaged 40% a year for many years and over 30% the last few years. He blew up in 97 and is back, how is this "trading badly"? His results are out there and known. Where are Taleb's results?

Taleb was either doing something he didn't talk about, or he was losing money. Just like VN today, he puts out a lot of fluff and "100 year chart" BS in his writings, but you know he's still selling premium.

The margins for credit spreads would be lower than that for naked strangles, but that should be the case for any type of margin. I am not familiar with Eurex margin rules. In simple terms you are only paying for one side with SPAN, the riskier side. Since credit spreads have limited loss...

I've had Verizon Broadband/National Access in the DC area for over a year now. Mine is $80 per month unlimited and I have tested at speeds of up to 3.4 MBPS in the city. There are a few ongoing DNS issues and some web pages won't load, aside from that it has been outstanding. National Access...

Good point, but I don't see the masses flocking to SP/ES futures options, which have the same attractiveness over SPX options, not to mention SPAN. Maybe this will bring more players into the futures fold. At 1/5 the size of the e-mini, they are very very small.

You can already search by author, which would seem to fit your need.

One negative aspect of that feature would be the occasional stalker that comes along. This would make it easy for the stalker to stay on his prey all the time. Over the years, I have seen a few of these guys who get pissed at each other following the other around and posting behind them...