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Hmmm, Overnight, so far your song selection that I've seen has been excellent - first Enya, not How Soon is Now? Keep up the good work sir!

Muuuahahaha what I have created must be destroyed!!!

Whatever override you can come up with, if you make them smart, they will figure out how to shut it off.

No no, no coin voodoo around these parts, no offense.

Hell, I'd say if you pay no net tax to the federal government in any year you can't vote in federal elections for that year. Gotta have SOME skin in the game, else its "GIVE ME MY FREE SHIT!!!!". But, I would see your point if you have to do some averaging so you wouldn't lose your vote right...

"arbing an order, local or paper coming in" WHOA. What the heck do these mean?!?!?

I remember reading about market makers on the stock exchanges when I was a kid. They got certain privileges, but had to stand ready to buy when people were selling, and sell when people were buying. As someone pointed out to me in another thread, this can be a huge DISADVANTAGE at times, which...

FSU, thanks so much! On the VIX spreads, I'm searching like heck for what you are referring to, but all I'm seeing when I search VIX spreads is people talking about going long one date VIX futures and short another VIX futures, not seeing a separate product that is some kind of spread between...

lol yup thats him! the chances!

Lol, I think my friend literally is good friends with this guy. Trying to confirm. Too funny if so.

Haha 15 minutes before settlement bids on super far out of the money options that pushed VIX settlement it sounds like from 15 to 17. Do the regulators actually look into this BS? Or are people just like "well there might be some manipulation there, guess we will never know!"? I mean, they...

FSU, one more question, when you said this: "Also if you are looking to roll your futures positions, you don't have to leg them. The time spreads trade as spreads, so you can do the entire roll as one trade." I'm not quite following - would you mine giving me a little more explanation? Thanks!

FSU, thanks so much. I think it all makes sense now - on the VIX futures expiration date they stop trading at 8:00 Chicago (central) time on the expiration date (which I believe is pre-market trading), then you get the opening quote of the applicable SPX options at the opening of the regular...

LOLOL, the world is going to hell in a handbasket!

Haha volente, bearish as usual it seems? :) Where are you vacationing?

Thanks Spooz! So you covered your shorts, a little bit less bearish than you were before. But still a little net short now. Is that more/less it? Thanks!

This is weird...

Jack, thanks a ton, I really appreciate it. Related to your last point, I'm using these to hedge a good bit the rest of my much bigger portfolio. So I don't really want to be out of the futures for even a second, and I wouldn't mind doubling up for a few minutes/hours either. So based on...

By the way, I'm still not sure I understand the expiration. Here is the VIX expiration calendar: http://www.cboe.com/framed/pdfframed?content=/aboutcboe/xcal2018.pdf&section=SEC_RESOURCES&title=2018+Cboe+Expiration+Calendar Let's take the March contract. It says the expiration date is March...

By the way, these are long VIX futures, not short. Thanks.