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Heard in the late '90s... "This is technology..." "You're too old..." "This is The New Economy..." "Old-fashioned thinking doesn't work here...." "This is how things will work in the future..." "'Value' will come." "You better get on board." "It'll never be cheaper." "Hey!!! What just happened???"

and save at least one copy (and one TWS configuration on a thumb-drive) AND a copy of your security card AND your security question/answers in a remote location.

Not necessarily at all. As you watch the B/A spread and quantity-offered(s), you'll see behavior that I liken to Halloween kids lined up on a stoop: little kids might all rush forward, sacks opened, yelling "Trick-or-treattttttt!" and gleefully accepting whatever sugars are handed out. The...

what's this pattern called? Trading.

That is an awesomely cool video. Is there a DVD out anywhere? Does The Academy know about this? Sundance? {OMG! Cannes?!?!?}

It means that someone got talked out of Japanese Candlesticks. :rolleyes:

You are most definitely 'missing something.' The market is not fixed, not frozen, not immutable nor immune from outside influence or internally-driven structural change: what worked this morning may work today, may work next week and next month, and may, in the middle of April, dissipate...

OMG. OMG. {head-shaking...} OMfG. :banghead::(:mad::confused:o_O:cool: Jeez.

That's hilarious. I grew up in the middle of a thirty-mile wide hemisphere of No Discernible Accent on the Connecticut shore. West of Bridgeport, and the Brooklyn/Queens/Lon-Guy-land accent would blossom. East of New Haven, the Rhode Island twist on the Boston honk would sound. But where I grew...

The "Results" column percentage basis is the $2 spread width for each underlying. (So, that much is consistent.) Otherwise,

But half of a spread is. But a well-timed hedge sale arbitrages between two market states. :sneaky:

A point of clarity: there are three types of hedges, being redundant, mirror, and uncorrelated. Each has important uses, including in the financial world. Most of this thread can be inferred as discussing mirror hedges. "A lot of " this thread implies that the lifetime of a hedge is limited, and...

The only thing that matters is Net Liq. Second choice would be Net Liq vis Maintenance Margin. $$/day (the day's PnL) should be an absolute, but you still get into some eye-opening shitty circumstances by seeking to maximize $$/day, to the destruction of Net Liq. and/or exploding Maintenance...

Only when I violate my own, well-thought-out, easily-adhered-to rules. ":confused::banghead::(:rolleyes:o_O:cool:".....

I sell options. So I avoid The Big Winners pretty much every day. :confused::banghead::(:rolleyes:o_O:cool:

You guys are hilarious. Thanks for a great laugh. :D:D:D Hey -- would this be Toilet Humor? ("Nah.") :rolleyes:

1) BTDT, *lost* the t-shirt in the process. 2) "...and I am questioning if I really will be able to be successful doing this long term." That self-doubt -- that need... that *requirement* to self-evaluate and to review and to hold yourself to set, immutable standards (not so much high as...

Provided they are of the same expiry. Otherwise, the claxons will sound, the flashing lights will rotate angrily, and the head Trader-Nanny of your broker will call you personally to ask, "What are you doing?!?!?"

"Bingo!" ... And with that, you just explained the difference between 30-year mortgages (secured by that lien) versus "Pay-day Loan" operators and credit cards, who operate on a "Promise-to-Pay".

I missed your 'time' remark first time through. You're right on target.