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Sadly I'm forced to use web trader at work and this happens all the time and has for some time. It doesn't seem to be a fixed timeout value but random. There are days when I have to re-login 3 times and others where it stays connected all day.

I'm having a heck of a time getting MySQL configured and running correctly on XP (I'm a software guy but not a database guy). When the installer tries to start the service it gives an error. I suspect it's something basic.

I wonder if this will impact Thursday expiry index options like NDX. This always confused me since RUT expires Saturday even though it's also a European settled index. It'd be nice if they were all the same.

It still is. Just because one of the money changers halted trading doesn't mean business can't still be transacted. If you and I could agree on a price, I could send you BTC and you could send me USD (or other goods or services) for them all on our own

I've never been in an internet cafe before but I find it hard to believe that they'd allow you to boot their computers with your OS. Those places are a security nightmare as it is.

As long as the trade is put on as a spread on one ticket you're covered from the outset.

It's a credit spread you're thinking of. The short option is covered by the long option. The margin would be (150-110 - credit) * 100 = $4000 - credit. The margin is generally your max risk. As long as you have at least $4000 you can open the trade.

This is no joke. There was a guy on bitcointalk saying he'd cashed out his and his wife's 401Ks to buy BTC. Paid the penalty and everything. Unicorns farting rainbows all over again.

I'll bet alot of people were first time buyers at $200

LOL The low appears to be 123. Luckily all my coins are mined so I'm unfazed by BTC/USD action.

You don't need a hardware router, just subscribe to a VPN. Of course there's no way of knowing if country X has your VPN blocked.

It's been breaking through psych levels like they're not there. I'd at least expect some consolidations. I guess drawing some fibos from $20 to the most recent high might be enlightening. 50% would be a $130 target.

I'm not planning on converting my BTC to fiat anyway. I'll just hold it as a sort of financial disaster hedge.

It's weird how I mined 22 BTC with my cheap little graphics card and it's worth over $4000 now. Word over at bitcointalk is that MtGox is hugely backed up with account verifications now, over 15,000. Every swingin' dick (and his mother) is looking to cash out before it crashes. I can't see...

I use HFT! I can deliver profits in 100 microseconds!

I was just amplifying (unsuccessfully) what I said earlier. We're in agreement. I was just pointing out a real example where parallel calculations are possible. i.e. a whole option chain

tmmaloney1, just curious. Are these long calls/puts ITM or OTM on entry? Also are these day trades, swing trades or what?

Well sure they'll be busting an individual every now and then. But they can't stop the whole thing, especially if it turns us into a nation of felons. Think of income taxes in Italy. Nobody pays income taxes and it's unenforceable beause nobody pays attention to the occasional high-profile...

All they can do to "ban" BTC is to shut down the exchanges and stores that accept them. That only stops the centralized businesses that they can lay their jack boots on. There's no way to stop individuals from exchanging BTC for USD or goods or services in face to face cash transactions.

There's a cyberpunk novel called "A Lodging of Wayfaring Men" that parallels what's going on with Bitcoin. It's not the best novel I've read but the author's plot involves the invention of a crypto currency that's gradually adopted by ordinary people. The gubment of course sees it as a danger...