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Is Taleb making money from returns or fees? What are his latest returns? Vic and NNT both seem to be walking, talking contradictions of themselves. After seeing a number of interviews with both of them over the years, I think they just say whatever to throw people off of what they are...

ESignal hired one of the better QCharts guys a while back. His name is Mike Condra and if he has any say in the product going forward, it should be pretty decent.

Your margin gets reset at 4pm from day to overnight. I have had orders that if executed, would have exceeded initial overnight. It seems that TWS has the capability to assess this and boot an order from time to time. I'm not saying this was the case, but it is something to consider if the...

Bsulli, Thanks for the post. I saw no shenanigans with the settlement. Every month - end is the same process and the prices are closely tied to the 4pm actual underlying close. The main reason the futures were down was GOOG, which isn't in the S&P index. There were certainly sympathy...

I would like to see options on the electronic contracts. If this gets us closer to that becoming reality, I'm all for it.

I ask my QCharts questions on the Yahoo QCharts message board. They are a very helpful, knowledgeable and responsive bunch. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/qcharts/messages

AAA, Mark is correct. I have to have BOTH ER2 and MR at the same time. One will read "not found" and the other will give the quote. If the server pitches you to another server, the symbols may switch - welcome to the joys of QCharts. Some days are real adventures. By the way, add "06H"...

joetrader, I understand what you are saying about the difficulty raising funds, but I have some questions. Ten years ago, HFs were far fewer in number and were far less accepted by the mainstream. Access and acceptance by wealthy individuals was less common and trusts/endowments rarely...

I think you and I disagree that there is a real problem.

This is from page two of this thread. I wrote this 4 years ago and it still applies today. This thread was created as I was starting my firm - the purpose being to communicate with others who knew the business. This thread isn't about me, but since the legitimacy of starting small has been...

Again, you were told? Who is telling you these things? If you were assigned on a covered call and you log in and both the call and stock are gone from your account, what happened? Were you assigned? Was there a margin issue and you got liquidated? Did someone withdraw money from your...

I have not been told anything. I have used IB as a broker for several years and I read my statements. I get assigned regularly and the statement has always noted the transaction timely and accurately. I do agree that it is not an issue.

The statement has a code (Ex - I think) beside any contract that was exercised that day. If you choose to have your statements emailed, you will see the code in the emailed statement. With IB, you are not required to log into the account to see that you have been exercised. In fact, logging...

Nice pitch.

I liked the book. The main points I got were that performance really is most important over the long term and that institutions place too much emphasis on volatility over compound annual return. I thought he did an especially good job of stating the facts on private wealth managers and...

pacc: Where do you think the stock will go?

From reading his post, it would seem he would only send you a treat, not a threat... and that's the thuth.

Yeah, what an ass-pounding they took today. That's a great paper lesson. I generally take my sold option positions off when they reach a certain point. Maybe you get 75% - 80% of the value out and then cut it and move on - no matter where the underlying is. The risk simply isn't worth that...

I was going to suggest selling 3 of the 43 Calls but it's too late. You're really in a box the last few days for the most part.

The others have good advice about learning...but to answer your question. In this situation, it is probably fine to forget that there is a contract. Effectively, there is no obligation or right with cash settled index futures contracts. When you go long at 1230, you are effectively taking a...