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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    The BBC: The report noted "forensic evidence showing that most of the deceased were shot multiple times, including in the back, or at close range".
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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/germany-urges-turkey-to-accept-findings-of-un-gaza-flotilla-report-1.382325 : "Earlier on Saturday, Turkish officials told the Hurriyet Daily News that the Turkish navy will significantly strengthen its presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as one of the...
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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    You sound as if you have a dog in the fight, and I do not. Did you read the sentence you left out from your summary of the report? It might become the gate from which the turks would get in. Here it is: UNITED NATIONS — ..the way Israeli forces boarded a flotilla that sailed from Turkey to...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Dan, Thanks for answering. One of the things I noticed about your unique understanding of spreads is the notion that an annualized return might actually be obtained with spread with higher expiry time, as opposite to the "conventional" view of repeated selling of shorter term spreads. When I...
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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    That is what you wrote in the past, more than once. When would you do it for real, if ever?
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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    Excessive and unreasonable, when it involves deaths, might lead the Turks to chase the attackers who would be running like rats from the lawsuits. The zios all over the world would have to work harder and faster to change the laws to shield theirs from the criminal lawsuits. In the meantime...
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    Turkey moving to plan B vs. Israel

    Turkey announced that Israel has until September 7 to apologize for the murder of its nationals by Israel attack forces, or the ambassador would be asked to leave the country. Israel seems to forget that their ancestors worked in the courts of Turkey, so the Turks know them inside out. Would...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Great job Dan! Your approach is unique. Was it something you developed on your own? Any references that inspired you. I would understand if you were to decide not to answer-- It is your right, and I will not take it in a negative way at all. You are right that there can be some strange people...
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    VIX trade for 8/18 exp

    You are also betting on volty. No difference between put and call if cost of carry is zero (and europe exercise). OTM calls/puts is better to reduce bid/ask spread.
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    King Solomon (King Shlomo): If he was great and wealthy could you back it up?

    It is just a study written by someone who may have a conclusion in mind. Moreover, the mummies of Egypt contradict the medicine comparison. In addition, the thread is seeking indisputable facts (like monuments that we can see today) not some imagined successes in the head of a priest/rabbi/imam.
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    Obama tries to win re-election with expected 8.2% unemployment

    The same can be said about his opponents.
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    what caused the huge spike outta nowhere at 9:04am EST?

    I was one of those who faded it, and I am not a vulture, nor am I a jackal.
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    VIX trade for 8/18 exp

    You were long volty above forty? That is asking for trouble.
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    VIX trade for 8/18 exp

    I have not looked at VXX in the past, but I have looked at it recently, and I like what I see. What are the things you think must be known about this instrument. In my view, I think of VXX as a two regimes thing: when low, sell puts when high, and calmed down, then go long XIV. What do you...
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    Commissions adds up in the long run

    You need to complete your analysis: add the bid-ask spread? Please do it, and report the results. Good work!
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    Commissions adds up in the long run

    But he is a ahead of a lot of people.
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    Commissions adds up in the long run

    If you were given a choice, based on your analysis, would you be a trader or would you be a broker?
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    Back to school in options

    In the option pricing models there is this fancy argument which is to price things using risk-adjusted probs and the risk free rate. But what if I want to know the non-risk-adjusted returns, would you be able to provide us with the answer?
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    Why is the market going up?

    Are you sure about your answer?:D
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    They say "fading a trend is a disease", is there worse?

    They say "fading a trend is a disease", is there worse? How about buying a top and selling a bottom? Name something that you think can equal or beat the above saying in trading. Do not forget to provide the why, if you have the why?
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