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I like using IWM options to hedge my small cap book. Currently plain short IWM though for my 1:1 hedge since premium is still a tad expensive IMO.

Not very well aware. Most Americans are unaware of the existence of other currencies next to the US Dollar. Sad but true.

Well said, I agree.

I understand your fund is/was using a short bias strategy. Wouldn't going long one ticker with 25% of the entire capital somehow diminish your ability to offer investors returns primarily made on the short side? I am not exactly sure what short bias means technically, possibly the threshold of...

Looks good mymini, good luck with that. Could well see a squeeze higher with potentially many short calls still open. Good luck, keep us updated how the trade turns out. GT + good weekend.

All in what + where? Can you share your position with us? How many contracts at what price? Thanks.

You chose the best day of the month for that with options expiration. GL + GT anyways.

1. "Just a low-volume sucker's rally" 2. "Liquidity dried up completely" 3. "The Fed won't cut" 4. "That wasn't the bottom, we have to retest the lows" 5. "The worst is yet to come" 6. "Stocks are overvalued" 7. "Carry trade is dead" 8. "We're already in a recession" 9. "This is 1929 all...

DBA is ticker of the soft/agri ETF from Powershares/Deutsche Bank. Basically a basket of the AG futures like Wheat, Soybeans etc.

Not sure if you're aware of it, but shorting aggressively usually removes bids out of the market.

I guess thats the settlement date + time for the dax futs + options?

Sykes welcomes the drama to promote his book. I wonder if all this PR work is worth it? How much can a best selling trading book make the author?

Check the following links: http://www.great-southern.com.au http://www.thearkfund.com.au I think these are investment funds trading on the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange). I haven't checked, but these might be tradable through Interactive Brokers, they just added ASX.

I thought "liquidity dried up"??? LMAO

For all the inflation conspiracists that think the government manipulates the numbers. You ever take a look at the 10y TIPS spread? This is a number that comes from market participants and not from the government. As of yesterday, it prices in an inflation expectation (!) of market...

Yes, it's all a big conspiracy. BTW did you know that it was Elvis Presley that killed JFK?

Once the arguments are lacking people like you try to get personal. I am not surprised. Go on calling people names, go on whining about central banks or "rigged markets" and "be frustrated" about government institutions. You are going to prosper.

Exactly that's the problem I have with these "whining threads". People love to whine but when it's up to them to make decisions to protect their assets they shy away from the potential risks or shall we say insurance premiums to be paid! If you wish to protect your house, you buy insurance...

See you're a perma bear that doesn't put his money where his mouth is. You do your bearish analysis and conclude you want to put all your money into "savings" (cash deposits or whatever) instead of capitalizing on your analysis (You said you foresee problems for US savers, maybe the US Dollar...

His strategy is very simple. On his 10k account he sells as many naked SPX put contracts as the margin requirements allow. Then he prays. That's how you make 10% a month.