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just curious if anyone actually does the trades from the WOW reports. I personally always read them but I can't recall a time I've actually followed any of them... I'm almost 100% intra day so thats part of the reason... but I also tend to find them pretty basic curious to what you guys...

Former OMB Director David Stockman talks U.S. debt crisis on Bloomberg TV http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/var-gaq-gaq-gaq_18.html Options Flow Recap May 18th http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/options-flow-recap-may-18th.html Trade of the Day: Apple June...

If you are a serious options trader... meaning that you trade every day.... hit me up ryandbaird@gmail.com I might be able to get you a cheaper commissions though my buddy....if it works great...if not no harm no foul he helps me because I trade 20-150k contracts a day depending on market...

after thinking about this a bit I think you should figure out how much $ you're willing to bet on a black swan event and then buy LEAPS on whatever you want to bet against... I suggest LEAPS because I think interest rates are going up and that way you get a little bit of rho edge...

Options Flow Recap May 11th http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/options-flow-recap-may-11th.html Trade of the Day: EnCana October $34/$27 bull risk reversal 10,000x http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/trade-of-day-encana-october-3427-bull.html Weekly Options Watch...

All the traders I train I make them read and internalize: Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques by Natenberg...

yeah this is a must read

for me the holy grail is to make money no matter which way the market goes... I can't predict the future but I can manage my risk right now

the bottom line is that ALL spreads are great... you just have to know when you have edge with a spread. I can't think of a spread I haven't made money with... or lost money with at one point in time Professional traders focus on risk and amateurs focus on profit... if you put on an iron...

trade of the day: Trade of the Day: NRG Energy September $25/$28 bull call spread 5,000x heres the breakdown: http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/trade-of-day-nrg-energy-september-2528.html (i'll just reply to this post for future updates) An Overview of Behavioral Finance...

great suggestion... thx... maybe I'll just reply to my own posts so it doesn't clutter to board...

http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/option-flow-recap-may-9th.html if its useful for me to post this here let me know... I don't want to fill up the forum if its not useful anyone but for me personally I study option flow very carefully... my notes tend to me 5x what I post online...

http://seaofopportunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/citis-reverse-split.html interesting ... it was a great trade and will be missed by many

portfolio margin.... these guys are using reg T

no disrespect but if you have to ask you probably shouldn't be doing it... I'd suggest learning about options until you know what your edge is and how you are going to run your business. Gambling won't do you any good

Looks like BATS is improving. has anyone really got any size on BATS? seems to me that offering on the Q just makes more sense

I'm looking for a margin calc that will show me what my margin will be for a multi symbol, multi leg spread. A simple spead calc won't work I need something more advanced. I can't believe how hard it is to find... if anyone could help I would appreciate it.