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I thought that TOS did not have a CDN office - are you resident in Canada? Ugly

Ya, that book is like spraying ferret musk on yourself. Babe magnet.

Ateht, you ESL twat. You couldn't hold a candle to IV and "Atticus". Try being quiet and learn from them.

I love this - my new FT quote.

'Xactly

Braggard

You're right, we don't know whether it will go up or down, but if VIX is 9, is it more likely to go down or up? If it is 100, is it more likely to go down or up? Probability mathematics always works - it doesn't predict any single event, just trends in groups of events...

RR - always keeping me on the straight and narrow! The point I was trying to make is that ICs work fine as long as vol doesn't go up. The "advantage" is that you are being paid for a vol prediction (IV) that ends up being too high (i.e. greater than realized vol). This has worked well over...

Wait 'til you've heard more of mine... see above!

Do you mean cavalry?

MT, I am very pleased that you made money getting out on a rough day. The thing is, those profits were either luck (not predictable) or your skill (not replicable by others). My concern (and possibly Rally's, but he can speak for himself) is that there is a major flaw in the low vol condor...

thong - easier to screw you that way

Rally's advice is a recipe for long term survival. If you are a Condor Cultist and you're setting up condors in low vol enviroments (i.e. last week) you're paying the life insurance for the guy at the other side of your trade. I think a lot of people on this thread learned this lesson yesterday.

F*A*T*T*A*I*L*.*O*R*G

Exactly. Oh, but there's more: "It is an investment strategy created for high-income professionals with a solid understanding of financial and investing concepts who want to make that first or second million within a decade. " Well I'm both, but I doubt that this will get me the 100%...

Quoting your website Tristan: "We don't want to be elitist, but we do need to provide fair warning: if you didn't get your business degree at a tier one school, if you don't hold a CFA or a SEC or NASD license, or if you don't work in the financial services industry or in the finance...

I assumed that he would give you a free spot for the shilling you're doing.

Now you're getting me in trouble. I'll get you "Emilio" - you crystal meth addicted octogenarian.

What's the difference?

English as a second language?