As far as I know, they've always had Options trading. As long as I've known of them.
As far as ...
"Liquid. the 50:1 leverage is so due to the current government regime. Once they are out of office, perhaps the leverage will go back to where it was pre-Obama which was 200:1"
Ohhh kay ....
Good lord people's memories are short ...
200:1 is never coming back ... and 50:1 is too much, and should be taken to a max of 15:1 ... and it has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with 20 Standard Deviation moves inside ONE DAY which can, and did, destroy entire Firms
As far as ...
"Liquid. the 50:1 leverage is so due to the current government regime. Once they are out of office, perhaps the leverage will go back to where it was pre-Obama which was 200:1"
Ohhh kay ....
Good lord people's memories are short ...
200:1 is never coming back ... and 50:1 is too much, and should be taken to a max of 15:1 ... and it has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with 20 Standard Deviation moves inside ONE DAY which can, and did, destroy entire Firms