Well said...:D
No kidding...I would say in the next few minutes
Amazingly sad stuff...
I would suggest some Monte Carlo modeling to determine probabilities of touching certain price strikes before/ or at expiration before selling...
Not under a Democratic administration.
Being from Brazil myself I can assure you that a lot of people actually bought into this idea with both fists. I have been in the US for the...
Not a surprise...he will need to in order to make face to his investors once he lets them know of today's magnitude of losses.
Gamma. I suggest you look as to how gamma changes as we approach expiration...and the effect that it has in the face of a large price jump.
Here we go... http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-211.htm
This is probably just a matter of time.
Are you kidding? How long is it taking S&P to rate the whole financial sector objectively? Apparently, they had no problem collecting fees on the...
I use IB mobile trader on my Treo PDA to monitor my positions when I'm away from my trading desk. I have never had a problem. I don't use it...
This is right on the mark...
I believe that there is a misunderstanding in most of the responses. Selling naked options does not only involve risks associated with price...
And you think that this can all be easily achieved without any interventionist measures from the US? :p :p :p
There is no paradox here. The answer to your apparent "paradox" is called asymmetry of returns.
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What emotions? The first mistake is to assume that there should be any emotions involved in this line of business. Emotions and ego should be...
Yes. If you are into quantitative based trading I would highly recommend this forum. Heavy math oriented...but filled with top notch traders....
This is worse than the e-mail spam galore with "hot stock" picks. :p
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