Like I said in this thread and in your previous ones, IT IS FAIR TO RUN A STORY ABOUT HOW THE CARLYLE GROUP HAS EXTRORDINARY INFLUNECE. The...
Sold 40 of the csco 20c for .85 bought 1000 shares at .22 and 1000 at .20. Shit, 10000 of the 20c went across at .80. Doh, bought stock too soon.
and, it is pretty juicy since I'll be selling the 20p for over the ask synthetically
also, the csco 20c will get me short gamma.
This morning I sold 40 of the msq 30c for .40 which I subsequently bid on as the stock took off and I didn't get a hedge. I just covered that for...
Also, as far as classes go, one of them I can blow if needed; it is math for economics which I have mostly covered in the classes I took over the...
I am going to Claremont Graduate University working towards a PHD in Econ. It really did end up just as I described; after the July expiration, I...
I agree, interest for me always comes and goes with these; normally I end up reading them all the way through in one sitting rather following day...
first off, it says that private equity groups buy companies for less than they are worth and sell them at an absurd profit. Whoever said that is...
I just realized I told a bunch of people in the options forum to go fuck themselves. Doh!
I almost forgot the main reason for starting the journal. As a MM, Iwould always start off great. My P/L would look like a mountain range where...
Here is my current position: MSFT: long 10 Oct 27c short 5 oct 30c short 800 msft CSCO: short 10 oct20c short 20 oct20p long 80...
I have done two other journal's, this will be the third. My first one was started the day I started trading full time again. It lasted for about...
If we don't think we have some sort edge, than what are we doing trying to make a living at this. The edge MMs had went away in the late...
Def, Vega(probably) and I would disagree in that both CS and MM maybe handed a similar piece of rope with the BOX, but that doesn't mean the...
I'm with you on this bet. The BOX is, to some people here, some sort of utopian exchange where the customers finally have the opportunity to get...
Very interesting. Does anybody trade this? What are spreads like? I was reading through the Wilmott book over this past summer and found these...
What are you going to cry about when you can't make money trading with the BOX either?
I've noticed this happening this past week in IBM. Haven't been able to figure out how to game it, although I havn't really tried as my position...
Interesting thought.
Separate names with a comma.