I'm sure you know how many people are looking for work these days (especially in this line of work), so your bargaining power is smaller that it...
Just something to keep some money coming in, nothing even remotely glamourous. Working at a large company that has some trading operations, and...
Had to take a "real" job cuz I haven't been able to find the right gig (I don't have any desire to be back on the floor) trading upstairs....
I used to be at the CBOE also, left last July, what pit did you trade ? A site/firm you may want to check is brokerageconsultants.com--NO...
Obviously whoever bought those puts made a killing, but at the same time drew a lot of attention to themselves. Had they bought the deep in the...
I'm sure that it is much trickier to do now with all of the watchdogs out there, but I GUARANTEE it used to be done quite often. From my floor...
I'm sure you've heard about the big out of the money put positions that were opened not that long before 9/11 in the individual airline stocks UAL...
....of the CBOE. I was sitting in the members lounge when the first plane hit, and remember thinking what the f*ck just happened. At 8:30 CST,...
Thanks for the heads up banker--just looking at that site and seems there are a lot of possibilities. Don't know if it will ever make me any...
I hear ya, up here in Chicago we had the pleasure (um, I mean pain) of watching good ole Wanny work his magic here for a few years !!!!!!! Enjoy...
Call your broker and tell them you want a 1000-up market, if that size is too big to be accomodated at the current ask, when you ask for a 1000-up...
I was just thinking it could be the bastard option that no one trades, for example if the 35s,40s, and 50s have decent open interest but the 45s...
If your talking about a stock that people are familiar with, say a GE, MSFT, INTC, there shouldn't be a problem getting off most (if not all) of...
I don't really follow adbe at all, and have no idea (but who really does) where the stock is going, just keep in mind that the 35 puts you own (im...
Is the open interest bigger in another other strikes close to the strike that you are looking at ? If for example, the Jan 05 40 call has open...
You forgot the cigars..........:D We've already "liberated" most of their baseball players !!! Vega:D
I looked thru every page on the website, and didn't find anything regarding trading for/at this firm. To me it looked more like a brokerage firm...
Ummmmm, I think that was sarcasm dude..........:eek:
Trading delta neutral can take SOME of the risk out of a trade, but not all. If you are long options, as you said you just need the market to...
American style options can be exercised at any point until expiration, while European style options can only be excercised on expiration, so the...
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