I show a last for the May 120 call (expiring in 18 days) on coffee as .85. That trade may have occurred early in the day, and I compute fair value...
What about tail risk? Prediction is to within a degree of reliability, not an absolute. Are you saying I can't predict the sun will rise...
There are definitely some predictable events that will result in semi-predictable implied volatility movements. Earnings, dividends, acquisitions,...
This is a lot like asking, "I think a stock will go up, how many shares should I buy?" How much risk are you willing to take? How much money do...
IB Group LLC has plenty of massive-debt-laundering opportunities, I'm sure. :-)
Alternatively, you could just not drive drunk.
We just came through a period in our collective history where "Flip This House" and "Sell This House" are two of the more popular TV shows. There...
Completely agree (on the shareholder part). Still, I don't feel sorry for the borrower either. I mostly feel sorry for me because I (and most...
I guess these are my two biggest problems with this argument. No one tells me I can afford something. This country has been capitalist for far too...
Regardless of what the ends are, this means is easily the most ridiculous I've heard repeated over and over. At the House hearings, they had a 70+...
Quote from triggertrader: i know from trading futures that the first notice date means the last day you are allowed to be long and the last...
03/09/2007 KO Apr-07 Last Trading Date The Apr-07 options have a Last Trading Date of 3/9/07.
Same here. I've had enough bad pit fills in softs to last a lifetime. If you don't want to trade Sugar, then don't.
For what volatility? When I compute greeks on a single strike, I'm using the midpoint of the bid/ask to get the implied volatility, then plugging...
Fantastic!!!!!!! Way to go, IB!
No! This line is always used to defend IB, and while there are some that post "I can't get my router to work" bugs and demand fixes, IB is not...
Unfortunately with an average daily volume of 33 spread out across 11 contracts, the answer to your first question is almost certainly "no" no...
The first date you list is the First Trading Day for the Mar-09 option. The second date is the Last Trading Day for the May-07 option.
NYMEX decided to attempt to pre-empt NYBOTs acquisition by ICE. As a result, they introduced all the soft electronic contracts right before ICE...
I just got out of a 2OK7-CK7 spread (yesterday, at least a day too early, apparently). I got out because it looked like oats were starting to get...
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