Back cover says: "Full understanding = trading edge." I would say "!="...
Maybe Baron could work with the Sponsors to offer daily prizes -- free month of software or whatever -- for the best chat posts.
Sig explained it well in #27.
That's a straw man. No one believes markets are only for hedgers. My point, which has been amplified by others in the thread, is that without...
All the worst losses in my trading career have been on "no-brainers" that "can't lose."
Do you generally sell verticals, or do you sometimes buy?
So you're netting $18, paying $5 in commish and $10- 20 in bid/ask. The playing field is tilted too much. You won't be able to afford the...
Buy high sell low makes $ in trending markets, loses $ in reversing markets. A coin toss. There's no "rip-off" or "decay." It's amazing how few...
Markets exist for the benefits of hedgers / real-money players, and are arranged for their convenience. Speculators just come along for the ride....
By 'safe' Taleb means cash / T-bills, not all-weather / permanent-portfolio.
Just buy less IYF in the first place. Decide on your true risk appetite. Plan your work, work your plan.
It's not a question of decimal points. Even reliable 2- 3¢ wide pricing (plus availability of the product at major brokers) would attract yuge...
Cash settlement is a solution in search of a problem. If you can't deal with deliveries, you're undercapitalized. It's G-d's way of telling you...
If no one takes you up on the trading challenge, you could propose a Diner Dash 2 challenge...
In a perfect world, the SSF bid/ask would be the stock's own bid/ask plus the financing bid/ask. For large-cap GCs, shortdated expiry, the former...
Are you self-clearing, or an IB (to what firm)? Thanks.
Paying $5 × 4 legs == $20, or $5 total? Either way, it's insane versus a $23 gross credit. "Risk without reward." Also, your net liq value is the...
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Have you taken Bone's spreading course?
Long stock + long ATM put == long ATM call (setting aside second-order details), if you'd prefer to think of it that way. You're effectively...
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