A market can not function without differing opinions. Facts are tougher to come by in a quantum universe. Like a mad painter, some get the...
LOL. (Hadn't heard that one.) "I think that change comes about at the margins. Iâve always believed that. People in the center are not going to...
Another way of framing this topic is: Can insurance risk ever be properly priced a priori in a competitive market? Or said another way, is there...
+1. Figuring out when and why this changed is an important step in option trading abilities IMO. (LOL - THIS IS NOT A TEST!)
This could partially be due to regulations since in my province, they definitely question you about your option understanding (as per the 4...
+1 .... and now, why would that be true? Is the market chaotic or random?
What if the reserve currency is the bubble and the bonds simply a denomination of that currency. (In 2008 there was no housing bubble either.)
I don't remember testing sle or jgills or yourself. I only test when I am curious and the right opportunity comes along. The thread discussion...
I often ask these precise questions to determine how sophisticated an options trader I am talking to. I have others that I have asked on this very...
Re Nomex - if your methodology works, it helps you disregard some of the idiot posters in these forums. There are many good hearted smart ones as...
I see, the models are arbitrary but the only 100% true model of the world, is that world itself. Yes.
Very well said. (but I am unclear .... does that freight train have a bulldozer on it or not????) There is a huge difference between a big...
Which is why there are so many wonderful edges in options trading. In general, the more understood and the better the models, the less "play" for...
Not sure about about the trade secret part, but volatility is really really interesting. There are things that I have never read on ET about...
Or said another way, option selling/buying risk can be looked at as gamma vs theta. (Perhaps most trading methods can be looked at that way.)...
Any tips on how to tell fake money from fiat money?
+1 for example: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-05/jpmorgan-shares-drop-after-forecast-for-20-trading-slump.html I would bet that...
If the brokerage confirms that they received a cancel all positions, then you won't recover anything. My brokerage platform recorded all key...
How can it be down on a Tuesday? It has to be rigged! (kidding)
Yes I have had many odd things happen in thousands of trades. In general, when you make a mistake, your money is gone, when the brokerage or...
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