I'm pretty sure Mr. Dell has been investing in hedge funds for years now. He was one of the folks LTCM went to when they were in trouble. On a...
Yea, it looks like they will open it for one final trade (I guess a "special" MOC) -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
floor is frozen, no trading going on edit: what chiguy said, the order system is down -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
Well, I don't know about production going down being particularly good for the economy, but it is rallying markets simply because of the fact that...
Are you telling me they just dumped money down the drain to inflate volume numbers?
Regarding your hedge, the only reason you did not simply buy back the short 1230 call in your short bear call spread is due to the wide SPX...
It's very good that you understand what you're getting yourself into. Like DT mentioned, he does not use TI as a buy/sell signal but rather to...
IGolf, just a word of caution, what these guys are doing appears easy due to years of experience. I would suggest against jumping right into some...
Do they both settle to the same thing? Why not arb the pit and otc trades?
I'd have to agree, regardless of how stupid I think he is, he's got the right idea -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
You'll need to find an edge. Your dad makes money because he's got the pit/info/time edge. If you want to make a career out of trading on the...
Why use options to hedge options? Higher comissions and spreads, less liquid, seems that futures would be best for a variety of reasons. --...
With per share pricing, I see 0.006, with per trade I see $10 for 5000 and 0.003 after that (so 0.002-0.003). Honestly, any prop trader paying...
Just curious, which retail brokers will give you lower comissions than an average prop firm where you're doing decent volume? --...
IB provides electronic access to equity/index/futures/e-currency options but most commodities and some currency options are restricted to the...
Definately an option, although an inexperienced trader could get hurt very easily trying to trade on a commodities floor... and let's face it,...
A bucket shop is not a "boiler room", nor is a prop shop a boiler room, what are you talking about? The key word there is leverage, much more...
lol amen to mr. blunt, and also, there definately are prop firms around in the U.S. just because they aren't advertising doesn't mean they...
Hey Phil, Question about your option writing, are you just consistently writing wide strangles or just puts? Also, how long have you been doing...
Long LQD short IEF, good luck doing any real size though. Any idea why the exploding spread? -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
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