Well, I have nothing further to say with regard to the Greeks, not because they aren't important, but rather because I've been rendered nearly...
In, I have to respectfully disagree. While it is true that for certain strategies such as OTM credit spreads, assuming you hold to expiry and the...
Stop what you're doing and learn your Greeks immediately! With vertical credits and IC's, besides being negative vega in a low, but recently...
He is also operating on the ridiculous premise that MSFT calls might actually appreciate in value. That, I'm afraid to say, is a virtual...
GA, I don't want to speak for Arb, and goodness knows he can explain this a lot better than me, but what I think he's referring to is the tendency...
Don't you mean a vacation FROM trading? Increasingly, I entertain the thought that my next one should be permanent.
Hey Arb, Nice looking trade. 2 quick questions, if you don't mind. First, assuming your expected move down isn't imminent, how about converting...
I'm no afficionado of the stuff myself, but I did note that the Dow Theory newsletter guy, who correctly called the bottom in 10/02, said last...
Perhaps, but that's only because your perspective is a bit truncated. I suggest you go back and review your American history. "Dirty" campaigns...
Perhaps he meant fancy? Fanciful? Farcical? Ferklempt?
(1) McMillan's "Options as a Strategic Investment" (2) Natenberg's "Option Volatility and Pricing" Good luck.
I already regret the $100k or so I spent on it. And that doesn't include the many thousands I've lost since from fruitlessly trying to apply what...
Uh, thanks, but I'm in them since Wednesday. Implieds are up nearly 100 bps from when I bought them (though they're still low on a relative...
I wonder why this site seems to attract such a preponderence of lunatics and shut-ins. I'd say more, but I have to run as I'm expected back on the...
Perhaps the stupidest post of the year to date. Kudos.
Absolutely horrific and raises all sorts of fears again about whether the same could happen here. In terms of cold blooded market analysis,...
Thanks, Wee. Interesting idea on using FNM/FRE. I'll definitely check it out.
Wee, perhaps, but as a rule, I don't do futures. Also, the overbought condition to which I referred applies to the long end of the yield curve,...
Might be an interesting way to play a correction of the overbought condition in the 10-year (assuming you read it that way). Implieds are low...
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