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  1. My option trades for the past 6 months, feel free to ridicule, or offer guidance

    And it's especially tough to make headway sailing straight into the wind with your spinnaker up! But that's what I see here all the time. People...
    Post by: dmo, Jul 9, 2009 in forum: Options

  2. My option trades for the past 6 months, feel free to ridicule, or offer guidance

    Me neither. The trick to successful trading of options or anything else is to take advantage of the opportunities the market gives you....
    Post by: dmo, Jul 9, 2009 in forum: Options

  3. dmo's option videos

    Thanks Mark. Maybe it WOULD be better to make these modular - ten-minute modules, mix and match. I'm not quite sure how that would work but I'm...
    Post by: dmo, Jul 8, 2009 in forum: Options

  4. dmo's option videos

    I've started a new option blog complete with educational option videos. Well, one video so far. It's all free and I have nothing to sell so I...
    Thread by: dmo, Jul 8, 2009, 55 replies, in forum: Options

  5. Why is the VIX so low if people are still uncertain?

    What evidence do you have that the VIX is up "when the market is mildly optimistic?"
    Post by: dmo, Jul 7, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. complex orders in Canada?

    What's the story with Quebec residents not being able to use TOS?
    Post by: dmo, Jul 5, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. Anybody trades options without any greek letter?

    My best advice to the aspiring option trader is to disregard Mr. Gallacher's dumb advice. He's apparently catering to those who hope to make...
    Post by: dmo, Jul 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  8. Whether an options writer or buyer has better edge? Why?

    Right, this seems to be a tough point to get across here! People here seem absolutely determined to believe there is an inherent edge in one...
    Post by: dmo, Jul 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Whether an options writer or buyer has better edge? Why?

    Even if it were true, it would mean nothing. There's also the matter of how much you make on your winners vs how much you lose on your losers....
    Post by: dmo, Jul 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  10. Wheat options automatically closed before expiration?

    I think your broker screwed up. Go to http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/0,3206,1322+14455,00.html and read the wheat options contract...
    Post by: dmo, Jul 1, 2009 in forum: Options

  11. Are naked puts really this safe????

    The update is on the bottom of page 85: "10-10-08 04:33 PM I just got update on the fund. Unfortunately for their investors, they went...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Options

  12. Trading philosophy: Options are just different, Why?

    Trading stocks or futures is two-dimensional. It goes up or it goes down. You're either long or you're short, right or wrong. Options have...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 19, 2009 in forum: Options

  13. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    If I were to go back on the floor today, I think the one pit I'd most like to be in is crude options. Playing the skew is my favorite game, and...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  14. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Yes, it's so much about psychology, isn't it? The public thinks the floor traders are like Mr. Spock, but most are just dumb shits driven by the...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  15. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Sounds like my experience - one day I was trying to leg a spread, when an order came in from outside for the exact spread I was trying to leg - at...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  16. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    LOLOL - yeah, CRT was INSANELY secretive about their stupid sheets! I did once get my hands on one - a CRT trader dropped his sheet and I covered...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  17. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Keep in mind that if he only has a position in one strike and is delta and premium neutral, then he has either a reversal or a conversion, in...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  18. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Leaning on another strike is ideal, but not always possible. Most of the time IV doesn't move that quickly, so if you buy or sell premium, the...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  19. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Also, there are different rules and customs at different exchanges. On the CBOT floor for example, if you say "ten bid," without specifying a...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 18, 2009 in forum: Options

  20. Options on Commodities Floor Traders

    Technically, those on the floors you mention are not "market makers" as they have no obligation to make markets - just the ability to make markets...
    Post by: dmo, Jun 17, 2009 in forum: Options
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