If the choice is trade like floor traders or lose everything then I think I'll pass on this whole business. Luckily for me that's not the case as...
I agree with you that one should trade the strategy that offers them the most profitability with the least amount of risk. I'll express this...
I understand what you're saying. And again, I'm not advocating selling naked premium. I'm not suited for managing that position. I also...
Now, of course I respect Mav but you're saying Mav is one in a million (or I should say two in a million)??? :)
In my experience people who say "never" in the financial world are likely to be proven wrong in the future. I'm not advocating selling naked...
I hope he is well. His tone provided almost as much value in entertainment as his posts did in education.
I understand the point. High kurtosis is a known issue with pricing options using inefficient distributions. Thus the volatility skew exists to...
You say OTM options are "drastically underpriced". This is interesting to me. I'm not disagreeing with you but I always thought for the most...
I agree. It's a good strategy to express short bias buying cheap gamma and vega. Winning percentage might be low (depending on the accuracy of...
The OP says he's enlisted in the US military. If that's the case then the salary figure is accurate.
Difference between X and X is only carrying cost.
Walther is correct. Only the dead chicken I wave over my keyboard has this capability. You can read all about it in my upcoming book "True...
Wow, using Google cache for your sleuthing. You're definitely resourceful riskarb :)
Big difference between Nigerian spam and snatching kids (or talking about it). I enjoy these spats as much as anyone else here on ET. They give...
Could also be post count == to much time :)
I believe others might disagree with you about my command of the english language. I've been criticized in the past here on ET for my poor grammar...
Thanks kiwi and ddunbar. I appreciate your audience during this experience.
I had thought of asking but in the end I decided against it. It certainly would be fair however, I didn't want to open another can of worms for...
To be perfectly honest I didn't think a post on ET would affect IBs actions one way or another. I know there are a few IB people who comb the...
The purpose of this thread was not to put "pressure" on IB to fix my problem. There have been many many threads about IB unfairly resolving...
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