Recent Content by Butterball

  1. My Merger Arbitrage Journal

    Is anyone playing TWX - T after the court ruling? The spread has obviously collapsed but there's still some left according to my calc. "“We are...
    Post by: Butterball, Jun 13, 2018 in forum: Journals

  2. Best programming language for trading?

    Just start programming. Getting replies on a message board dissecting the "best language to learn" is a waste of time. Just get stuck in and learn.
    Post by: Butterball, Jun 6, 2018 in forum: App Development

  3. My Merger Arbitrage Journal

    Some things I am looking at (no positions yet): XL (2.6% + div non-annualized) MPC-ANDV (1.7% non-annualized) CXO-RSPP (0.7% non-annualized) My...
    Post by: Butterball, Jun 6, 2018 in forum: Journals

  4. Automated trading with R on IB

    https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/IBrokers/vignettes/IBrokers.pdf IBrokers - Interactive Brokers and R Jeffrey A. Ryan September 21, 2014...
    Post by: Butterball, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Automated Trading

  5. What does a trend follower do in a bear market?

    There are plenty of trend-followers who trade long only (in equities).
    Post by: Butterball, Mar 26, 2018 in forum: Trading

  6. What Nassim Taleb Did on Black Monday 1987

    Here's a typical result of a long-dated OTM vol buying strategy betting on "black swans" over multiple asset classes. It's an expensive...
    Post by: Butterball, Mar 26, 2018 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Any place to get historic futures prices on VIX?

    You can find VIX (and other future data) on quandl.com for free. You need to 'stitch' the futures prices together. Some links to get you started...
    Post by: Butterball, Mar 21, 2018 in forum: Financial Futures

  8. LJM Preservation and Growth Fund, collapsed by 82 percent! (WTF?)

    All those nice little premiums they picked up like nickels on the street. And then the gamma steamroller comes along and takes it all back. And...
    Post by: Butterball, Feb 9, 2018 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. 16 year old new to trading

    Stop that now. It's counter productive. Work towards a top 1% SAT score. That's what you should focus on right now. Read. A lot. If you want to...
    Post by: Butterball, Jan 8, 2018 in forum: Trading

  10. Is investing in real estate less time-consuming than stocks?

    Exchanged traded REITs have performed very similarly to physical real estate over decade long time periods. I'd understand if someone is a...
    Post by: Butterball, Jan 4, 2018 in forum: Economics

  11. David Einhorn made only 2% gain in 2017

    Many legendary value investors got destroyed in the 1998/1999 period as value got trashed and growth stocks (which many shorted) soared higher and...
    Post by: Butterball, Jan 2, 2018 in forum: Wall St. News

  12. Is Warren Buffett blind to tail risks/risks of ruin?

    That's incorrect because the contracts are/were OTC and setup in a way that a) premium was paid upfront, about $5 bln. Berkshire was free to...
    Post by: Butterball, Oct 25, 2017 in forum: Risk Management

  13. boring stoxx50 futures

    Just quadruple your size. Suddenly it's not so boring anymore.
    Post by: Butterball, Oct 25, 2017 in forum: Index Futures

  14. Boise ID looking for mentor

    Trading is for people who HAVE money (to lose). Not for people who NEED money. You sound like you need a stable income so go work somewhere.
    Post by: Butterball, Oct 11, 2017 in forum: Hook Up

  15. What is the craziest mistake you've ever made trading?

    I bought 65 x 10y € swap contracts on the European ICE early mornings, must have been 2011/2012. Being tired and half-awke, I just saw the market...
    Post by: Butterball, Oct 11, 2017 in forum: Chit Chat