Recent Content by dr_sean

  1. Gamma Rent Breakeven Calculation

    First of all, realize that you're going to need to be able to hedge this position on a daily basis (at minimum) if you want to really use Taleb's...
    Post by: dr_sean, Mar 7, 2010 in forum: Options

  2. Futures Options

    What futures do you want to trade? I'd look into Futures International for grains, XFA or TJM for index & fixed income options. Both will provide...
    Post by: dr_sean, Nov 7, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. Cincinnati

    I am pretty sure there are absolutely NONE and you'll have to remote. good luck.
    Post by: dr_sean, Oct 28, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Market makers mostly sell options, and the public buys?

    If 90% of all options end worthless, then the 10% that don't pay for the rest. There's no sustained edge in one side of the market. Keep...
    Post by: dr_sean, Oct 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  5. Market makers mostly sell options, and the public buys?

    Market makers aren't much different from most traders. They have on different things at different times. If a MM is almost always short or long...
    Post by: dr_sean, Oct 3, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. EW1/EW2 Futures Options

    biggest thing is probably just that most people don't know about them...same as end of month (EW) contracts. Most retail brokers you pull up a...
    Post by: dr_sean, Sep 19, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. EW1/EW2 Futures Options

    on screens they are staying wide but pit is trading them like any other expiration, one custy came in last friday and sold a lot of the 1035p &...
    Post by: dr_sean, Sep 15, 2009 in forum: Options

  8. Options Chain For Standard "big" S&p Futures

    SP is literally nothing except 5x ES therefore prices are same (quotes on the other hand, can differ obviously). If you're willing to throw up...
    Post by: dr_sean, Sep 15, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. List of prop firms recruiting from my school. Any take on them?

    Wolverine, Jane Street, Group One, think WH too--all those pay a salary and make their money from order-flow oriented strategies (market making,...
    Post by: dr_sean, Sep 15, 2009 in forum: Prop Firms

  10. The 'correct' name for this is ???

    Best advice I can give is always to think about the net options count and the vega associated in any strategy. E.G. a lot of people look at a...
    Post by: dr_sean, Sep 4, 2009 in forum: Options

  11. The 'correct' name for this is ???

    no name for that that i know of sometimes when you trade the opposite of the butterlfy (2x1x2 instead of 1x2x1) some call it the "dragonfly"...
    Post by: dr_sean, Aug 31, 2009 in forum: Options

  12. Chicago Prop Firms - Trading Europe/Asia Hours

    sure, some of them trade Europe/Asia and some of them just have the junior guys watch the CME credit products like Treasuries and Eurodollars...
    Post by: dr_sean, May 26, 2009 in forum: Prop Firms

  13. Trading Movies?

    found a good link to a couple episodes of Traders they work spotty but you can refresh & track thru to get them to play...good stuff...
    Post by: dr_sean, May 26, 2009 in forum: Educational Resources

  14. VIX Calls

    If I was playing for a spot VIX back up to 42-45 in the next 2 months, I would look to be a seller as 2 months is some time and you'll need decay...
    Post by: dr_sean, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Options

  15. Career traders - 2 hour lunches everyday?

    normally floor market makers will take about 30 minutes on average...usually having a clerk get them lunch, going downstairs to eat it, go the...
    Post by: dr_sean, Apr 18, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading