Derivman, How is it not a zero sum game? Stop quoting "experts" and do your own thinking. I've now posted at least a half dozen times why...
"Based on a CME study of expiring and exercised options covering a period of three years (1997, 1998, 1999), an average of 76.5% of all options...
As MTE said, options are always zero-sum. If they are not, you're either using the wrong frame of reference or including a non-option. You: Buy...
IB's formula for computing margin is here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/stockIndexOptions.php?ib_entity=llc...
Nope
They're both zero sum. A total of $1000 is won and a total of $1000 is lost. In options and futures, there only exists a contract if two sides...
Quote from Derivman: This is where many good sites say that market direction does not matter once you have the right strategies. Ouch. This is...
Demand changes in commodities tend to have a VERY long term effect, or potentially none at all. Supply changes have short term effects, and...
Your interpretation would also mean that income tax is illegal and Social Security is only available to residents of Puerto Rico & other insular...
Read again. I said it is impossible for the US to default on their bonds. When you control both the money supply used to pay your bonds, and...
OH NO! Watch out--MB might fill your market orders at the market.
The Oats seasonality seems to be mostly a closing-positions-before-expiration artifact. In any case, it'll be interesting to see how it goes this...
The only way to know for sure is to try, anything else is just conjecture. One major difference between ES and US/TY is the number of ticks...
That was supposed to read "buy deltas", "buy gamma".
First, you do not *realize* the profit when you sell puts, it's not even an unrealized profit. You took in some cash, but you have a debit in the...
I'm afraid not--you *must* have an opinion about volatility. You generally can't be right on 2 out of 3 and still make money. The exception is...
You mixed two comments and attributed them to one person. I'm the TIPS guy. TIPS can never be "downgraded to junk". It's impossible for the US...
How are you measuring return? profit/risk? profit/amount invested? Instead of buying 100 shares of AAPL stock for a total of $9100, you could...
Yes, they are fungible. http://www.financialnews-us.com/index.cfm?page=ustradingtechnology&contentid=531054
My only experience is negative. If you're not willing to come inside on the bid or ask, you will not get filled until the move is over. The...
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