if that pm really works as good as span; i would wait also. on the other hand; i will not believe it until i see it. i would be interested in...
offtopic yip; when are you gonna switch to future options? you know the all about the margin advantage.
sorry for confusing you,yip... i do have more longs than short. my short 670 and other shorts are in spreads. i have longs at 650/660/630 ,...
it sounds good to have a "clean" book; but are you in any given month completely short or completely long? you must have positions offsetting...
maybe i am less greedy than others :eek: my shorts for april are 670 with er2 @784.60. a 60 point move more would put me 50pts out. to me , i...
mark, what you explained is exactly what happens to me on a regular basis. it is emotionally not easy to spend premium; but it gets easier with...
like dagnyt, i may also be lucky combined with hopefully skill also. i seem to put my spreads on after big moves. it takes much discipline. you...
jeffm, i may have said this in the past; your posts says what i think, and are very clearly written. great job.....imo.
you know i like to bust your balls..... if PMA unfolds differently for "the little guy"; will you acknowledge this? i clearly understand the...
mav, you are an interesting person. it does not take much to get your attention. some unsolicited advice: improve your trading, because the jbo is...
ib is already advertising portfolio based margining.........
yip, you are correct. with all that has been going on, the timeline gets confusing. i was unhedged for one overnight. i did have sell stop's...
rally, in my earlier post, i did want to bust your balls a little about the put spreads :) even though i had very little on, i still had some...
now you got it, not bad. my return for the past 30 days consisted of mostly short call spreads, and ratio put spreads. i had a very minimal...
no, i will clarify: for every 10k in cash, i cleared 1k for the month. my math tells me that is 10%. as i admitted in an earlier post; one short...
rally, my put spreads (er2) all untouched and solidly otm; after an er2 8% plus one week correction. net this month 10% plus on my my account. i...
today was my first day of "not feeling great". i was long march er2 @ 730and short april @ 730/715/710 . i did a stupid thing today when er2...
because i care...and i need to make sure i do not get complacent . yes it takes big balls and good assessments to have been short. i was also...
i had some 855calls short too; i feel a little better like you! you are completely correct imo on how the vols will stay high for a couple...
mav, early on you speculated that the requirement would be 1mm, then later to 500k, etc. i understand that this was not stated as fact at the...
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