if there is a danger that e.g. BAC goes down then don't worry - there will be a TARP2
what do you guys think about buying some senior debt of large financials? e.g. BAC, JPM, C... one thing we learned in the past few years is...
i am not sure about that. my example was for option priced at any price. Reg-T margin is always zero for long calls - and never zero with...
Portfolio margining with IB has its own problems too. for instance when you simply buy a call option under Reg-T then the cost of this option...
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finally someone sensible. + there are many more advantages in options than that, e.g. leverage, timing etc. - just start to trade them and you...
you have it messed up. vertical spreads with the same strikes HAS the same vega. wheather a vertical spread is positive or negative vega...
i always viewed e.g. bull put spreads and bull call spreads as pretty much identical. there may be some margining differences (here favouring the...
funny, isn't it. that's as much debt in 1 week as all Greek debt outstanding for the past many years...
lol. i did not know this one. very good.
yes. i understood that. but his statement still constitutes a call on silver...
16 years of vodka and bread - i knew there is something wrong with you Martinghoul... :-)
yeah sure. during my times on the desk the people there used to be smarter. this financial crisis really had an impact... somebody need 15 more...
not really, although Russia certainly is Mordor. stink of vodka and sweat everywhere. what i mind most on Russian geopolitics is a sense of...
i hear this bullshit quite often from Russians themselves - trying to put Russia on the same level as other countries and especially USA. of...
they won't be. that's what leveraged EFSF means - it is for ringfencing the Greece default. other countries will be fine after that as the market...
i agree. so you see - you answered your 2 questions from above...:-)
1960? for instance this is 10 days old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtdM5u2dqGk&feature=player_embedded
do you live in europe? or has direct experience with russians? have you ever been to russia? know russian history? understand how propaganda is...
i did say none of that. my point is that you do not need 2trn when you have 2trn. even if we consider greece going out at 50 cent and every...
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