simple and options don't go together well. Like other people will say: read some books like Natenberg (Option Volitility and pricing strategies).
Giving us money to trade would be nice :)
Frankly Nomoreoptions, who cares what you think or what you did or didn't do? Go and seek mental help, you need it.
I'm using IB at the moment and I'm trying to trade more or less delta-neutral, however they don't give you a haircut like on the floor. So I'm...
Not so sure that is the solution: in the electronic world you better be right about your vol, because the spread is so small it seems hard to make...
I like the idea of trying to get an edge off-floor and remaining mainly delta-neutral: i'm doing something similar in a different stock. Beware...
Forgot this one by Allen Jan Baird: Option Market making
It all depends a little bit what you want out of these books: Sheldon Natenberg is a classic. For more advanced stuff you might also have a look...
Thanks for all the info: i called first options (Philadelphia) and they informed me that the minimum requirements for new traders is 150.000 USD.
I know options trading is moving towards electronic trading but meanwhile i'm contemplating to spend a few years on the floor. I do know the...
maybe you can start another thread referring to this one ?
Seven times in a row now, it takes forever for my order to reach te market. And yes these options were between bid and ask (DIA-options),...
Seems everytime i see something that interest me, i try to hit it, i see the color turning green, suddenly the bid dissapears and a few seconds...
Nitro, I guess you wrote your own software for scanning, could you elaborate a bit on how you did this ? Isn't the problem with scanning options...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from mskl: It is pretty cheap to set up a B/D and you...
I don't do both at the same time, but I can be at one side of the market changing my quotes as the underlying changes.
How much money is needed to start as a market maker in options on the floor ? The reason I'm asking is because I am sitting a lot on the bid and...
Aphie, sorry to dissapoint you but the idea is not so original: read the predictors, you'll see it is allready being done for a long time....
No matter what some people say the majority will confirm that IB is a good broker and very cheap. No handhelding here, but that was never the...
don't trade !:cool:
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