I tried that once, it wood knot work.
Did you get this resolved or is it still up in the air?
Lol, this is true, buying the dips off the '09 lows would've worked well for many years.
Every dip has been bought over the past two weeks - that can't continue. That said it also doesn't mean that it makes sense to start selling...
FWIW I think it can be a useful exercise as you'll see how results change based on what inputs you provide. You can get a sense for how your p/l...
Nice work...and people say there's no such thing as a free lunch.:D
Don't mean to sidetrack, but over Thanksgiving I was told to read Dying of Money, supposed to be a particularly good book on a similar topic....
Smith & Wollensky used to accept Citi shares, maybe short IBM long Citi? I guess we can agree it'd be pretty awesome if brokers calculated...
There can be situations where you show a mtm loss, but if held to expiration a profit - it's a bit different than showing a loss on a long ES...
Reminds me of a Louis CK skit about being white - shorting vol is like being white, eventually you'll have to pay hard for the past, but until...
They are accounted for in the market price of the contract (as are interest rates). This should help: http://indexarb.com/dividendAnalysis.html
On a relative basis yea, but not necessarily on an absolute basis (i.e. all financials have a negative return but you're buying the least negative...
Mon - $0.00 Tues - $0.00 :D
...except for his clients where he guarantees their losses and doesn't charge them mgmt fees. He also probably loses more with a 1% loss than...
^^^^doood, clients can also invest in his gold fund, he's only ~50% of the fund. Ok?! ...say what you want about Paulson but he trades his...
This is impossible, we all do and will continue to make mistakes, your plan can't rely on operating error free. Aren't you trading multiple ES...
See, this is America's obesity problems catching up to us - the prevalence of fat finger errors in today's financial markets are too common....we,...
I'm under the impression this is kind of what Gilder Gagnon Howe does. AFAIK, a broker will manage the account in an aggressive manner looking...
VXX up over 1400% - was definitely a good buy.:D 31.95(1479.17%) http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=vxx&ql=1
m2c - Basketball's a decent analogy. Shots are like trades. Driving to the lane for a layup is a risk/return. You're trading the chance of...
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