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  1. Borrowing money from Japanese Banks

    There is tremendous foreign exchange risk in your example. The yen carry trade is a 12 trillion unit business. You can open any fx account and...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Economics

  2. IB Alternative Choices?

    There is no alternative to IB for traders who are emulating a hedge fund. You can beat IB on equity comms, but nobody beats IB on product.
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. The man behind Interactive Brokers-Thomas Peterffy

    TH employees love the guy. He's made many of them millionaires through profit sharing. I am not talking execs or leading MMers, but clerks as well.
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Chit Chat

  4. Cramer option guru

    LMFAO.
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Options

  5. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    Ok, understood. What about all those Brighties who start with $5-10k? Are they immediately subject to a 75/25 split?
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  6. Keep DSL line up during power outage possible?

    Sure, good idea. I would rely on the laptop's battery and leave it out of the UPS-loop for max run-time. As long as there is power to your DSL...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Networking and Security

  7. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    The primary role of a PB is to facilitate OTC trading, clearing and credit. The PB role in listed trading is dwarfed by the requirements of OTC...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  8. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    You make a good point, but the BD can clear the LLC business without offering leverage exceeding SEC regs. The BD and LLC are entangled due to...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  9. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    What about the non-BD pooled accounts that offer >4:1 intraday?
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  10. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    Yeah, T+0 starts massively underwater. Vols marked higher?
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Journals

  11. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    The vast majority* of equity hedge funds do not exceed Reg T. The hedge fund is a pooled investment of OPM, not primarily consisting of...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  12. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    I can't imagine it would be very difficult for the SEC to enforce an action against the sub-LLC.
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  13. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    Is this true?
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 10, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  14. Will the Fed pause on Tuesday?

    Damn, I wanted to tivo it. Was at the lake all day. JESUS CHRIST! <a href="http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3637363"><img...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Economics

  15. Will the Fed pause on Tuesday?

    You're in SPX equivalent of 1050 strikes, down to 850? You're done. I know enough about option theory and curvature to know that the ONLY...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Economics

  16. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    The memo is legit. The source asked that I remove any reference to firm name. That's it. I have quite a few friends that trade prop, and I take...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  17. Prop Trading Firms - Note On Threatening Regulatory Developments

    September 26, 2006 Dear trader, NASD and SEC contacted us today and informed us that according to the SEC interpretation of prop trading, the...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Prop Firms

  18. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    Yeah, the vegas are small.
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Journals

  19. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    Seriously? What a toy. Anyway, until you guys wise-up, model a single vol at 10.50%. Not perfect, but it will give MinMax figures in-line with...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Journals

  20. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    Your strikes are 1390, currently otm. 2 devs otm on the calls equates to -200bp lower on skew. You need to mode vols at discrete intervals, or...
    Post by: riskarb, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Journals
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