Dude, when you're "fairly certain" I'll lose money, then the inverse holds true, right? Sorry, but you're talking out of your ass. Seriously...
Found it... uh... you do know that I'm short gamma/vega, right? If you want to malign the ebay trade, plase take the opposing position -- put...
OK then, I'll elaborate, was referring to the first 50 or so threads you made on the "POP" before you actually told us wtf the position was --...
Dude, I have no idea wtf you're talking about -- I'm referring to your original "Perfect Option Position" post, no ticker was mentioned. I...
One last comment: if you can show me how to capture as much $$ with a 300bp move lower in implieds, I'd love to hear it. Obviously, a short time...
Mav, I NEVER ONCE maligned your directional trading -- only that you weren't actually trading ANY exposure, no net greeks whatsoever -- simply...
Right, nk, same strike, Feb call and put. Ebay has fantastic liquidity. FWIW, the relative implieds in ebay are in-line with the NDX implieds,...
Mav, With all due respect, I do take flyers... This is a play I make every earnings season -- and I WILL gamma trade it, if possible. If you...
To be clear, Ebay's volty implodes on earnings, but yes, that doesn't concern my gamma. It will be somewhat neutralized(gamma) if the stock makes...
Actually Mav, that's not terribly directional to me, I wouldn't be concerned with 12k deltas in my account(s) -- relative to the size of the...
damn, better(and last file/post) -- sorry for the repeats... the flie size makes it tough to post. Really last pic... arb.
that I should place a bit of account number to show it couldn't have been a demo IB account. arb.
FWIW, it serves my interest to report the trade here -- hopefully some of you will jump on board and we can lower the implied volty in this dog......
Hi Guys~ Sold a Ebay Feb $65 straddle today for $6.40 -- 400x. They report next week and I believe the volty will come in to 35% after the...
the first one wasn' legible, had to use "snagit" to get a decent resolution http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=408234...
My devoted pit bull :D peace wags. arb.
No, you're a paper-trader like JS, it would be pointless... OT question... your momma take a LongShot, eh? And look what she has to show for...
Well... I'll make my last addition to this ridiculous thread... I made $86,000 on those puts, losing $22,000 on futs hedge: Net result:...
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