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  1. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    I should just learn how to use the CBOE search engine. It sounds like this is what I want:...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  2. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Yep, I get it. See subsequent discussion. The VT index is what I need to be looking at, even better than the VIX. But I don't want to make a...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  3. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Interesting... this does seem to be what I'm asking for. But I'm still very new to this, so I'm still not sure about the implications... VIX...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  4. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Hmm, I guess what I really want is a variance swap. It's only for a couple of weeks, so maybe I could implement it using a strip of SPY options....
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  5. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Is anyone familiar with the VIX binary options? I have zero experience with these as well, but just intuitively... especially with front...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  6. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    I've read that front-month VIX futures tend to move about 1/2 as fast as spot prices on a quick move up. I guess I just have to take that into...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  7. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Consider me edumacated: https://www.donfishback.com/blog/2009/01/25/vix-futures-are-not-always-a-volatility-play/ So, I'm still stuck....
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  8. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Mark, My plan was to sell the options (not exercise them) 15 days into the trade, and 15 days before expiration. My option calculator came up...
    Post by: heech, May 2, 2009 in forum: Options

  9. Education for trading?..why?

    I'd love to see a paper on this, especially one that digs into covariant factors. I'm assuming this is all at the same institution/same time...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  10. Education for trading?..why?

    Would you like to see a list of excellent scientists and businessmen who excelled in their formal education? It's a long list. Failing in...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Education for trading?..why?

    I for one don't accept the theory that there are *any* downsides to excellence in formal education. I don't agree that formal education implies...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. Education for trading?..why?

    I have *my* answer to this question... I firmly believe that when someone is between the age of 13-21, their true "profession", their job, is...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  13. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Hey folks, Turns out it's not that hard to figure out at all. VIX options are trading with an IVM of about 85% 30 days out... So if I buy...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Options

  14. Do you trade the first ten minutes?

    I trade the equivalent of a straddle on the open, counting on that noise to push me out of the range. But other than that, I don't do *any*...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Trading

  15. Why most traders are losers

    For every 100 monkeys who randomly made buy/sell decisions on those 3 trades, 12 monkeys would have come up with the OP's results. For every...
    Post by: heech, May 1, 2009 in forum: Trading

  16. Calculate my hedge against volatility

    Hey guys, Thought I'd turn to the experts for a little advice. :) My strategy (confirmed in backtesting) is bearish in vol, and will gets...
    Thread by: heech, Apr 30, 2009, 13 replies, in forum: Options

  17. IQFeed just blew up on me

    Perhaps someone that uses TS can come in and verify if that's the way TS behaves. Your explanation as to *why* this design choice makes little...
    Post by: heech, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  18. IQFeed just blew up on me

    The official NinjaTrader answer is "this is by design". Ugh.
    Post by: heech, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  19. IQFeed just blew up on me

    Yep. There is an unbelievable bug within NinjaTrader in its handling of ticks (at least from IQFeed), with *any* thinly traded stock....
    Post by: heech, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers

  20. IQFeed just blew up on me

    I might have to eat crow here. The closer I look at the problem, the more I believe the bug is with NinjaTrader. (And it's a pretty significant...
    Post by: heech, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Retail Brokers
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