I am looking for an idea of what I should use to figure out straddle break-evens for futures options straddles. I have been using:...
Good thread! Keep it going I say! I have been asked about buying options on Canadian short term interest rates to protect against up moves? Is...
Not that I am a big drinker, but as a rule you can't go too wrong if you exercise 45 minutes to an hour before you start drinking.
Okay I just watched that episode and it is pretty lame, more of a soap opera than anything about trading. Just don't blame me if you don't like it
An episode of the $treet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV5Y6C5WaOo&feature=PlayList&p=1E73A911E32BF4A4&index=0&playnext=1
Has anyone thought about why all this internet garbage about the FED is showing all over the place? Since October people have been telling me...
I think one place to look for an analogy is variance swaps and how those contracts vary as a function of time. The CBOE (or CFE maybe) has some...
While I'm on the subject what is up with the combo charts on IB? There never used to be an problems but now I can only get RTH charts, and NYSE...
I just set this up to trade through the "futures options combos" feature the using the "multiple" tab.
Does anyone know if it is possible to do this with Interactivebrokers? As we all know they write their manuals for people who already know the...
I have called and written both IB and the exchanges as their information about expiry is often misleading and sometimes just plain wrong. Always...
Funny I was just thinking about the midnight rally crew. It was a pretty neat effect back in 2005/2006. Maybe look at buy a just out of the money...
I trade volatility, so I end up in many markets looking for options mispricing but I haven't got any of the meats yet.
Guess the point isn't that I know better, it is just that it is better to trade of charts than it is to anticipate what tomorrows "why" is going...
I have bigger fish to fry than shorting some SEC regulated stock. I just wanted people to get out of it more than anyhing
How do you know that pork contracts are down because of swine flu? It could be any number of things. The chart will almost always be better to...
Back in 2003 I was all hammered up in Cancun and i was telling anyone who would listen that GM was screwed and everyone should be short it at...
I find most of the Asian indexes have over priced vol, which makes it hard on straddle buyers that rarely adjust, although I think true gamma...
Yes it is a big step to take at once, don't worry I have traded many types of volatility. HK warrants just might be an undertraded market with...
bump anybody ever think the emini sp is a little crowded?
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