Take all my earlier stuff with a brick of salt. I was just getting into options and was very excited to learn about this stuff. If you read my...
I have also heard from other traders i look up to that I should spend sometime really understanding micro structure. It also looks good on a...
This is very untrue (I wish it were the case). Marketing yourself is far more important in raising capital than an actual strategy. @Same Lazy...
I really like @newwurldmn answer. Its a clear sign he is a risk taker. A lot of the time you will hear people say "I trade the first 30 minute...
I am curious to know how you are managing your short d5 VIX calls right now. IIRC a few weeks ago you were looking for a hedge, were you able to...
I will assume you meant *long call. You will probably allocate capital more efficiently by just purchasing an ITM put. That being said, I think...
"Most of the time play tight to the vest. Make enough to live well and cover your overhead. When you find an arb or quasi arb, pile it on. Hit it...
Its really nice to see you posting Kevin. Something to add here, Quandl provides daily short volume (not interest) with one day lag though their...
UVXY went up 1300% in March. How much of your capital could you allocate to this strategy without being forced to cover at the highs?
Actually, if you are in a low vol environment with a some auto correlation, long term holds can work very well. These products do terrible on an...
Only because it's so far out - It's being diluted by the non event vol. This is where the scammy "iv ramp" that a lot of vendors push comes from.
Considering it is 4 months out you might not see any hump in the term structure - Especially because biotechs usually have very high non-event...
Dont forget the old saying - "one man's theta is another man's gamma". Meaning theta does not come for free. Gamma exponentially rises into the...
Any game that has these 3 traits are addicting: 1) Near misses on large payouts 2) Perception of skill 3) Continuous Trading (not just forex)...
Hi everyone, I am starting to use IB rest api with R. I am having a bit of issues accessing the data. I have connected through the local...
After quite a long time bantering with Thomas Peterffy, IB finally has a little drop down to choose which exchange to send it too. [ATTACH]
lol thanks @ironchef. In all honesty, CELG was probably the luckiest trade of my life. I was this "" close to writing a article on FTR (de listed...
@Tradex are you still in the position? I took a small bet as well. If you don't mind being explicit when you exit that would be appreciated Thanks
one good thing comes out of these pikers. You can see who likes their posts and write them off. Helps cut through the noise on ET
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