Hm. I don't see anything particularly compelling about EBAY's IV's now. Spot vol is down a bit recently, that's about it. I have traded the...
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Just to lighten it up a bit, I thought you guys might want to see a picture of Mav stark naked. It's quite a sight. See attached. Wee
I wouldn't open 40 (5 pt wide) put bull spreads for 2 under this high P/E POS unless the absolute max risk, 3pts x 40 x 100 = $12,000, were no...
May your deltas never reverse. May your thetas never decay. May your gammas never sit idly. May your vegas never implode. And no one...
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Mav, You are correct that there are often opportunities to sell vol spikes in individual issues and also I like the idea of balancing...
Mav, Vols are so deflated now, what options are you gonna sell that give you +EV? If you find some individual issue with pumped up vols, odds...
Nonsense. And even if they did go nuclear, you better believe that (what's left of) the US would simply escalate in kind and blow them all back...
I believe that BL's capture could actually trigger a huge increase in terrorism. BL is like a messiah to these 13th-century morons, unlike...
It's a nice problem to have. If you are assigned early on your short call (american-style exercise allows for early assignment), you must deliver...
On a more timely note, I will be expecting the market to rise on this Saddam capture event, further lowering implied vols. Might be a really...
Mav, The theme is a familiar one: to collect premium from a pos theta/neg gamma front month position in order to mitigate the cost/risk of a...
Just read this interesting thread. You can actually lose quite a lot with the "perfect position." Say you put it on just as stated. Distant...
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Can someone explain to me why the new tax law is structured so that payments in lieu of ordinary dividends do not get the same favorable tax...
FX-Trader, I opened the AF/GHCO account in August. Not a long time, true, but long enough to give me some sense of the reliability of the...
I've been trading eminis with JTrader (AF/GHCO) for several months now and have had no problems. None. The version I use is standalone. In the...
I just heard back from Mark and he's going to reduce my existing rate to this $4.80/rt special offer. I would like to thanks him here publicly....
GHCO offers TBills, so your cash need not be idle. I am checking with Mark about existing customers (me) who want the reduced rate. weewilly
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