I've been an options market maker for 10 years (index/single stocks/interest rate), so I know pretty well how the markets work... MM's are active...
How do you plan your risk management around this? The implied vols in this are 120 for a reason. This stock sat at $3 a month ago. It's a highly...
So what's your risk on this trade? You need to have a decent risk management in place. I agree, it looks very steep... but that 120 impl vol...
What do you want to do? 65/75... Anyway, it's going to be an interesting night
Wait, I just found your other thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/short-selling-ditm-options.300721/ So is that your strat?...
Most options prop firms are market makers, which I doubt will take on someone who has no experience... unless you apply for internship or...
When you have a JBO with a decent fee structure with clearing, the fees will be 10% of IB's. I find options fees too high for med freq trading...
You're comparing apples w pears. A slightly ITM doesn't have a Delta of 90... that's deep. Generally speaking, the x% ITM has the same vega/theta...
It sounds to me you don't understand VIX nor volatility... If Vols are vey low, they may well go up while the market rallies... because a big...
I have to say though.. I chucked quite a few chuckles on this read....
no, he means he doesn't know how to get specific dated statements... :banghead:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/jobless-claims...
I'm 65@85 for the referendum outcome, higher for actual staying or not... since my guess is if outcome is 52% for brexit, they'll still stay with...
Your NAV for instance, with dates... and your MTM performance. You say in your first comment you started trading 3 weeks ago... May NFP is 6...
Why not show us the rest of the IB statement, so we can actually see what you traded that ended up in this mess... oh that's right... because BS
What a load of crap.... You have 20k in savings earning 0.25% but decide to max out credit cards at 35%. You must have bought your MBA from the...
What do you mean? I can't short 100k worth of FTSE or bet 7.5k on a bet that has already matched 55mln through Betfair alone?...
I agree that polls/bets likely have different people involved, and therefore based on different ideas. But usually bets reflect true odds.... so...
Why are the odds for Brexit so different at the bookies compared to the polls? I mostly think the bookies are a better way of finding out the...
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