Here is a description of straddle scalping. Similar to gamma scalping:...
Being long gamma can mean just long options, for example, but most traders have many combos of ops/stocks/futs going on. So it can mean a net...
No big deal. 100% of my trading is mechanical! :p
Thanks oz. I bet every trader can agree that we have made most/all of those mistakes. Sounds like you have the right attitude to practically...
barnum, barnum... :D
thks, pm... heh... looks like ol' surf is stoked on tubeage now...harsh bif - Not!
Ozzy, Sorry for your troubles, but please keep posting. I think in the back of every trader's mind is the thought "What if all my trades...
Yeah, doesn't look good. What a nut-buster... This is from the Fidelity brokerage. Not IB, but probably typical: Under the new policy,...
I'm with you quah. I do think the trader should have closed those bad boys being that close - I would have with almost $500K on the line! But...
I quickly checked the OCC "Standardized Risk" pub, and I didn't see anywhere where they said you HAD to buy the freakin stock when you had no...
Good gawd! What a horror story! I've only been trading ops since '99, but I haven't heard one that bad from long options. Something isn't...
Moderator attack! ...i guess i should have said it's a very ****** company... :D
Okay. Looks like Surfy got out of that GOOG short 6/20 too. And he probably did about no worse than b/e. Pretty good times to close those...
I'm surprised I haven't bought it! :p
Thanks for the update. Also, there was a thread started about the same time that was quickly deleted, where he initiated a GOOG short....
The first question anybody should ask is "why are you selling a good system that makes money?". The idea that "I have enough money and I don't...
Where are ya 'Surfer? Cummon now, you are very quick to point out your successes. If you are still short you are taking a gnarley beatin'....
That's funny as hell! Glad to see these jackals getting hit. As an occasional buyer of stocks that have taken a big drop, I don't like to see...
A man and a woman were driving down the road arguing about his deplorable infidelity. Suddenly the woman reaches over and slices the man's penis...
Also, I think the ET community would be interested to know how the heck they got into your accounts? Did you receive a "phishing" email a few...
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