the problem is not mtm but marked to model...which happens to be...suprise ....their own.!!!!
If you are a good pairs trader able to capture $1 moves in pairs then it would be ok to use options and even hold them overnight for better drift...
Sterling is used by Echo, Vtrader Does anyone here use Sterling in a Vista box? i've been programming my API in a vista box with their...
Selling cheap gamma is the best way to generate regular income up to the point where you think you are a good trader. Once that point is reached,...
Check out this book published about 15 years ago which detailed the hunt brothers foray into the silver market. Their plan was to use their pnl...
They were not even supposed to exist for they were an end-around attempt to get around Reg T. There was an SEc enforcement letter a while back...
Capture 50% of ATr and u can be rich!
exchanges change margins requriements all the time. IB just changed their week ago. I know of prop firms that politely asked little cap traders...
The type B types were pretty much outlawed by an SEC sweep maybe 1-1.5 years ago. Type B nowadays are really under the radar. They can't get big...
if that is the case, sell as much as your position limits sicne u will make a killing . Just b prepared for it to be busted .
captain, check your post again.. You said u bought 50 calls but then you said what will happen to my 55c
If you can clerk at a nymex option trading firm, run don't walk to that opportunity. There is a big diff between clerking for a local and hoping...
After disbelieving the "floor will be extinct in 3 years" mantra for the past 15 years, I do now, tend to believe that the days are numbered for 2...
Does anyone here know how to get hist vol or avg true range data of a stock thru excel DDE? thanks
Can anyone explain to me the rhyme or reason behind the ORPA symbology particularly the last letter which represents the strike price. There...
Any vol surface screwed up by fda plays, earnings, news pending would give you a much better payoff than a simple long call scenario--provided you...
1st. google "Cottle slingshot"-a strategy involving long strike 1 and short 2 or more higher verticals. 2nd get "Market Wizards part ?. It has...
Why do you tend to doubt it? Just curious. I was 20 ft away from Eric Bolling saying flat out he uses it to trade nat gas.. I can't see why...
Regardless of the art you pursue, most of them attempt to train the student in developing focus,etc. I can't see how it can hurt your trading. At...
I think the only way you can get the risk based haircut or leverage is by being an exchange member. Not to mention clearing member rates vs....
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