to the original poster....FWIW As you are in the EU (UK) just be aware that there are now also a lot more regulations required when setting up...
Personally - trust the gut after plenty of experience.....then try and quantify that. Dealing with people.... After dealing with a lot of people...
You might also wish to check out.... http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Savvy-Make-Good-Decisions/dp/0670025658 This one is an OK read and focuses...
Prague, Amsterdam, London....soon Sicily ............ AIFMD --- July 22nd Deadline (what joy)
if the calls really are cheap compared to the puts then replicate them synthetically.....or you will find they are not really that cheap compared...
given this from post #31...... 1947 US created a shadow government to deal with secret stuff of Extra-Terrestrials on planet Earth....
As a suggestion liquidity probably has more to do with other things such as ... such as where the strike is (ATM, ITM, OTM) than open interest,...
I had to laugh......and adding to the lingo.... when you thought he was going out to "smoke" were you thinking.... a) Gangster talk - he is...
Time to leave IB if that is true :) - I had first hand experience with MFG :(
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there are plenty who do -- usually with OPM :) and taxes are the least of your worries.
Trading options is about risk transference. If you wish to have broad or narrow definitions of investing, trading, speculating etc thats up to...
do a simple stress test.... Most likely event if you have multiple positions on, even if they are 'hedged'. Move prices down by...
same reason for why many folks cant be bothered to managed their own money, or why they pay accountants to do a lot of the work they could easily...
male shirts wash and iron 2.25 euro female shirts wash and iron 3.25 eruo why the difference? Because male shirts are quicker and easier...
how do you know who is buying and selling? in this instance you seem to insist that the 'client' bought and the 'MM' sold. does this occur if...
agree.... if he worked at GS and 'helped' make the money 'and expected' to get the same as before, and sure he may have been stiffed by the...
Trying to avoid the philosophical .... When it comes to trading I think it is only hindsight that will give you a true level of certainty....the...
its because it will be in the past and hindsight always looks the most simple and accurate. On a random note.... biking past a farm this...
I agree risks are not dependent on uncertainty, and we agree they are mutually exclusive......where we differ is probably in the time frame of the...
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