made it sound like since they got the cash infusion they were no longer considering being acquired. If they did get swallowed, I cant see it being...
Granted I probably no less than many about options on this board. But truth be told I dont give a damn about R.A. or Mav or this silly hissy fit,...
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Sheldon Natenburg's book helped me alot in understanding the basics. Ive also heard Allen Jan Baird's book Option Market Making is really solid as...
Buying a put, gives you the right (but not an obligation) to sell the contract's underlying. So all you could lose is the premium you initially...
I for one have never heard of the book. What is the gist of the model that is being discussed?
but since we dont know whether we are in 1 or 2, doesn't that basically leave you with Mav's strategy of long further out straddle while selling...
My biggest question with straddles and strangles is how best to exit and enter them effectively. Where I dont trade straddles or strangles often...
Well maybe it would be useful if we list some basic (and non-basic strategies) that are helpful for vega positive strategies. I guess the two most...
what seperates thinkorswim from the other online brokers? I currently use optionsxpress (which I like but honestly Im a beginner trader and dont...
Im not sure I agree with that assertion. And if that assertion is not true, how does that affect what you would be willing to pay for the...
it seems like your talking about question b right? Because the payout of question a number of heads / number of throws def. approaches 1/2 the...
ok for giggles I'll bite on A (b an c require thinking and Im not about to start doing that today :D ). Id pay < .50 which is what I'd expect to...
I wasn't trying to say that LTCM was or wasn't selling options (since I obviously got my story screwed up). Im sure your right btw, its just that...
Somehow I got the LTCM and VN stories stuck together. :( LTCM is really the situation Im alluding too. but I think short selling of the tail...
Really, correct me if Im wrong but New Yorker ran an article sometime back saying 'Just a year later, L.T.C.M. sold an extraordinary number of...
I agree that Nassim is overly pessimistic at times and does miss out on many profitable situations. But if Victor Neiderhoffer understood the "No...
I'm not sure if I'm following exactly what your asking about, but still if your looking to price options, particularly American Options I'd do a...
I'd have to agree with Mav here, the risk reward seems poor. and I think the expectancy of the trade is likely negative. If you do choose that...
optionsXpress does not to the best of my knowledge.
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