My interpretation of Taleb's work is that Tail events are not properly valued nor can they be. Many of the largest trading firms use the black...
In the 1980s, it was open outcry and I could get the edge by being inside the pit. Customer orders were flashed into the pit from a desk and that...
The market maker and broker are the only ones with an edge in this game. There are two sides to each trade and both believe they will win over...
Risk of an option being exercised after the market closes extends until approximately 5:30 PM New York time the same day. The strategy I like to...
High success does not mean high profits. They have a few large losses that wipe out all the gains. If you ask them them about extreme market...
I would not recommend calendar spreads - they move slow and they have high transaction costs and wide bid/ask spreads so the chance of making...
Those binary exchanges are not that different from the option market itself. You are right in that they have simplified the execution of...
The current market is: Dec9900 = 7 and Jan9950 is 74 so if you did trade your prices listed above, you are down 22.5 in the front month with...
Volatility trading has been popular for more than a decade for retail investors. There have been many books teaching people how to sell strangles,...
The calendar spread is deployed in a sideways market to take advantage of the larger time decay in the front month. The risk to the calendar...
The best market to trade as a part time investor would be the Asian time zone which is your evening. Korea has the highest futures liquidity by...
Judgement day is Dec 8th when they delist both the Long and short contract that are down 98% from their highs over last four years. The con is over.
I prefer the static Delta from the underlying product so that there is limited risk to the upside. But there are times where the implied vols of...
When there is an unexpected event in the market, the futures move exceptionally fast. The stoploss orders become market orders and they try to get...
I would like to think there are many successful professionals who choose to engage in these forums to challenge the status quo and their own views...
No seasonality with market vols although VIX seems to overstate based on chart. But hard to exploit with spikes being daily event. [MEDIA]
Just to add, If you do get exercised early, you will notice the option and stock have disappeared overnight. Some brokers will alert you to the...
The stop loss order always gets filled for a big loss when there is unexpected news events. The successful trader keeps positions small enough...
The biggest challenge you'll have with the oil futures is the lack of liquidity when the market moves. Your market orders are not going to get...
Hi Gloria, I wanted to read the prospectus for your two triple leveraged products and explain the full mechanics to you as to their hedging...
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