Top tier schools help a lot but its not everything. I did my undergrad at a non top tier school and got a job at a top tier firm. But it was a...
Why should he do that and what does that archieve? He will end up with a much higher exposure to the downside than with stocks alone. He does not...
My question to you is: WHY? You retired and you claim you amassed some wealth, at least sufficient to live comfortably until the bells are...
Exactly right. Every wanna-be trader, no matter how dumb, has once made a gain of 100% on a trade here or there, some others made it on their...
About 2) this does not only pertain to your hedge vs the underlying position but vice versa obviously as well....
Well, sorry to hear, but you learned your lesson and it sounds it was a very cheap lesson, indeed. Recommend 1) you dont blindly listen and put on...
LOL, yes you dominate 99% others with your mouth and claims you cannot prove whatsoever. Everyone can say they made 100% in 3 months. LOL....
I highly doubt you beat 99% of the crowd here, at least judging from your comments and how you entertain yourself. But hey, if believing in it...
lol, agree with damnit, the whole logic of the original post does not make much sense. Buy the call in this example. My point was that put call...
Rates are not zero (so its worthless to discuss this and I never argued otherwise) and the underlying distribution is NOT log-normal. Show me a...
Sorry, I was too wage, let me be more specific what I meant: Pull-Call Party unarguably holds (I still would not call it carry) and it is...
I beg to disagree. ATM calls are more expensive than ATM puts because of the skew in the distribution. Median and Mean/Mode are not identical...
Artes, I am long a moderate amount of 20 Oct and Nov calls. I got the Oct calls relatively cheap at 1.30 when IV was attractively priced last...
Also, The whole formula is questionable. I mean, sure, you can come up with whatever formula you want (I think GS was the first who offered...
Emilio, admittedly, it does not directly take implied vols into account. So, in the literal sense you are correct, smart boy. However, the first...
Artes, So, how does this relate to my questions at all? I mentioned that I am aware and know how to calculate the VIX index myself using a...
hello? anyone who has some logical explanation? Thanks
I am kind of confused about some fundamentals of VIX options. I understand and am able to compute the "forward" VIX underlying the options. What...
I attached a Bloomberg chart and quote recap and I have slight difficulties to follow David's argument that my trade was executed flawlessly. The...
I saw so many posts with the same discussion. Here is my two cents. I am strongly in favor of spot forex over traded futures which does not...
Separate names with a comma.