:D When it comes to tips on how to become a good trader, you have two choices: either generalities or specific instructions (e.g. systems)....
Proshares does not offer an inverse counterpart to the VIXY. But since XIV inverse ^VIX is from Velocityshares, I realized Velocityshares must...
A closely related question is that if the VIX stays _mostly unchanged_ at its current low level for a long period of time, will the XIV keep...
I found this Motley Fool article to be a very good explanation of why the VIXY is not tracking XIV very well at all ( http://goo.gl/KmLVY ):...
Of course he would say that, so that he will make money on his position, the tout. :D For a much more erudite discussion of ideas similar to...
Taleb might have some valuable insights to offer, but his books are frankly, terribly written and all about his own ego and very short on actual...
The way I understand it, in our current money system, money is borrowed into existence. The Fed creates money ("out of thin air"), but in order...
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expiration_%28options%29 and other sources, it says that options expire "on the Saturday that follows the third...
I didn't lose anything. Like I said this was a theoretical question. Are you saying that if, on expiration Friday, GLD ends at $172, both legs...
How have your other bets in the market been turning out lately? Considering your general crabbiness, it doesn't look like your intuition is...
^ I guess you are yet another person who doesn't know the right answer either... rotflmao!!!! And here I was thinking that the whole point...
No. These are theoretical questions. (and I don't understand the snarky attitude of _some_ of the people who can't seem to help at all but have...
Ok, a lot of people seem to think it's a bad idea to sell a put without having enough cash in one's account to cover the entire assignment amount....
Ok, so if I get assigned the broker would buy the underlying for my account (on margin I suppose) on market close and sell it on Monday and it...
Ok... so it basically would work like an automatic buy/sell then...? At market close, if I get assigned, broker would purchase the underlying...
When I sell a put for a stock or ETF, the maximum margin the brokerage firm (Etrade for example) seems to be holding is 20% of the underlying plus...
The following is a typical statement regarding how much margin maintenance is required for a naked put: "X% of the underlying value less out of...
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