You're welcome. Let's hope your thread is a success! :)
If you're trying to break a record, you've got some work to do. ZZZzzz is on something like 16.7 posts a day. You are only up to 6.19 posts...
What do you wish for other countries that don't comply with UN resolutions?
Debit + Credit should equal Spread Width - Cost of carry for the box. Some things to consider when choosing debit vs. credit spread: 1)...
LOL, want to start your own Elite Trader huh? AFAIK, Elite Trader runs on a customized + older version of vBulletin. It's one of, if not...
Relax, SPX going nowhere till next year LOL :D
It depends what you're trading and position size. Certainly more bang for your buck under SPAN or market maker haircut though.
Try having your amygdala removed. DIY approach is not recommended :D
Yeah Andy, Yeeeeeeeesh! If you can't simply spend 30 seconds ET searching "cheap gamma"....:D Joke. Simplistically, if you sell a $10 spread...
I'm sure you have heard of PREM! It's the premium that futures are trading to cash. So no, it's not a chart style indicator! Depending on...
Yes, short both CALLs and PUTs at the same strike is short a straddle or combo. Not a bad way to be short gamma but as MTE pointed out,...
Collars are synthetic verticals: limited risk/limited reward. I know of no books that are collar-oriented per se, but learning the basics and...
Arguably, some mutual funds would qualify as not being too smart LOL. I suspect your friends and acquaintances are not representative of the...
Bringing this thread back to life.... Seeing as Cache and others enjoy the occasional pie in the sky market prediction antics, I'll make a...
Yes, collar = bull vertical = bull PUT spread = bull CALL spread. If the expirations for all options are the same. Otherwise, it's...
Synthetically equivalent means I can substitute your long futures with a long CALL and short PUT at the same strike when you aren't looking at any...
Erm, 3 months would take us into next year. Thread title is: "S&P has topped for 2006".
Yes, it is as bullish and risky as long stock. Does that make it bad? LOL. Nobody suggested it was market neutral. Synthetics. Put/call parity....
FWIW, Andy has been at this for years judging by his Internet trail LOL. So, he is not a newbie. I'm not in total disagreement with the sentiments...
Your age is irrelevant except that it's an advantage; you have time on your side :) There's no need to apologize, it's your money. It sucks big...
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