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Re: Bridgewater's Bosses Are Fighting Over Something

Sam — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:47:41 -0000

Did you watch all the culture videos?

Re: Guy Trading at Home Caused the Flash Crash

Sam — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:22:37 -0000

Seriously what was he worth and how much margin did he use?

Major kudos to him for doing what he did for 5+ years and making money. One bad or accidental execution on a 900-lot and its curtains.

Re: How Market Tops Get Made - Bloomberg View

Sam — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:37:21 -0000

"you, Humans"

What are you then?

Re: MF Global: Proof that the U.S. government is not able or willing to protect investors | PeterLBrandt

Sam — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:12:15 -0000

What alternative do you suggest then? Stop trading, buy a large mattress, dig a hole in the backyard, buy gold etc?

Re: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/235941/20111022/hp-touchpad-sale-99-continue-tablet-computer-availability.htm

Sam — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:38:58 -0000

Exactly. This "story" is BS. I couldn't find anything recent on that blog.

Re: HP TouchPad gets webOS 3.0.4 update, now able to answer calls from non-webOS phones

Sam — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:28:07 -0000

Awesome troll. I'm impressed, sir.

Re: What the Zuck?

Sam — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:45:32 -0000

Yup, exactly.

Re: Deadbeat Nation

Sam — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:16:30 -0000

Friggin' boomers. The worst, most entitled generation of all. My generation is screwed.

Re: VXX: The Options | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:53:04 -0000

Wow. I need to read this after market close when I have some peace and quiet. A quick skim through does make my head hurt.

Re: So Why List VXX Options? | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:54:07 -0000

And here are some HFs who are long vol:
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ii/ar_1543j_v2/...

Not too much detail but an interesting piece.

Re: Thank You, May!

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:38:43 -0000

I sure hope so. The worst was last year/early this year when we surged 10-15 handles in /ES in the morning on the open and then nothing. So frustrating if caught wrong footed. The current market is a trader's manna. If you miss one entry, the next comes along quickly.

Re: Thank You, May!

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:32:21 -0000

I'm loving this market too. Closed on my equity highs. Please, please let June be as volatile. No more 40-pt chugs higher anymore.

Re: Bring Back the Condor! | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:00:00 -0000

38/204? Seems like a can't lose deal. I like how they omitted all details about strikes, underlying etc.

Usually if I have a 50/50 risk-reward, I think of it as a good sale on an iron condor but this seems too good to be true. Atleast 2 of these strikes must be ITM.

Re: Been Caught Stealing | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:00:53 -0000

Thanks for that VIX/VXX post. Good stuff.

So much complacency. Seems like everyone expects a drop to prior supports and then an inevitable pop back. I sensed no panic even with futures down -250 on the open. If anything, that's bearish. I'm not removing my hedges anytime soon.

Everyone seems to rush for protection at the slightest hint of trouble and then when the trouble happens, they relax and don't panic. How did everyone get so smart? Or maybe I'm reading too much into this "sentiment" thing.

Re: VXX Review | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:55:46 -0000

Apologize if you have addressed this before,but what's the correlation between spot VIX and VXX? I know it's not exact but for a 10% move in VIX, how much would VXX move on average?

Re: Charts of the Day - Long & Short Ideas (Harry Boxer)

Sam — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:26:16 -0000

1056 was the low. Some stops taken out there. Check page 3:
http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/gro...

Re: Panic At the Disco! | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:19:53 -0000

Still think volatility is a sale here? Maybe it's just me, but I see echoes of 2008. May not be as bad but put buyers sure don't seem that foolish now. Equities collapsed even though Euro rallied, so that "correlation" is broken.

All this sets up for a crazy Friday for sure. Who knows, an ECB/Fed announcement may also be in the mix like you say.

Re: So What's Different?

Sam — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:50:23 -0000

6E usually breaks more sharply than ES. So this is unusual esp. the volume. Lots of sell stops triggered around the figure, I think. Let's see if bottom pickers bid at the open (I expect that).

Re: Buy Vs. Buy | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:19:45 -0000

How far OTM are you looking in the Iron Condors?

Re: Using That VIX | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:23:40 -0000

Now it looks like someone was selling like no tomorrow in the e-minis setting off stops everywhere:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010...

I guess the only "good" thing is there is no big smoking gun, just a bunch of theories about who did what. If someone really "caused" this, they'd have been pilloried GS-style by Levin, "What business did you have with a net SHORT position?" "Were you selling America wholesale?"

Re: Squeeze Play | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:27:30 -0000

I would agree that the dispersion trade blew up because of the increase in index vol but what makes you think that was the *cause* of the "flash crash"?

Re: Ginormous VIX Discount | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:14:17 -0000

The fact that it kinda-sorta came back so quickly did a lot to dispel everyone's fears. If we closed near the lows or properly crashed like '87, you'd see some weird skews in vols. But so far, I think the average investor/trader just shrugged and moved on like watching a car wreck from far.

Re: Now What? The Reformed Broker

Sam — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:07:34 -0000

OMG. So hilarious esp. the combination of his "calm" and panicked tone.

"This is what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the ass"

Re: Pee Three? The W.C. Is Right Over There.......

Sam — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:14:13 -0000

Yeah but Ben didn't mention who was selling futs all the way from 1130 to 1060. Usually he calls out the market movers by name but he didn't during that sell-off. Seems very weird that no one knows what *really* caused that meltdown and there is all kinds of finger pointing going on.

Re: When Volatility Strikes | Blog - Daily Options Report

Sam — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:58:45 -0000

http://online.wsj.com/artic...

Solid "research" from WSJ.