Recent content by RPEX

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I used to think they got them from share registers and companies like computershare, but over the last 2 years i've been getting hundreds of these boiler room calls. So maybe you're closer to the mark, i reckon CMC would flog anything they could. Their prime targets are always pensioners and...

You've got incredibly thin skin for a pr1ck. I didn't read any of those links at first but now that i have, i realise only 1 (vendor, interactive data) confirms what you are saying as for the other 3: DTCC "DTCC Launches Repositories For Two OTC Derivatives Classes" Its asset classes are...

Hang on, that ISDA link is what i've been trying to say even if i've proven myself incapable of articulating it: so go to the link it says "over the past three decades, the OTC derivatives markets have expanded across asset classes" then lists the assets classes which have otc derivatives on...

look i don't really care what you call them. I used the word tool in this instance to make it more descriptive in terms of what i was trying to say with respect to the OP's doubts about his strategy. Obviously you have spent some time finding credible sources which call derivatives asset...

No I still think you are full of sh1t. Allocating a proportion of aum to 'derivatives' makes no sense whatsoever without describing the strategy. As a professional in the finance industry i do not rely on wikipedia to endorse my credibility - the whole thing looks like it was put together by...

No that was in reply to maksig, who positively did say that it was an asset, it was quoted in the message. Also, vol = implied volatility Roughly, yes. What kind of capital are we talking here? I mean if you have 10k+ i would probably say limit yourself to 2 or max3 ES contracts and don't...

You've just proved my point about the total absence of a lower bound on moronism on here. An option is NOT an asset class it is a fcking derivative, a tool. If you don't know how to use a tool don't use it because you will probably end up taking your arm off. OP couldn't give a rat's ****...

OP is day trading stocks intraday, but he cannot afford to do so, (even on Reg-T margin?), and certainly falls under the pattern day trading rule. So he switched to trading short dated deep ITM options outright. Whether he is unaware of the risks/opportunities and flexibility of options...

To be fair it was a pretty stupid question, and it sounds like you already know the answer. Good luck

+1 Oh and cut myself every time i tried to leg a strategy. Pure amateur.

where you see the very large volumes going through like you mention that's most likely to be the registration of OTC negotiated trades, so not put on the order book because of their size or because they were a part of another strategy.

As far as i understand it you are trading directionally, intraday, with outright option positions. In which case i don't see why you are using options. If you are confident in playing the range just do it with the underlying.

I'm late but i will do my best. The key point here is that the TPO count is not really that useful anymore as you say. Don't think about seller count/buyer count because traders are both. you need to think in terms of market participant types: short term (liquidity providers, scalpers) vs...

on a rolling basis. You take them like a driving theory test [although easier and quicker]. Look up SII certificates, now CISI.