Recent content by harryp

You are a pathetic LITTLE man socrates ! ................and everybody knows it ! [even Skim]

Nobody wants to bully you Skim. You've chosen to support socrates from day 1 despite him being the real bully. Why are you still supporting him ?

So sellers make more than buyers ? I'm not going to start looking up your posts on the subject but you have made it pretty clear that in your opinion selling premium is the only way to go about making a profit from options. This is a common misconception. Sell a ftse future and you do'nt have...

You're missing the point re the benefits of selling premium in a mkt where vol is steadily decreasing otherwise you would'nt have dismissed my original comment. If windle is selling premium it means he is going short. The way in which the position is closed does'nt change anything [ if you...

If 5 guys sit down to play poker can they all win ?

Tony, Lets presume that in Jan 2003 with the ftse at 4000 and vols at 25% windle sold an atm call option with 30 days to run and received X. !2 months later ftse is again at 4000 vol is at 15% and he does the identical trade. Does he receive X ? Of course not , he gets much less. When...

Windle Someone said that a rising stockmarket makes every investor a financial genius. Do'nt you think that your success at selling premium over the last eighteen months has got a lot to do with collapsing vols ?

DYOR ?

I thought so. What caught my eye was your comment "when everyone realises how good options are.......... " Are you trading indices or equities ?

Windle If you're concerned about volatility dropping does that mean you are a seller of premium ?

Now you're rubbing salt into this terrible wound ...................... you see this is the whole point ........................everybody AND their personas knew all along ................. I feel so foolish

I think theres a bit more to it than just being associated with a method of gambling

You're enjoying my discomfort ................. and do'nt pretend you're not ! It has even been suggested to me that you are one of his other personae ? Nothing would surprise me after todays revelations !

This has all come as a terrible shock . He seemed so earnest .................... I am seeing my therapist tomorrow, hopefully he will help me make sense of this awful situation.

You might think its amusing. I certainly do'nt ! This scoundrel has destroyed my life ! I feel like a perfect donkey !