Recent content by Ras1974

Could he not have locked in profit by buying ATM 10,000 calls with same maturity?

Fair point, possibly reading this thread too fast. Also, fair point with regards to the normal distribution, however, assuming the writer is hedged - why should he blow up? (I do know that Socs is doing this naked). Also, surely the buyer is leaking capital in premium payments. Therefore -...

Thanks for your comments. - Is it? I would be interested in what statistics you are looking at?

Not clear at all I'm afraid, you mentioned April at the start of this thread and now you're trading June. Anyway, if my vote is not too late it is "W". No choice really is there! Odds are skewed in your favor and over the long run you should on average win! I can however, also appreciate...

Just for the record are you selling April or June Puts? Best of luck.

Sorry I can't help you anymore (I don't trade from home) but I believe that all the info you require can be found on thie site. What and where are you studying? I can recommend the ICMA centre at Reading but fairly expensive. Rgds,

Sorry but I can't help with that one. Best of luck though.

Could you be more specific? Which type of arb, risk, vol, cb, etc? How much do you have to invest? The good ones have a minumum investment requirement north of £1m and quite possibly require you to lock up your capital for some time.

manfan, I almost feel sorry for you buddy! It is tough getting started but you never know...maybe one day. One aspect of trading that I have not seen mentioned on this thread, is knowing when to cut your losses........ but of course, resilience is equally important! On a serious note, if I...

Hi Tommog, Basically the price of a bond and the yield of a bond have an inverse relationship, i.e. the higher the price the lower the yield and visa versa, sometimes they price drives demand and sometimes the yield drives demand. In very simple terms: If a UK Government bond is priced in the...

Please explain how your predictive model(s) works - what I don't understand is how you manage to predict something without extrapolating the past in some way......ie trend following (in broad terms).....

Yep all very hush hush.......I believe many a Broker operate their recruitment in this manner (if not through an agent or word of mouth).....to prevent the opposition from gaining an insight. Also, one further obvious benefit would be the fact that any potential applicants can be binned if not...

Hi All, Feeling charitable this morning. Saw an add in last nights Evening Standard (5th April) Business section page 5: Trainee Oil Broker - West End Location. Please reply with CV and Covering Letter to Fax number: 020 7491 1739. You may thing I'm having a laugh, but this is a genuine add...

Hi, Have you thought of getting a job as a Quant and moving into trading later? To me this seems like the ideal route for someone with your background. Try reading a few books like Market Wizards or FIASCO this may give you a better appreciation of what "type" of trader you would like to...

Hi, I was hoping to find out a bit more about FUTEX in Surrey? I have had a look at their website and in this forum, however, nothing scratches the surface. Any information would be greatly appreciated and feel free to PM me if necessary. I was hoping to find out a little more about their...