nice, thanks for the great explanation.

but there seems to be some negative correlation btw the two...anyone else with more insights ?tx !

Hi all,can anyone explaing why NatGas trades opposite to crude (wti/brent) ?Such as yesterday, WTI rallied and NatGas got killed. Thanks

<t>Hi, apologies for my ignorance and this question might appear somewhat naive, but this is somethingthat bugged me and I really need to ask you (experts).1) Why should someone hedge its exposure with a fixed/floating swap in oil and not simply hedge via fwd curve ?2) How does the fixed/floating sw...

no option selling allowed (i.e. for financing of puts). it wd be really the question whether onewd (rationally) go for deep out of the money calls rather than puts (given the constraints)...

<t>sorry for dbl post, went to the wrong forum initially ....******Hi, I was wondering about the "right", best justifiable approach for a vol trading strategy(has to be vol strat, delta neutra, no outright punts).Underlying trades at 50, my view is bearish with, expecting higher impl vol.What shall ...

<t>Hi, I was wondering about the "right", best justifiable approach for a vol trading strategy(has to be vol strat, delta neutra, no outright punts).Underlying trades at 50, my view is bearish with, expecting higher impl vol.What shall be the best strategy ? Intuitevely I would buy very cheap OTM pu...

<t>Autares: it is an European Utilities. To keep it short, it is simply the environment, which is from my perspective not ideal for risk taking. I dont see the trading dynamic in utilities world-it's simply a hedgers's mentality, rather than risk taking. Maybe things changed a lot after the credit c...

deepvalue: dont see mentioning anything regarding management or similar in my initial post. the truth is actually the opposite: utilities are usually overmanaged, too political, too comfortable in their asset-environment, which is not ideal for risk taking...

at least they could provide him with a proof that he is doing the internship - hence, it might not be of "qualit. value", but rather serve as a proof. if it helps for the application, why not!?

<t>Guys,I am facing quite a difficult situation and would like to consider your opinion:Currently, I am trading cross commodity products (prop and flow) in the energy complex for two years, employed by an energy trading arm of a huge utilities house. Track record is excellent, by all means and very ...

<t>Guys, I was wondering what the difference btw a warrant and an ETF is?Lets take an example:i.e. lets look at an ETF that replicates GOLD, simple vanilla delta one...with the ETF you simply participate in the direction of the underlying.On the other hand, you have a warrant, zero strike call, also...

<t>I do agree that times are not really stellar in the finance industry, but things changed in the past and will be changing in the future and I am more than optimistic that we will get out of this mess, being much stranger than before. by the way, finance is not the only industry offering jobs,wher...

<t>Gents, I got folllowing offers for a MSC:Warwick in StatisticsCASS (Mathematical Trading/Finance)I am aware of the difference in the syllabus and the different emphasis in the programs, but there is room for finance focus in Warwick on the statistics program.However, what are your thoughts on the...

A good exercise wd also be to implement your own FX option pricing engine in c++...start off with vanilla put/calls and move on to exotics ... quite exciting ...