I'm in of course!

<r>Please check this mass email from SJ.Can you please confirm the 2 references thing is a lie?------------Hi, I hope you are well. As I'm sure you have noticed, 2011 promises to be an exciting year in the market risk space and over the coming weeks I have a number of interesting meetings lined up w...

I agree with Marine. Sometimes, for illiquid options I smart route them orders that never show up on the cboe order book although they are better (eg I offer at 0.48, best offer on cboe is at 0.50 and I get executed at sub penny increments)

4ndre1 is correct yet to answer to CrazyDave you can as well see it as the sum of a series:EV = 1/2*1 + 1/4*(1/2 + 1/4*(1/2 + ... = 1/2 * (1 + 1/4 + 1/4^2 + ... = 1/2 * (1/ (1-1/4)) = 2/3

5 banks closed on Jan, 22nd... In spite of a disappointing start in terms af fdic seizures, 2010 is pulling itself together

Thanks a lot for this information.

<t>Suppose you are long a Dec put on ING striking at 15. It closed on friday around 9.They have announced a rights issue this week, with subscription options for existing shareholders (6 new for 7 existing)If I exercise now, do I have to deliver only 100 stocks or the subscription options as well?If...

Of course the CNBC figures are blatently misleading...Is is frightening that CNBC viewers don't see the point... I am truly astonished that people that give their opinion there may be so ignorant about very basic economic facts and figures and how easily they are misled.

Let's say 10 this week if we include the bankruptcy of CIT

Failed banks listAgain, 7 failed banks last friday...

Hello everyone,Does anyone have an idea of the liquidity for Eurex EU single stock futures, for big to mid caps? It seems there are very few transactions (according to the website)I suppose most of the volume is on otc forwards?Thanks,

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: acastaldoQuoteI didn't find how the exchange "attributes" [sic] exercises to an account or anotherIf you Google "option assignment" you will find some info.I put quotation marks around "attributes" because I realized I may have not used it in its most commonly accepted ...

<t>Today GM Sep-09 futures got bid at 2 cents!!!I think we are close to the end with the Obama administration deadline and the 1bn$ converts redemption on June 1st. In your opinion is it still possible to achieve an exchange for them? Wouldn't a par redemption (with govt money) be politically possib...

<r><URL url="http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20090424a.htmFinally"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevent ... htmFinally">http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20090424a.htmFinally</LINK_TEXT></URL> released yesterday. The very official way of st...

thanks mdsantos. you were right my options have been auto exercised.i was afraid of holding a load of bac shares this morning...