<t>Hi guys, I have a client (shipping company) who wants to start doing freight derivatives with me.I deal in options and equities and futures, I can build a swaps and a CDSs, but I have no idea how to start to approach a Freight Deriv. I know something about Clarkson Securities that actually build ...

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: tbarelliThere is a very nice basic option trading program on the Mathematica site: <URL url="http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BasicOptionTradingStrategies/"><LINK_TEXT text="http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Basic ... trategies/">http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Basic...

<t>Good Night everyone,I was wondering where I can find an online, or download an option graph plotter.I drawn a strategy of a long put short call and I just want to check a more accurate graph on what I came up with.I just downloaded 'options designer' by Rho-Works and for some reason it's pretty b...

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<t>Hi guys,A question on debt to maturity (or actually a margin structured product), I wanted to know what would be the ratio (even in grosso-modo terms) of the profit and the Risk margin that a commercial bank would normally use when issuing structured products.I know that a first response would be...

Thanks for the reply Mackbar and others, I actually do have a healthy sense of humour, it's just been the first reply I got here while waiting patiently for responses on my Q's.See you around man.

<t>Macbar and pauper, u remind me of the quants I work with while I do the sales, all puffy with high words big glasses (they found lenses exist in 2006) and over-complicate a+b=c equations and then glorify themselves that they found the answer of life, until the next wave when everything crashes an...

<t>I don't know if I missed something about the forum rules or what not, but I posted 2 questions on the forum and I never got responses back...Since I see that this forum does have a significant flow of responding users which are very intelligent, I just wanted to know if I missed something, a rule...

<t>Another thing I wanted to add which I found on the net and I was hoping you guys can vet:QuoteHigh-Yield Investment Program Fraud (Trade Programs): truth vs. scamFrom The Dictionary of Financial Scam Terms©An easy-to-understand guide to financial terms used by swindlers.High-Yield Investment Prog...

<t>Can someone please elaborate on the risks involved with SBLC (standby letter of credit), MTN (medium term note) and BG (Bank Guarantee) ?I have a client who is looking for this type of investment around for around $35M, I am just worried for him that he is not fully aware of the risks involved; h...

I would just go with the Taleb Distribution and say that the chicken gets run over an infinite number of times the fist nano second it sets it's foot on the street.

<t>My question is on PRDCs, and specifically on the formula. I hope I won't annoy anyone being my first post and with not the smartest question (sorry in advance)The formula sets a maximum between two conditions, a formulated payout or 0 payout with principle protection (nominal). On the first condi...