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• Re: Option Trader Magazine - PAST issues please ?
  I think I have them all (from inception) but for 2005-10. I will upload them when I get to my home computer.
  

  Best...
  

  Chuks
  UPDATE: Thanks Steve, I got 2005 - 09,10,11,12, & 2006-01
  

  Now I have,
  2005 - 04,05,06,07,08, 09, 10, 11, 12
  2006 - 01,02,03
  

  Archer
  John / Fellow group buddies,

• Re: Option Trader Magazine - PAST issues please ?
  UPDATE: Thanks Steve, I got 2005 - 09,10,11,12, & 2006-01
  

  Now I have,
  2005 - 04,05,06,07,08, 09, 10, 11, 12
  2006 - 01,02,03
  

  Archer
  John / Fellow group buddies,
  

  I have been missing to download the issues thinking they are available anytime. To my surprise I found that they are only available for 2 months.

• Option Trader Magazine - PAST issues please ?
  John / Fellow group buddies,
  

  I have been missing to download the issues thinking they are available anytime. To my surprise I found that they are only available for 2 months.
  

  I have,
  2005 - 04,05,06,07,08
  2006 - 02,03
  

  1) Could anyone please email me whatever past issues you have?

• Free Febuary issue of Option Trader Magazine now available for download.
  [link]
  Enjoy!
  John
• Re: Options Traders Software Picks Winners
  Thanks Cedrick.... The info finally showed up..............
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Cedrick Johnson
  To: Chicago-Options-Traders@google groups.com
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:48 PM
  Subject: Re: Options Traders Software Picks Winners
  I think it's spam.
  your [link] will not open.......appreciate
• Re: Options Traders Software Picks Winners
  I think it's spam.
• Re: Options Traders Software Picks Winners
  your [link] will not open.......appreciate
  the message however Ed Bartt
  ----- Original Message -----
  To: "Chicago Options Traders" <Chicago-Options-Traders@googl egroups.com>
  Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 1:41 PM
• January Issue of Option Trader Magazine
  [link]
  Be sure to download your free issue of Option Trader Magazine for
  January. There is a great interview with Ansbacher in there about how
  he has successfully run his option hedge fund the last 20 years.
  John
• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  Thank you
  

  regards,
  M
  

  Murray,
  That is one of the synthetics. Long call/short put (same strike) is
  synthetic long stock. Yes, in this example, your margin is better then
  being long actual stock. However, there is some risk here with this
  position. If the stock sells off, you are vunerable to having your

• Keeping Track
  I was wondering how traders keep track of their positions then not at
  home or in their office?
  The Palm Treo might be difficult to read for those of us who are
  myopic. If you use a small notebook pc, what is the best
  brand/technology compatable with tos software?
  I would appreciate any suggestions any of you have to offer.
• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  Murray,
  That is one of the synthetics. Long call/short put (same strike) is
  synthetic long stock. Yes, in this example, your margin is better then
  being long actual stock. However, there is some risk here with this
  position. If the stock sells off, you are vunerable to having your
  short puts excercised in which you will be forced to buy stock. Not
• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  thought a synthetic was =
  

  long call/short put or short call/long put-- non?
  

  no underlying involved until it becomes a conversion or reversal... that's what I always thought. So initial (initial) margin is 20% of short side and the long side is paid for by the sale of same. Didn;t think the price of the stock mattered since its all relative.

• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  Hi Murray,
  Actually synthetics are bad for retail traders because they usually
  involve stock which has substantial margin. Retail traders need to try
  to avoid stock as much as possible as it forced them to put up anywhere
  from 25% intraday to 50% of the position overnight. The added benefit
  for retail traders are when they already have stock and an option and
• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  --- not to mention that the synthetic will typically save you not only on the INITIAL margin ( versus the underlying margin) ----- thereby allowing more for intra-day trading etc. etc.---- but at some retail firms (assuming the clowns don't too botch up the margin on said positions too badly- i.e. pairing errors) ---- it will/could save you additional on overnight margin as well ---
• Re: Credit Spread - Bear Call Spread
  John,
  

  Yes. thinking through this does make sense. Now I have to walk through it with some real numbers to make sure I understand it fully.
  

  This is definitely a different way to view a trade and also how to respond to how a trade is unfolding. The trading world is a lot bigger than just closing out an existing position if they start to go against you.