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[QUOTE=LoveIndia]Options Volatility Indicator (OVI) is positive with lot of Call Options than Puts which ensures that there is insider trading going on :-)[/QUOTE] Guess you are referring to Guy Cohen's OVI here. If OVI had ensured that insider trading is going on, SEC does not have to go anywhere ...

[QUOTE=soomdy;470108]I was about to sell a far wide strangle on pcln just before earnings. About 200 $S wide from the near closing price of 680 just bef earnings. Fortunately my order did not go through. I believe pcln liquidity is very low compared to aapl bcos of which traders can move it to ...

RRK, You are right, one can't adjust LT losses, only when STT is paid. Off-Market transacted LT losses can be adjusted and many don't highlight this subtle difference and hence misleading - including our own HDFC bank: [URL="http://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/Article/know-your-finances-article ...

It was down with volumes not seen in 2 years - it is difficult to bottom fish on a high momentum stock like PCLN. Does anyone who track PCLN comment on what this miss means for the long term - Desi/Rabtag? What % of consensus Dec' 13 estimates of $38 will get hit? Sep 490 puts at $6 seems to ...

[QUOTE]If they are what is their advantage over FDs(apart from interest rates i.e).[/QUOTE] FDs are unsecured debt and most of the NCDs of the recent times are secured (holders have the first charge on assets identified). With NCDs, you can play the interest rate cycles and in addition to the coupon ...

[QUOTE=drV]If we want to live in 1st tire city...[/QUOTE]

If you meant Yokohama, then 1.5 lacs is reasonable :)

With the 2008 crisis and resultant precipitous fall in stock prices fresh in mind, I notice that investors are reacting in a much accelerated fashion - VIX rising 50% in a single day, hitting a 52 week high of 48, all the S&P 500 stocks down in red in a single session for the first time ever. All of ...

Analogous to S&P downgrading US debt rating while Moody's and Fitch did not. STFC and L&T Finance have almost similar rating but Mr.Market do not value STFC much going by the discounting STFC NCDs sell at. IIFL NCD has a AA- rating, but I would consider it too risky for a AA rated paper. Several AA ...

[QUOTE]If you wait for few days or weeks, you may still be able to buy it at an similar yield-adjusted price or better. [/QUOTE]

3 Yr option (Retail- 11.35%) can be had for 1003-1004, which is almost on par adjusted for yield.

It was the same story in the previous issue as well. Those who missed the first day rush, no need for despair. If you wait for few days or weeks, you may still be able to buy it at an similar yield-adjusted price or better. Why? Several of the earlier issues are quoting at this yield or better even ...