Melancholy Korean

Historic Financial Collapse Underway?

If you want to play the bankruptcy game and buy puts, let's see, the 10 delta put in FNM for September expiry, the 5 strike, looks like it's trading for .80 cents, which works out to an implied vol of 230. It's low delta, not much gamma to trade, even if the stock's realized vol the last few days has been up at crazy levels. It's more of a binary option on the equity going to zero, ok, I get that, so maybe you don't care the break-even is 4.20, but do you really want to gamble on the timing like this?

The only bankruptcy that buying puts outright is good for is the personal kind. If you want to gamble, go to Vegas. It's a hell of a lot more fun.

Dollar Falls to Record Low Over Fannie and Freddie

"Her calls change on a daily basis and she has zero experience."

Can't speak about her experience, but it's clear you don't have any.

Are you someone (not a trader, clearly) who has to be right about the market every day? Even better, you ARE right about the market every day, right? Why so bitter, then? Been buying FNM on the dips 'cause you just know it's a great company? Married to that long dollar position?