[TheOptionClub.com] Re: GS TRADE [was:How do you manage your Vega?]

 

Ricky .. looks like you have mastered all Cottle's stuff .. and have concluded that his approach is not suitable for you ... you may have to look elsewhere for a more mathematical / algorithmic holy grail that you seem to be looking for .... I have enjoyed bouncing this around with you ... maybe we can return to the discussion sometime down the road ... cheers, James

--- In OptionClub@yahoogroups.com, Ricky Jimenez <rickyjim@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:00:20 -0000, "JP"
> <jamesbparker999@...> wrote:
>
> >how you getting on with Cottle's book?
>
> Soon after I understood dissection into baby butterflies, I gave up on
> it. Previously I read what he had to say about boxes, conversions and
> reversals. I tried to find out what he offered about time spreads but
> it was too hidden. I must admit I was turned off by his cutesy way of
> telling war stories and especially by his method of diagramming
> options position modifications, which seemed to bloat the book
> tremendously. The only real content I found was dissections which
> could have been explained in a few pages to anybody with any sympathy
> for mathematical thought. So if I were reviewing for Amazon, only 1
> or 2 stars from me.
>
> PS: Of course I may be all wrong so enlighten me James about what I
> missed.
>

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