Topic Of The Month April, 2009

[Soultrader 12]

Which post should win this monthly nomination contest?

 

Choose from the topics (posts/threads) listed throughout the forum(s), and vote for your favorite post now.

 

What is Topic Of The Month?

Topic of the Month is a contest that select posts on which we would like the community to commit to as a group and then comment/discuss on them during the course of the selected week/Fortnight/month. Any listed topic (thread) is eligible for the Topic of the Month selection.

 

What determines a Topic Of The Month?

Topic Of The Month is based on a simple nomination system. Throughout the selected forums, members with adequate permissions can nominate their favorite topic by clicking on the award nomination button below the post.

 

The topics with the most nominations during the course of the week/month are displayed on this thread using the poll feature. At the end of the month, the first three topics with the most nominations are the award winners of the contest.

 

Topic of the Month Winners

 

Every month, a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate is awarded to the Topic of the Month winner. A pm will be sent out to confirm your email in order to receive the gift certificate.

[86834 10]

I found this post on "Re: Trader P/L 2009" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month April, 2009"

[DbPhoenix 42]

I found this post on "The Acid Tests" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month April, 2009"

[diablo272 10]

I found this post on "The Acid Tests" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month April, 2009"

[HAL9000 10]

I found this post on "Re: Accuracy? Who Needs It..." interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month April, 2009"

[thrunner 10]

VIX is really a made up number that the options market tries to make sense of the expectation of volatility or the range where the market could trade. How that plays out during a day with regard to the actual intraday range is the subject of Frank's work.

 

Therefore I think Frank's thread on S&P 500 intra-range vs implied volatility study is worth studying:

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Oops, just noticed the poll is closed, I'll renominate the post for next month.

[Soultrader 12]

Congrats to edabreu for winning Aprils POTM contest. Thank you for all who voted and please cast your votes for the May contest!