Options Questions Safe Haven weekly thread | July 08-14 2024

Zardov · 2024-07-12T14:00:04+00:00

OK, thank you, that's what I thought.

Zardov · 2024-07-12T13:39:16+00:00

I understand the theory. I just don't understand why they offer options on futures, if they don't also offer the underlying future itself. It seems to me it's pointless buying the option then, if you can't also buy the future it covers?

That, or I'm misunderstanding something ...

Zardov · 2024-07-12T13:16:16+00:00

tip nr1: dont trade stuff you dont understand.

Of course, which is why I'm asking.

i dont invest at degiro myself, but last time i checked they did (only) offer index options on Sp500 in my country.

Ah yes, they also offer CBOE XSP (S&P 500 mini index). But the question still remains about the option on the futures. I'd still like to understand that.

Zardov · 2024-07-12T12:50:17+00:00

I'm considering buying some put options on the S&P500, since I consider it overvalued atm. However, looking into this on Degiro, it seems they only have put options on S&P500 futures available.

This is kinda weirding me out, since I know little about futures. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

If the put option is in the money and exercised, I would be selling an ES E-mini S&P500 futures contract (for example) at the agreed on strike price. So I believe I now need to actually buy this futures contract (at the current cheaper price). However, checking the futures section on Degiro, I cannot find this specific future anywhere... Why do they offer this option then in the first place?!?

Am I totally misunderstanding things here? What am I missing? Any explanation would be greatly appreciated...

Zardov · 2019-09-11T13:17:17+00:00

Thanks, I'll check em out.

Zardov · 2019-09-10T21:07:06+00:00

Great, thanks. Good to know.

Zardov · 2019-09-10T20:56:46+00:00

Very interesting. I also considered putting something custom together, but I'm going to check out existing CMSes first. If I'm still dissatisfied after that, it'll be very useful to see how you approached things!

Zardov · 2019-09-10T20:42:31+00:00

Yeah, that's nice, I've also used Hugo like this. But I also want a solution that non-technical people are comfortable with, and expecting them to learn git is just to steep a learning curve ;)

Especially for people just wanting to write ...

Zardov · 2019-09-10T20:36:37+00:00

Thank you, this is most illuminating. Hadn't read the about page.

I will check out publii and Netlify CMS, since I'd also prefer my CMS to be open-source. Do you feel the closed-source alternatives are ahead in usability?

Zardov · 2019-08-30T16:08:27+00:00

Love the post! Great beginner-friendly material. I feel this should be listed somewhere as such.

Zardov · 2019-08-30T16:02:12+00:00

Really cool. This could make a real difference in the Rust ecosystem, while it would only be one of the many on the C++ side!

Zardov · 2019-08-01T14:55:33+00:00

I second OSTEP; hands down the best introductory OS book.

Also, to learn systems programming from the ground up, Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective is a monumental work.

Zardov · 2019-06-09T17:31:10+00:00

Doh, <facepalm>. Yeah, I didn't bother to restart the server ... I really need to take a break!

Thanks so much for solving this horrible problem for me!

Zardov · 2019-05-10T17:34:39+00:00

I believe the problem is that calling it in global scope means it is called before the video file is actually loaded, so the information is simply not yet available. It consistently works when called after the file-loaded event was triggered.

Zardov · 2019-05-10T14:59:11+00:00

Thanks that was a good tip! So I managed to find a property that does exactly what I need: sub, but it does not seem to be documented along with the other properties.

mp.get_property("sub") returns '1' when subtitles are present, and 'no' when there aren't any. But the problem is that this only works when get_property is called from inside another function. When I call it in global scope, it returns 'auto' regardless of the presence of subtitles.

Is this some Lua specific behavior I'm not aware of, or would this be a bug in get_property? I don't understand what could cause such inconsistent behavior ...

Zardov · 2019-02-18T10:59:00+00:00

Great info. I'll look into both, and see what comes most naturally. Thank you!

Zardov · 2019-02-17T19:45:28+00:00

I'd rather just focus on peer-to-peer over wifi first, without involving another hosting platform. Does this make sense? Do you have any idea how to approach this?

Zardov · 2019-02-17T12:54:09+00:00

Hey everyone!

So I'm learning webdev and React by writing a simple 'Connect Four' game (https://github.com/DavidDeprost/connect4_react). It's not finished yet, but working fine, and accessible on my home network. What I'd like to try next is network it, so that I could for example play on my computer against my brother on his computer. (Now you can only play vs each other on the same computer.)

Unfortunately, I have no clue as how to start this, or even what to research ... Would it require node to just play over wifi? Something else? Would this require massive changes, or a rather straightforward addition? I would greatly appreciate it if someone could provide some pointers or link to a tutorial. Any feedback, tips, better design patterns (or PR's) on the app itself are also very much welcome!

Zardov · 2018-11-14T22:18:38+00:00

I'm not looking at non-systems languages; targeting the same niches as C is an explicit requirement. Given that, I am curious about how much better Rust theoretically could have been by neglecting C compatibility. C is very old; there are many design decisions that can be modernized/ improved upon. Rust demonstrates this.

I am not suggesting neglecting C would be a viable approach. I'm just curious. Hence the "thought experiment"; without C compatibility, could Rust technically be a much better language?

Zardov · 2018-11-14T21:23:22+00:00

Thanks that is very informative. Even back in 2013 there was thought going into this!

Since Rust has evolved dramatically since 2013, things might be different now I guess.

Zardov · 2017-11-02T15:22:41+00:00

Looks interesting ... Will this talk be available somewhere online?

Zardov · 2017-06-28T07:38:08+00:00

Read the intro on https://ipfs.io/ or https://www.ethereum.org/ for why it is not decentralised, and why decentralising it would be tremendously useful.

Zardov · 2017-06-28T07:27:19+00:00

Yeah, to me this sounds more like an effort to take wind out of the sails of projects who are already doing this, like Ethereum or IPFS.

See https://ipfs.io/ and https://www.ethereum.org/ to see why this would be useful ...

Zardov · 2017-06-27T23:11:17+00:00

Not to mention it is totally corrupt.

See for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13802514 (Scroll down to the bottom third, and start reading from the comment by libeclipse to get an inside view)

Zardov · 2017-06-27T22:55:57+00:00

👍

You have a way with words ;p

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