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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: J. P. who wrote (90405)9/16/2009 9:58:05 AM
From: Real Man  Respond to of 94695
 
More often than not it is, but not when the market is way off.
Then there is a risk of a crash in the direction of the move,
which would be up. Max pain is not really gamed per ce - the
rapidly declining options premium causes de-hedging, which, in
turn, results in a reversal.