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China strongly protests Vietnam's claim over islands
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BEIJING—China said it has summoned Vietnam's ambassador and strongly protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands under Hanoi's sovereignty.
China and Vietnam, as well as other neighboring nations, are locked in long-standing territorial disputes over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), including the mineral-rich Spratly and Paracel islands.
"The… actions by the Vietnamese side are illegal and invalid. China expresses its strong protest and firm opposition," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters.
"The Vietnamese unilateral actions … complicate and magnify the issue. China will resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty."
Hong said Vietnam's ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho was summoned to the foreign ministry Thursday and told of Beijing's displeasure.
According to Vietnamese parliamentarian Duong Trung Quoc, the legislation is a first for Hanoi on what it calls the East Sea.
"The adoption of this law on the sea today is very important for Vietnam," he told Agence France-Presse.
"It helps solidify both how Vietnam will implement its sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands and its international commitments."
Tensions in the West Philippine Sea have risen sharply recently, with China and the Philippines locked in a maritime dispute over Scarborough Shoal, a reef off the Philippine coast.
But tensions eased when the Philippines ordered two of its ships to withdraw from the shoal last week, a move that was welcomed by China.
The disputed region is a key trading route for the US, which has expressed concern over sporadic flare-ups between countries.
Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines all claim parts of the West Philippine Sea Sea.
China also announced Thursday it had elevated the administrative status of the Nansha (Spratly) and Xisha (Paracel) islands from a county to a prefectural-level district, the civil affairs ministry said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear what the new status would mean for the islands, which boasted a total population of just over 500 people according to China's census in 2000.
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The present invention relates to a method and system for electronically trading a financial instrument. The method includes entering a bid order for the financial instrument and placing the bid order in a bid queue associated with a buyer who maintains a list of sellers to sell the financial instrument to. Then, entering an ask order for the financial instrument and placing the ask order in an ask queue associated with a seller who maintains a list of buyers to buy the financial instrument from. Next, the present invention will match the bid order and the ask order and to execute a trade between the buyer and the seller. Lastly, the trade is executed if the bid order is not less than the ask order, and if the buyer is on the list of buyers and the seller is on the list of sellers.
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15. A method for electronically trading options contracts and for hedging the options contracts with underlying contracts, comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a server, a first order from a first trader for options with a first hedge delta;
receiving at the server, a second order from the first trader for the underlying contract based on the first hedge delta;
receiving, at the server, a third order from a second trader for options with a second hedge delta;
receiving, at the server, a fourth order from the second trader for the underlying contract based on the second hedge delta;
matching the first order and the second order to execute a trade; and
executing the trade if the first hedge delta is equal to the second hedge delta.
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20. A system for electronically trading options contracts and for hedging the options contracts with underlying contracts, comprising:
a memory storage for storing machine-readable instructions; and
a processor programmable to execute the machine-readable instructions retrieved from the memory storage for:
a) receiving a first order from a first trader for options with a first hedge delta;
b) receiving a second order from the first trader for the underlying contract based on the first hedge delta;
c) receiving a third order from a second trader for options with a second hedge delta;
d) receiving a fourth order from a second trader for the underlying contract based on the second hedge delta;
e) matching the first order and the third order to execute a trade; and
f) executing the trade if the first hedge delta is equal to the second hedge delta.
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The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application 60/286,807 filed Apr. 26, 2001, entitled "A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME OPTIONS TRADING OVER A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK".
The present invention relates to online systems and methods and, more particularly, to systems and methods that facilitate real-time options trading over a computer network, such as the Internet.
Options are legally binding agreements that grant the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a financial instruments (i.e. commodities like crude oil, cotton, and wheat) on a particular date some time in the future at a set price. Options contracts generally have standard quality, quantity, delivery time and location depending upon the type of underlying commodity associated with them. The only "negotiated" variable is price (or "premium"), which has traditionally been discovered on the floors of futures exchanges, such as the Chicago Board of Trade through the open outcry auction market system. This process allows buyers and sellers to consummate trades by offering verbal bids and offers.
Certain terminology is essential in the field of option trading. A CALL is the right, but not the obligation to buy, for instance, an underlying commodity at a specific price (strike price) up until a specific time in the future (expiration date). A PUT is the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying commodity at a specific price up until a specific point in the future. A CALL SPREAD is when you simultaneously buy one call and sell another. An example would be the simultaneous buying of a May 50 call and selling of a May 55 call. If they were in different months it would be a known as CALENDAR CALL. This is a spread which would be the simultaneous buying of a May 50 call and selling of a July 50 call. A STRADDLE is the simultaneous buying of a call and a put of the same strike in the same month. So one would be buying say, a 50 call and buying the 50 put. Another trade type is a FENCE, which would be the simultaneous buying of a put and selling a call (or selling the put and buying the call). If one executes these trades in different months it is a "calendar" fence. Many option trades are carried out by combining multiple calls or puts in various different combinations (such "multi-leg"). Other trading types have colorful names such as butterflies, strangles, calendar spreads, Christmas trees, condors, iron butterflies, etc. each involving different trading strategies. For instance, a BUTTERFLY is the sale (purchase) of two options with the same strike price, together with the purchase (sale) of one option with a lower strike price and one option with a higher strike price. All options must be of the same type (call or put), have the same expiration date and, there must be an equal increment between strike prices. Some types of options trades and strategies could have even say 12 legs. Every trade or option strategy is just a combination of calls and puts and one must have an understanding of each option type—its pattern and how many legs it would have.
The open outcry system allows for quick assimilation of market information where buyers counterbalance sellers and ultimately arrive at a fair market value for the contracts. However, the open outcry system does not always provide for price transparency—making it difficult for some consumers to directly participate in the process. Furthermore, as the volume and volatility of the futures market continues to increase, it is becoming more difficult to handle the administrative challenges presented by the open-outcry system. For these reasons, among others, there is a need for a different approach to options trading.
One potential solution is the use of an electronic order entry system. However, unlike open-outcry, traders in a computerized setting cannot "see" the market participants; "feel" the interest in a particular instrument. Thus, there is a need for an electronic order system that provides human market participants with the feel of an exchange floor with the convenience of computerized organization.
The present invention relates to a method and system for electronically trading a financial instrument. The method includes entering a bid order for the financial instrument and placing the bid order in a bid queue associated with a buyer who maintains a list of sellers to sell the financial instrument to. Then, entering an ask order for the financial instrument and placing the ask order in an ask queue associated with a seller who maintains a list of buyers to buy the financial instrument from. Next, the present invention will match the bid order and the ask order and to execute a trade between the buyer and the seller. Lastly, the trade is executed if the bid order is not less than the ask order, and if the buyer is on the list of buyers and the seller is on the list of sellers.
A further method and system of the present invention relate to electronically trading options contracts and hedging the options contracts with futures contracts. The method includes entering a buy order for options with a first hedge delta to represent a first number of futures. A sell order is entered for options with a second hedge delta that represents a second number of futures. Then the buy order and the sell order are matched so a trade can be executed. Lastly, the trade is executed if the first hedge delta matches the second hedge delta.
Another embodiment of the present invention is a system and method for real-time options trading over a global computer network, such as the Internet. In particular, the present invention discloses a system for real-time trading of options contracts between a plurality of traders over a computer network. The system includes a computer network, a market server, and two or more trader clients.
The market server is connected to the computer network. The market server additionally processes and executes matched trade orders in substantially real time. The market server may also preclude execution of a trade based on credit available to the human trader.
The two or more trader clients are connected to the computer network so each of the trader clients can be placed into communication with the market server. Each of the trader clients facilitates enters and transmits commands in substantially real-time to the market server and displays substantially real-time updates from the market server. Each of the trader clients further provides information to the human trader regarding a desired underlying commodity market as received from the market server. Each trader client may then display the underlying commodity information in a working order and filled order windows. The underlying commodity information is alternatively available to the human trader in both summary and detailed form.
The trader client's commands may include trade orders wherein the market server distributes the trade orders and any executions of same to each of the trader clients in substantially real-time. Each trader client facilitates the entry of commands by providing a graphical user interface. The trader client may also facilitate the entry of the commands by providing a simplified order entry language.
A further embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for real-time trading of options contracts between multiple traders on an underlying commodity over a computer network using a client-server system having multiple clients. The method includes submitting commands to the server, acting upon the commands submitted from multiple clients at the server, and displaying all information from the server regarding the submitted commands. Traders enter the commands that are submitted to the server. The commands entered are issued from multiple clients in regard to the underlying commodity. Providing multiple command entry methods may facilitate the submission of the commands. One such entry method involves using graphical user interface principles. Another such entry method involves a quick entry language.
Acting upon the commands submitted includes matching trade order commands of at least two traders according to a set of rules in substantially real-time. Acting upon the commands further includes validating commands prior to acting further on the command.
Information from the server regarding submitted commands related to the underlying commodity and resulting server actions is displayed in substantially real-time on all of the multiple clients. The display further includes parsing the information into multiple windows depending upon the status of the order.
The above and still further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of a specific embodiment thereof, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals in the various figures are utilized to designate like components, and wherein:
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Trader clients 200 a-n each preferably run on a general-purpose computer system such as an IBM compatible, Apple, or other equivalent personal computer that allows a potential trader to communicate with market server 101 via computer network 110. The general-purpose computer system further includes a network interface that allows for communications with the computer network and may include any Internet capable software program such as Netscape� Navigator�, Microsoft� Internet Explorer�, Mosaic�, or their equivalents.
The market server 101 is preferably a general-purpose computer system such as an IBM� compatible, Apple�, Unix type workstation, or their equivalents that can facilitate inquiries from multiple simultaneous inquiries. Market server 101 must also have a network interface that allows for communications with the computer network and may include Internet server software. It is known in the art that the market server 101 and trader clients 200 a-n need not be running on the same type of general-purpose computer for the present system to be operational.
Once the trader client 200 is connected to the market server 101, users will access various user interfaces, which may take the general form depicted in
Market server 101 is the focal point and final arbiter for order processing and trade execution with respect to sequencing and timing. In particular, market server 101 should:
Market server 101 includes a user entitlements handler that maps user IDs associated with incoming messages and other service requests with the stored security permission information related to the user type of the user making the request in order to authenticate users to the market server, and toward checking whether the user ID is entitled to perform the requested operation.
The market server 101 further includes an order matching handler for reviewing all currently active orders and quotes, executing any trades possible according to pre-programmed matching rules, modifying orders and quotes according to the matching rules, and providing confirmation to all traders effected by the resulting trades. In particular, a trade will occur when the "Right Price Queuing" rule is satisfied. In a preferred embodiment, a trade will not occur unless the "Right Counterparty Rules" is simultaneously satisfied.
Financial instruments can only be traded among themselves; they cannot trade with another instrument that differs from them in any detail, except that hedged instruments need only match on the net delta. To facilitate these trades, each instrument has a bid queue consisting of bids and an ask queue consisting of asks. Thus, when a bid on a particular instrument reaches the market server 101, it is placed in the bid queue for that instrument after execution of any pending trades. The placement of the instrument is based on a number of factors. Some factors may include the price, a better price move further forward in the queue, and time, earlier bids stay ahead of later bids of the same price. As a result, the best bid, which may be the highest bid, is placed on the front of the bid queue. Likewise, when an ask on a particular instrument reaches the market server 101, it is placed in the ask queue for that instrument. Again, the placement of instrument is based on a number of factors. The placement factors may include the best ask, which is the lowest offer, being placed at the front of the ask queue.
A bid or ask order may remain in its queue until a certain event is satisfied. Those events may include the order being:
Preferably, a quote lives in the queue like a market order, except that it removes itself from the queue after a fixed time limit. This time limit may be short, approximately 10 seconds or may be lengthened or decreased. A key factor in determining the time limit is that the longer the quote is maintained in the queue, the more likely it will be stale.
The order may traded when Best Bid>=Best Ask, which may satisfy the Right Price Queing Rule, with the trade price being the best ask. The number of contracts that trade as a result of a match is the lower of the best bid size and the best ask size. Consequently, if the best bid size and the best ask size are different, the lower of the two will be completely filled, and the higher of then two will be "partially filled" with a remainder. If a partially filled trade of instruments involving Hedged Contracts would result in a fractional hedged quantity being traded, then the orders may not match. In certain instances, the system may still match the trade if the deltas match. This may result in the generation and submission, to the market, of partial fills with alternate delta mixes in order to achieve the desired result. Every time the best bid or best ask changes which may be represented by a change in the order at the front of the bid or ask queue, the System verifies if it can execute the trade, and will keep trading until best bid<best ask. The number of contracts that have been traded is reported to all counterparties.
In one embodiment, each Firm F in market server 101 has a Counterparty List (CL) that consists of other Firms F1, F2, . . . Fn that firm F may accept as potential counterparties to a trade. Thus, each market bid in the bid queues is associated with the submitting trader 50 and the submitting trader's Firm. Then, the market server may compare both the best bid/best ask and the Firm for any one offer. Even if the Right Price Queuing Rule indicates that two orders should trade, each party must also be in the other's Counterparty List. So, if the best bid firm does not have the best ask firm in its counterparty list or the best ask firm does not have the best bid firm in its counterparty list, the trade will not execute. This is known as the "Right Credit Counterparty Rule." The fact that the trade could not be executed is then communicated to both the buyer and seller by an electronic message. The market server 101 will then continue past that unexecutable bid-ask match to the next order in the respective queue and attempt to satisfy the Right Price Queing Rule and then again try and satisfy the Right Credit Counterparty Rule. No orders are removed from the queues for failure to satisfy some firm's right credit counterparty rule.
Market server 101 will validate all messages sent by traders to the market server 101 before being placed in either queue. Messages that do not pass validation are rejected, and a rejection message is sent back to the trader client 200 of the sending user. The trader client 200, in addition to the validation performed by the order validation service at the market server 101, also performs some validation. This double validation is desirable to provide both timely feedback to the user during the order entry process, and to provide an independent and reliable back-end service. This and other validation or screening processes can be performed electronically to both buyers and sellers. Thus, a party can have pre-set rules to electronically validate a counterparty, and if that criteria is met, the counterparty is added to the acceptable list of buyers/sellers.
Trader client 200 provides a computer interface for a human trader 50 to enter and transmit commands (i.e. RFQs, quotes, orders) to market server 101; receive and display updates from market server 101; and to submit information inquiries regarding the past and current state of the market, all in substantially real-time. In one approach, trader client 200 allows trader 50 to customize screen layouts, and automatically restores the most recent screen layout upon login. A sample layout is illustrated in
In a preferred approach to the system 100, a login includes selection of a particular underlying market for the present trading session. With this approach, a trader 50 could enter the market for natural gas or precious metals. In such an approach, the trader 50 would be required to exit one underlying market to enter another underlying market. Other approaches may include the ability for multiple instruments to be traded in one session.
After a successful login, a series of information windows appear. One potential configuration is illustrated in
As illustrated in
The approach illustrated in
In a preferred embodiment, system 100 supports trading of in excess of 100,000 different options types over the course of 240 months (a 20 year window from the current date) in various underlying markets. The number of options and available months, of course, is a matter of design choice. Regardless of the volume of information, human trader 50 may wish to focus on a segment of the market in determining upcoming trading strategy.
The main application window 220, illustrated in
At the bottom of the main application screen 220 (
The other side of the status bar 230 monitors the status of the connection of trader client 200 to market server 101. Under normal conditions, this area indicates "Connected," but may read "Reconnecting" or "Not connected."
Trader client 200 may also present trader 50 with a number of windows that enable tracking of open orders on the system and a history of activity for the day. Within these windows each instrument is displayed as a Consolidated Summary Line ("CSL"). A CSL representation is a valid expression in Quick Entry Language (QEL) that identifies at least the option type, best bid, size of best bid, best offer and size of the best offer for a particular instrument or contract (e.g. Call May 255). Double-clicking on any particular CSL brings up an Option Detail Screen 600 for the CSL's market, illustrated in
As illustrated in
The ESL 602 contains two lines. The first line has a contract summary line ("NG Call Jul 265") and bid/ask fields ("500 2.0 2.5 900"). The second line contains a record of the last trade, including the price, quantity, side, and timestamp for that contract. The Market Depth Montage 604 breaks out the display of contract type trades by showing a complete and detailed view of each quote and order related to the contract type represented by the ESL 602. As illustrated in
In the approach to trader client 200 illustrated in
The "most active" window 236 presents a CSL for each instrument that had activity (a new or updated order, quote, RFQ, or trade) within the previous sixty seconds. The rationale for this window is to provide a relatively stable display of current activity that does not scroll too fast for traders to be able to select interesting markets when there is a lot of activity. Again, it is known in the art that the time limit can be increased and decreased by user preference.
The Potential Order Window (POW) 238 displays a list of order templates that human trader 50 may complete and submit to market server 101 and, thus, provides a way for a trader to save commonly used orders so that future submissions are quick to perform. The trader may select one or more lines from the Potential Order Window 236 for submission, deletion, or export to Microsoft� Excel� (or other third party programs). Selected orders may also be dragged and dropped to other windows in trader client 200 where such an operation is functionally meaningful. For instance, an order cannot be manually moved to the Filled Order Window.
The Working Order Window (WOW) 240 displays all orders placed by trader 50 that are open at the current time (including orders that are only partially filled) (completely filled orders are automatically moved to the filled orders window in real time). The orders are displayed using CSL in a table, which dynamically grows in size as orders are entered over the course of the day. The rows may also dynamically update as the orders change status (i.e. partially or complete filled). The trader may kill selected orders in the working order window, which would—in a preferred approach—bring up a dialog box to confirm the kill. Once confirmed, the "Kill" sends a request to market server 101 to kill the order. When the request is acknowledged, the order changes state from "Pending" to "Kill". When the Kill is completed, the order changes state to "Killed".
The trader may similarly seek to modify a selected order by bringing up a dialog box prompting the user to enter the modified order information. To assist the trader with the modification, the fields are preferably initially populated with the values of the original order. Only certain fields can be modified with the other order fields being displayed as read-only. Certain read-only fields can become editable when they become relevant in the current trade.
If any property of the order is modified other than a lifetime or downward quantity modification, then the order is not modified at its current place in its respective queue, but rather it is killed after a new order is submitted to the respective queue reflecting all the values input into the dialog box. Thus, the primary functional differences, from the user's perspective, between a modified order and a kill/submit sequence is that a newly submitted order has a new order ID and is entered at the bottom of the order queue, while a modified order retains its ID and position in the order queue.
The Filled Order window 242, illustrated in
In general, a new row is added to the bottom of a window each time an update is received by trader client 200 from market server 101, unless an instrument's CSL is already in the visible portion of the window, in which case the CSL updates in place within the window. For each window, detailed information (ODS 600, OEC, ESL 602 and MDMs 604) may be viewed for each trade, as well as summary-only information. A view of the orders can also be sorted or filtered based on various parameters including option type, hedging information (expiration date, strike price, ask price, bid price). The view may also show summaries for all markets, or be filtered to show only markets where the trader has orders, or only markets where the user has orders at the money. The times displayed in these windows are relative to the time zone of market server 101. Orders displayed in these windows may be dragged and dropped into other windows where such transfer makes functional sense.
Orders in a "potential order" window do not change state, unlike orders sent to the market, which change state depending on what happens to them in the market (e.g. acknowledged, partially filled, lied, killed, etc.). Trader 50 can select and send individual or multiple orders from the Potential Order window to market server 101 for execution. Multi-order submissions are only a shortcut for the user. System 100 actually submits each order individually to market server 101, which maintains no connection between simultaneously submitted orders.
A trader may enter orders, modify any of his working quotes or orders and execute a kill function. Orders, quotes and RFQs can be manually entered on an order entry card, a Quick Entry Language Line, by dragging and dropping a consolidated summary line ("CSL") into the "working order" window or "potential order" window, by "hit" or "lift" operations or imported from Excel spreadsheet by a drag-and-drop mechanism. (Conversely, orders can also be dragged from the Potential, Working or Filled Order Windows and dropped into an Excel spreadsheet). The following data is generally common to all RFQ, quotes and orders (bid/ask price and quantity fields not required for RFQ):
When a quote, order or market summary line is selected, the trader may double-click on that entry prompting trader client 200 to display an order entry card (
Of these possible actions, only the replace action may need additional explanation. For example, if the order being responded to is the user's order, then the existing order's quantity is decremented by the quantity being submitted and a new order is placed for that quantity. If the decrement is unsuccessful, the replace operation is aborted, and a user is informed that nothing happened. If the decrement could only be partially performed, then that is counted as a successful decrement and the new order is submitted but with a quantity adjusted so that the sum of the decrement orders quantity and the new order's quantity does not exceed the quantity of the decremented order's quantity prior to replacement.
The main application screen contains a Quick Entry Language Line (QELL), into which commands written in Quick Entry Language (QEL) are typed. Some QEL sequences cause Order Entry Card (OEC) or New Order Entry (NOE) screens to be spawned. As illustrated in the version of trader client 200 depicted in
The Quick Entry Language ("QEL") provides a keyboard-based quick-entry format for fast order creation by experienced users. QEL is provided as an alternative means of command entry in addition to the more user-friendly, mouse-based, click and type method. It is possible to express most of the actions relevant to RFQ, quote and order entry in a compact character-oriented format. In addition, some QEL commands offer the ability to manipulate or navigate other trader client 200 functions. This language is specified as follows:
Also illustrated in
The order entry date needs to be specified for this example because QEL year defaults are relative to the date on which they are being interpreted. Standard expirations are always month or MonthYear. Non-standard expiration dates are entered and displayed as NSD: Month, Day, Year. Non-standard delivery points and settlement types are entered and displayed by modifying the underlying symbol with colon-separated symbols. For example, a Natural Gas contract delivered in Denver settled in cash might be NG:RKY:$$.
Human trader 50 can assign a name to any selected custom order for future reference. This new type name would be automatically recognized by QEL, appear on the Main Application Screen Contracts and Windows View Market submenus. However, since this assigned name is local to the trader who defined it, the name not recognized by the matching engine sub-system of market server 101, which would continue to treat the order as custom.
The following are examples of the QEL language:
The user may enter a hot key sequence that performs a pre-defined action in trader client 200 application. In one approach, there are hot key sequences for the following actions: (Bid; Offer; Hit Bid; Hit Bid for X Quantity; Lift Offer; Lift Offer for Y Quantity; Kill Order, Kill All Orders—(enters them into Potential Order window)).
The Order Entry Card (such as that illustrated in
The OEC may contain one or more contract legs, which are graphical representations of puts, calls or futures. For instance, the legs of a contract that are being bought can be represented in one color with one graphical prompt and legs being sold could be represented in another color with another graphical prompt. If a leg does not (yet) represent a bid or offer (for example, the OEC is for an RFQ or is unspecified), then there would be no graphical prompt on the leg. The legs have a number of fields, which may be active, passive, or protected, including Underlying; B/S/R—Buy/SeIURFQ; Quantity; Expiration a Month; Expiration Year; Strike Price; Put/Call; Day; Special (delivery points and settlement types); Hedge area (Delta, Date and Price). The OEC may also include bid and/or ask price fields, except in an OEC for an RFQ.
The bottom portion of the OEC may optionally contain a set of buttons relevant to the context from which the OEC was spawned. These can include view market, potential order, submit order, replace order and kill order. Some option types require the quantities of each leg to be in a particular ratio to the other legs and, thus, will have numbers representing the ratios visually associated with each leg.
An OEC that is intended to be used to enter a new order is called a New Order Entry screen (NOE). In a NOE, some fields will preferably be auto-filled with default values, which trader 50 can then manually change if desired. For example, all quotes may start with their quantity field's value set to 10. Some fields may also be filled in from the context that invoked the NOE.
In the event a hedging contract is entered into trader client, client 200 determines whether the hedge ultimately results in the buying or selling of hedge contracts. In the first event, a Buy Call is equated to Sell Hedge; Sell Call is equated to a Buy Hedge; Buy Put is equated to a Buy Hedge; and Sell Put is equated to a Sell Hedge. Where the hedge is multi-legged, the net delta is actually the traded order. For example, a Buy of 50 Call Butterflies with a 18/12/10 delta operates like this:
When one executes an option trade, one uses a "delta" to determine what amount of the underlying contract one should buy or sell to offset the trade one did in the option in order for one to have less risk. As an example, suppose there is a June 250 call, with a 10 Delta and one is buying 100 of it. This means it is just a percentage (10%). So one would execute 10% of the underlying against the call. So if one buys 100 June 250 calls, one is going to hedge it by selling 10 June futures. Traditionally in the market, one would buy 100 June 250 calls in the options ring and will than turn around to the futures ring and sell 10 June futures. Traders often execute a "laid up"—that is that they execute it as a package, because they wish to "hedge" themselves and relieve themselves of this extra futures risk. In the present system, we could just click a Hedge button, which would open up Hedge Fields that are related to each of the months. Thus, since one is hedging with the underlying futures, if one executes a June 250 call and a June 300 call spread in the same month, one would only have to hedge it once because one is only hedging June futures. But if one did a calendar spread (lets say a June 250 and a July 300 call), than he is trading two different months and, one would have to hedge the June futures and the July futures separately. In the first example, they are in the same month, and one could just net out the hedge.
In the preferred example of a fractional hedge approach, the trade will only match if the delta matches, partial fills might have to be re-submitted as with alternate delta mixes in order to achieve the desired result. For Example:
In this approach, the fractional hedging contracts must enter the market server based on "like deltas" not "like hedges." This approach insures that trades match when the initial quantities, and thus the hedge quantities don't match. Once a trade matches the hedge quantities will be the same, however, initially the delta will be the determining factor.
These fractional instruments may lend to the provision of additional functionality in the market views. For instance, giving users the ability to see identical hedged options in the market with different deltas. (i.e.: View every Hedged March 2001 SO Call). In one approach, after trader 50 opens an OEC, ESL or MDM for a hedged option, they can hit a button, which opens a small filter window showing the same option, but hedged with other deltas on the system. This would allow the trader to participate in alternate trades where the deltas don't initially match their delta. Essentially, this may be implemented as a filter based on the QEL with the option quantity, delta, futures quantity, and buy/sell as wild cards. It would also be possible to add variables to this "filtered" view, such as show all hedged calls; show all hedged March 2001 50 calls, etc.).
Some instrument types require the specification of quantity ratios between contract legs. On input to the trader client 200, all ratio trades will adjust their ratio and quantities automatically according to the least common divisor between the ratio elements. For example, an order for 200 2�4 Call Spreads will be entered as 400 1�2 Call Spreads. This will reduce the proliferation of disjoint ratio markets and help to increase liquidity in market server 101.
Custom option types may be specified—these are any sequence of put, call and "look-alike" futures contract legs and hedges that do not match the sequence (and their inter-leg constraints) that compose the system-defined option types. Custom orders allow the specification of ratios between each of their constituent legs.
An RFQ is a message broadcast to all interested market participants for price and quantity quotations on a particular underlying commodity (i.e. crude oil). Generally, an RFQ is sent when there is no activity (outstanding quotes or orders) relating to an underlying, though it is also appropriate to send an RFQ when the activity is low. Once all the required fields of an RFQ have been specified by a trader, it may be sent to market server 101. If the market server accepts the RFQ, the RFQ appears in the RFQ display of all other trader clients logged into market server 101. In one approach to the present invention, as the RFQ is sent to market server 101, trader client 200 also generates a potential order for that RFQ that requires manual insertion of only bid/ask price and quantity fields to make it a valid order or quote which can then reside in the potential order window of the trader client.
When market server 101 sends a message to trader client 200, it is available for viewing by the trader in summary of detail forms. Traders may even scroll through all messages received in a particular session.
Trader 50 may specify and save various application preferences that affect the operation of that trader's trader client 200. System 100 automatically saves trader's preferences after the user changes their values. For instance, these changeable preferences may include: Time Zone; Quote Expiration Time; FOK Expiration Time; Default Quote Quantity; Default Limit Order Quantity; and windows illustrated when displaying Option Detail Screen.
Alerts are dialog boxes that pop up on a user's screen that the user must affirmatively close. The user can configure trader client preferences to indicate which alerts should be received (executions, rejections, kills and system status messages). All alert messages appear in the status bar, regardless of the user's preference settings.
Before executing a user's request to initiate a significant transaction or a state change, the system can be configured to ask the user whether to proceed. This is a precaution against user mistakes. The confirmation is in the form of a pop-up dialog. Often the pop-up dialog looks like an order entry screen. In some approaches, confirmation can be turned on or off as a user preference.
Trader client 200 may also provide an API for a user to send the details of a potential order prior to submission to a third party analytics package. The third party package can calculate a bid and ask price then can be inserted into the order details. The user may then review the results, and submit the order.
Administrator client 300 provides a computer interface for trading firm administration staff to manage traders and counterparties. Among other functions, administrator client 300 should manage traders, firms, underlyings and contract specifications, send and receive system messages, kill orders and reverse trades for traders and monitor the status of users and market server 101.
As an adjunct to the various monitoring capabilities, administrator client 300 can also log trades for later analysis. For instance, administrator client 300 may provide both current and historical information of trades and activity by firm-related traders. In one approach, the reports could be either viewed online or downloaded into a third party spread-sheet program, such as Microsoft� Excel�.
Server administrator 400 provides a computer interface for managing users, option types, underlying commodity types, and system monitoring.
In operation, trader 50 launches trader client 200 on the local computer and enters a user ID. Trader client 200 then retrieves a local list of instruments that trader 50 is authorized to view and/or trade. A list of allowable contract types is loaded into trader client 200 from market server 101 each time the trader client 200 starts up. This underlying list having been established and perhaps previously modified by market server 101 during a previous session, trader 50 selects an underlying commodity to view or trade during the present computer session and provides his password associated with the user ID. (The underlying or contract type is generally fixed for a session with all subsequent operations referring to that type.) The login request is then submitted to market server 101, which verifies the User ID, Password, and rights of trader 50 to trade in the selected underlying market. If trader 50 passes security measures, then market server 101 sets entitlements, retrieves the default user preferences, displays one or more application screens in a layout determined by the retrieved preferences. Market server 101 displays all pending messages for trader 50 received since the last log out.
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The concept of "negative pricing" raises particular problems when trying to move an options trading system from a trading floor to an EOT when, in trading certain option strategies (combinations) the price of the first leg that one is buying versus the prices of the leg one is selling in the combination could be a net value of zero or close to zero. A trader can use a negative bid or offer when he is quoting a trade whose opposite sides are approximately equal in value. This scenario can occur in the following trade types:
As an example, if there is a May 400 call (c) and June 450 call (c) and someone is interested in trading in combination (this is known as a Calendar Call Spread and involves the simultaneous purchase of one of these options and sale of the other). Further assuming that the value of the May call is $50 and the value of the June call is $100. The value of the spread is therefore $50 (because you are buying one option and selling the other). If a trader wishes to make a $5 profit trading this spread, regardless of whether he intends to buy the June 450c or sell the May 400c (buy the spread) or sell the June 450c and buy the May 400c (sell the spread), he would make the following 2-sided quote:
Theoretically it's possible for there to be a negative bid and negative offer on a particular option spread (−50 bid −40 offer). This would be an usual way for a trader to make a quote. Applicants have therefore established a rule that a trader can enter a 2-sided negative market, however, that order will be displayed as it's positive mirror image in the Marketplace window. For example, a trader may enter Jan200p/Feb300p −$15 bid −$5 offer. The marketplace would display Jan200p/Feb300p 5 bid 15 offer, again a mirror trade of the original trade.
To overcome the many hurdles of negative pricing in an electronically traded options system, we have created a series of rules that should preferably be followed.
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Single negative bids (without offers) or offers (without bids) are not displayed.
Double negatives are not displayed.
In the event that there is a negative bid with a positive offer it is displayed in terms of the lower strike.
All ESL's establish for themselves a rule of the premium strike it uses to express negatives and positives at the point it is opened. In other words, whatever the TW is displaying, according to the Rules 0 and 0, at the time the ESL is opened, that will establish the rule for how it will be displayed for as long as it is opened.
MDM is an extension of the ESL; therefore the open ESL has already established the rule for the MDM.
OEC, when created from the ESL (by pressing: ˆ, Hit, Lift, bid, offer), will reflect the rules of the open ESL.
The rules of the OEC when created from scratch, will be established by the order the user enters at that moment.
Working Order Window (WOW)
The WOW rules are based on whatever the rules were entered for the original order, and those rules will last forever.
Market WOW rules are based on whatever the rules were entered for the original order and those rules will last forever.
Filled Order Window (FOW):
The FOW is always displayed in terms that would result in a positive buy or sale. No trades ever occur at a negative price. The instrument description associated with the execution must be displayed in such a way to make the trade price positive.
Market Place (Back End):
All orders are displayed in terms of the lower strike in the earliest month.
An implied bid or offer is an order for any SPREAD that is generated by the system to help execute a users trade. For example, if the user is trying to sell a September 50/60 Call Spread for a price of 10 (sell the 50 strike and buy the 60 strike). As soon as the order is entered in the system by the user, the system starts searching for any bids or offers currently in the system, for either one of the legs in that particular trade (in our example the September 50 or 60 call) to offset the trade against. If for example, the system finds a 55 bid for the September 50 call, the system would automatically generate a 65 bid for the September 60 calls. If some other user happens to sell the September 60 calls for 65 then the system would automatically sell the 50 calls to the user who is bidding 55. The system using implied bids and offers has now executed the call spread for the price of 10.
Thus, while there have been shown, described, and pointed out fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions, and changes in the form and details of the devices illustrated, and in their operation, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, it is expressly intended that all combinations of those elements and/or steps which perform substantially the same function, in substantially the same way, to achieve the same results are within the scope of the invention. Substitutions of elements from one described embodiment to another are also fully intended and contemplated. It is also to be understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, but that they are merely conceptual in nature. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the claims appended hereto.
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Laser Show cancelled: Pedroia goes back to the DL
Aug 20, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT
Dustin Pedroia got all kinds of props for taking ground balls from his knees and pushing to get back in the lineup as soon as possible. Seems that the gritty toughness is not the better part of valor, because he just got put on the disabled list again. Too much pain in his ankle, he says.
Pedroia has gone 1 for 7 in two games since coming back. No word on how long he'll be gone, but he won't be eligible to come off the DL until September 1st, assuming he was placed on the DL retroactive to Wednesday night, which was when he last saw action.
- Lans Downe - Aug 20, 2010 at 4:24 PM
And with that, the Sox officially punt on the playoffs. Oh well, NEP looking sharp in the pre-season…
- FrankZappa - Aug 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM
what a dumbass…tried to come back early and now he will be sitting with Youk and Ells for the rest of the season…next season boys…LETS GO PATS!
- Md23Rewls - Aug 20, 2010 at 5:25 PM
He should take some more grounders from his knees. What a hero! What grit and determination! Could this guy be any more fake?
- Glenn - Aug 20, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Pedroia is actually quite genuine. He has spent his whole career gritting it out because he is small, does not have a baseball body, and has had to reprove himself at every level. It just looks like this determination has done more harm than good this time. I'll take a guy like him anytime over a guy that has to be reminded to hustle or give a crap.
- Pisano - Aug 20, 2010 at 7:58 PM
They were finished long before his injury . The real heart and soul , and one hell of a hitter is Youkilis . You don't replace a Youkilis , that guy can ruin any pitchers day or night .
- Pisano - Aug 21, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Ditto , it's that short man complex .
- Md23Rewls - Aug 21, 2010 at 2:04 AM
That's silly, though. He's a career .305 hitter in the majors. That's not because he's gritty or determined. It has to do with talent. It's not like he "wants it" more than other guys. He's a talented player. I know it's really easy to give him labels because of his stature, but that's not why he's good. And the taking-grounders-from-his-knees thing was a media sham. There was NO reason for him to do that. If A-Rod was doing that, people would be crucifying him. There's nothing real about taking grounders from his knees. He's lucky that he's a short white guy, because people wouldn't find it so cute otherwise. Furthermore, he doesn't work harder than anybody else in baseball. Plenty of other players are out there early in the morning taking reps. Pedroia isn't some stunning example of determination. He's just like everybody else, but it's easier for him to foster this image of short, scrappy dude who takes grounders from his knees when he's hurt. OK, if he wants to sell that, fine, but it's pretty stupid in my opinion.
- JBerardi - Aug 21, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Where does Pedroia being a great baseball player figure into all this nonsense?
- Glenn - Aug 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Obviously he is talented, but it seems silly to think that some guys don't try harder than others. Some guys have a ton of talent and don't do much with it, while some guys work hard to get the maximum out of what they have. Maybe Pedroia is just a hyperactive guy who can't sit still. I don't think that makes him fake or a sham. To me, the sham is the guy who doesn't hustle or grandstands after a homer. I do totally agree that grit and determination are right up there with chemistry and momentum as piles of crap, but it is equally silly to slam a guy for trying to do all he can to stay sharp while injured. Not everyone is the same, as you imply. Some guys work out hard in the off season and some guys come into camp out of shape. Some guys do try harder and I think Pedroia is one of them. The grumblings from the red Sox club house were not about Perdroia grandstanding, but about Ellsbury ditching the team for a month. Which reaction to injury would you prefer?
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Gallagher has hidden samples of mold in an Edmonds home. Anna should sit as soon as she detects the presence of mold.
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PRLog - June 8, 2011 - AUSTIN, Texas -- AUSTIN, TX – Gabrielle Faust, author of the acclaimed vampire series ETERNAL VIGILANCE and metaphysical demon series REGRET, recently announced a new partnership with Austin-based Neo-Victorian boutique, The Mysterium. The Mysterium will be sponsoring a variety of accessories for Faust to utilize in her various public appearances and photo shoots throughout the remainder of 2011.
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"I have always been fascinated by the beautiful and intricately designed fashion sense of the steampunk genre. Brilliantly engineered and, at the same time, intensely romantic, the Neo-Victorian presentation is actually very near and dear to my own sensibilities. This year I am reinventing myself in many ways, as an artist should continually. I am excited about integrating the steampunk fashion sense into the development of this new image," replied Gabrielle Faust when asked about the new partnership. "The Mysterium is a fabulous boutique that I am honored to work with and thrilled to represent in my public appearances. Also, since it is a local (Austin-based)
When asked about the new endorsement, owner Samara Tyler replied, "The Mysterium is thrilled by our new association with Gabrielle Faust and her worlds of dark beauty! We carry an eclectic selection of steampunk and neo-victorian wares, but remain always aware of the first-cousin relationship of steampunk and goth through their their common ancestor, the Victorian era. What better way to emphasize that relationship than to garner the endorsement of Gabrielle Faust? We look forward to a continuing relationship and further emphasis on Dark Victorian wares in the future."
The Mysterium is a Neo-Victorian store providing "wares appealing to Steampunks, Goths, Elegant Lolitas and people who like the idea of new twists on old concepts. The Mysterium aspires to be the store that brings Victoriana into one's everyday life." From canes to corsets, goggles and pocket watches, The Mysterium has a wide variety of exceptionally unique items for both men and women. Various steampunk-related events are hosted by the boutique each month including "Steampunk Saturday" and "Beer, Brass and B.S" where participants are encouraged to don their steampunk garb and revel in the genre. Gabrielle Faust will also be holding a book signing event at The Mysterium this summer (date T.B.D.) and will be present at the June 21st "Beer, Brass and B.S" event at Opal Divine's–Penn Field in Austin, Texas.
More information about The Mysterium can be found online at http://www.the-
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The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010: A Step Forward for Native Women
Ed. Note: We encourage readers to watch the video of the signing, including the moving introduction from Lisa Marie Iyotte.
The President just signed the Tribal Law and Order Act -- an important step to help the Federal Government better address the unique public safety challenges that confront tribal communities.
According to a Department of Justice report, Native American women suffer from violent crime at a rate three and a half times greater than the national average. Astoundingly, one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes. At the White House Tribal Nations Conference in November 2009, President Obama stated that this shocking figure "is an assault on our national conscience that we can no longer ignore."
Last week, Congress took another important step to improve the lives of Native American women by passing the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. The Act includes a strong emphasis on decreasing violence against women in Native communities, and is one of many steps this Administration strongly supports to address the challenges faced by Native women.
The stipulations in the Act that will benefit Native women reflect several Administration priorities. The Act will strengthen tribal law enforcement and the ability to prosecute and fight crime more effectively. The Indian Health Care Improvement Act will require that a standardized set of practices be put in place for victims of sexual assault in health facilities. Now, more women will get the care they need, both for healing and to aid in the prosecution of their perpetrators.
Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will now more often encounter authorities who have been trained to handle such cases. The Act expands training of tribal enforcement officers on the best ways to interview victims of domestic and sexual violence and the importance of collecting evidence to improve rates of conviction. The Director of Indian Health Services will coordinate with the Department of Justice, Tribes, Tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations to develop standardized sexual assault policies and protocols.
Special Assistant US Attorneys will be deputized under the Act to prosecute reservation crimes in Federal courts, and tribes will be given greater authority to hold perpetrators accountable. These provisions help to increase communication between tribal law enforcement, Federal authorities and the court system. As numbers of convictions grow, more women may be willing to report the abuses against them so that their abusers may be prosecuted.
However, the Act focuses not only on prosecution but also on prevention. It reauthorizes and improves programs to prevent and treat alcohol and substance abuse, as well as programs that improve opportunities for at-risk Indian youth. Getting men and boys involved in stopping the violence against women and girls is an important step to ending it everywhere, giving youth a chance to change their own futures.
This Act, combined with the great work that Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice are doing to combat violence in American Indian/Alaska Native communities, is an important step towards our Administration's priority of ending violence against women and girls, and making Native communities safer and more secure. One in three is a statistic that is intolerable, and the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 will help to change that.
Lynn Rosenthal is the White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
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(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence (January 15, 1896)
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — The 2010 Punxsy football team accomplished something that hasn't been done in more than three decades at Punxsutawney Area High School: An undefeated regular season.
A year after finishing 9-3 while hosting the District IX Class AAA Championship, and three seasons removed from a winless campaign, the Chucks completed the 2010 regular season with an unblemished 10-0 record.
BROOKVILLE — In what was a bizarre football game from start to finish, the Brookville Raiders did enough to end the regular season with a home victory on Senior Night Friday.
During their 21-14 win over Redbank Valley, the Raiders encountered some good, some bad, and some really ugly situations on the field — situations that made Brookville look anything but the 8-2 team it is.
HERSHEY — Punxsy senior A.J. Meterko will make his third trip, and junior Dane Baker will compete for the second time at the PIAA Class AAA Cross Country Championships at noon today in Hershey.
It's been a while since a member of the Chucks has earned three-straight chances at winning a state title. Meterko finished in 180th place during each of his trips to states in 2008 and 2009. In '09, his time was 18:07, and his 2008 mark was 18:09.
James Simon Monroe Crooks, 84, of Home, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
He was born in 1926 in Smicksburg, a son of the late Jesse M. and Erma E. (Eakman) Crooks.
He was married to his wife of 63 years, Dolly J. Cornman Crooks, who survives.
Mr. Crooks was a member of the Old Mahoning Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army as an aviation cadet.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Former Punxsutawney Borough Police Officer Sean Weaver was turned down Friday for a hearing by the Punxsutawney Civil Service Commission in a continued attempt to get his job back.
Commission Solicitor Jeff Lundy, who was not available for Monday's meeting, filed his opinion on two issues: As to whether Weaver would be granted a hearing by the commission, and a request by Timothy Morris, Punxsutawney Borough Council solicitor, regarding the candidate eligibility list.
PUNXSUTAWNEY —The Punxsutawney Area Community Center will host its second-annual Raffle Night tonight.
From 6 to 9 p.m., at the Pantall Hotel's Rooftop, ticket holders are invited to join the festivities as the center raffles away an array of awards.
Guests will be entered into the drawings of numerous winnings, including a 42-inch HD TV; bedroom suite; sofa and chair set; vacuum cleaner; and several cash prizes, said Mick Mumau, president of the center's Board of Directors.
Tickets may be purchased at the door tonight.
CLARION — When a team is coming off a championship-winning season, many say that the target has been firmly placed on that squad's back.
For the Punxsy volleyball team, one could say that said target has been branded on the Lady Chucks' backs. And that doesn't bother them one bit.
The Lady Chucks, who completed another sterling season by finishing 16-2, accepts the fact that they're the favorites in Saturday's District IX Class AA Championships at Clarion Area High School. With that in mind, they're in search of their sixth-straight district title.
HERSHEY — Though the Punxsy girls' cross country team was unable to win its third-straight District IX Class AAA title last Saturday in Ridgway, the Lady Chucks will still send four runners to Saturday's state meet in Hershey.
Punxsy is led by two-time individual district champion and senior Milea Schall. Also to compete Saturday will be senior Shannon Byerly, sophomore Alexis Young and freshman Juliann Boddorf.
Schall claimed Punxsy's fourth individual district crown in a row, following in Kelsey Acre's footsteps as a two-time winner. Acre won the title in 2007 and 2008.
DUBOIS — Things could not have started any better for the Brookville Raiders Thursday night during the District IX Class A boys' championship game.
Unfortunately for the Raiders, the game didn't end at halftime.
Brookville jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and held it into the second half before Northern Potter scored two second-half goals to win its second-straight District IX title in DuBois.
The loss leaves Brookville with a bitter taste, as the No. 7-seeded Raiders impressively reached the finals, only to surrender two late goals and miss out on their second title in three years.


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If there was a God he'd give us Churchill back. Guy was a badass. :P
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Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice
By Stephen Ornes, 11:24 AM June 14, 2013
Salmonella is a germ to avoid: Some types of these bacteria can trigger food poisoning. But the severity of the illness may depend on what time — day or night — the infection took place, a new study in mice finds.
"This is the first study that has infected mammals with a [germ] and seen this effect," Laura Roden told Science News. Roden, who did not work on the study, is a chronobiologist. These scientists study the natural rhythms, such as sleep and wake cycles, that occur throughout a 24-...
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since I have the last post on each thread on this page. LOL.
I'm Danielle, mommy of 3 in 3years (4, 3 & 1). Married to my self employed DH for just over 5 years.
I have an in home daycare and sell lia sophia. I love both!!! I love to work & have fun at the same time & both of these jobs allow that.
Oh, I'm a ChaCha guide too. But I have a hard time getting online to make much on there anymore. (Been there since May)