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Bugpowder

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Uh Oh... http://trilema.com/2014/mpoe-february-2014-statement/

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 28, 2014, 08:28:58 PM

The numbers are in. Monster month for MPEx.

Operational results, MPOE
Overall trade 26`208 contracts, of which -1`554 +0 Call, -4 +24`650 Put.
Revenue : 19`769.10256165 BTC, of which :

contracts sold : 34.20256165 BTC
contracts exercised : 19`734.90000000 BTC
Expenditure : 11`800.61618062 BTC, of which :

contracts bought : 10`594.58980562 BTC
contracts exercised : 0.0 BTC
capital expenses : 1`205.526375 BTC (10`715.79 × 11.25%)
exceptional settlement : 0.50000000 BTCi
Profit : 7`968.98638098 BTC

Operational results, MPEx
Revenue : 139.62178334 BTC, of which :
Revenue from sales fee : 69.62178334 BTC (Total trade : 34`810.89167308 BTC)
Revenue from new accounts : 70 BTC
Expenditure : 8.262335 BTC, of which :

PR, 2.875 BTC.
Advertising, 0.1 BTCii
Tech, 5.287335 BTCiii
Profit : 131.35944834 BTC

Shareholders table
Total shares : 1`000`000`000, of which :
Mircea Popescu, 838`159`714 shares,
Third parties 161`840`286 shares.
Total dividend : 8`100.34582932 BTC.

Bugpowder

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The numbers are in. Monster month for MPEx.

Operational results, MPOE
Overall trade 26`208 contracts, of which -1`554 +0 Call, -4 +24`650 Put.
Revenue : 19`769.10256165 BTC, of which :

contracts sold : 34.20256165 BTC
contracts exercised : 19`734.90000000 BTC
Expenditure : 11`800.61618062 BTC, of which :

contracts bought : 10`594.58980562 BTC
contracts exercised : 0.0 BTC
capital expenses : 1`205.526375 BTC (10`715.79 × 11.25%)
exceptional settlement : 0.50000000 BTCi
Profit : 7`968.98638098 BTC

Operational results, MPEx
Revenue : 139.62178334 BTC, of which :
Revenue from sales fee : 69.62178334 BTC (Total trade : 34`810.89167308 BTC)
Revenue from new accounts : 70 BTC
Expenditure : 8.262335 BTC, of which :

PR, 2.875 BTC.
Advertising, 0.1 BTCii
Tech, 5.287335 BTCiii
Profit : 131.35944834 BTC

Shareholders table
Total shares : 1`000`000`000, of which :
Mircea Popescu, 838`159`714 shares,
Third parties 161`840`286 shares.
Total dividend : 8`100.34582932 BTC.

gog1

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well, a 24 hr average of zero and volume of zero should not move any averages.

funny thing would be if mtgox did what some originally anticipated in fixing the withdraw problem and letting withdraw go through, BTC may have shot up a lot (the old mtgox premium).

Bugpowder

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Quote from: chriswilmer on February 26, 2014, 12:19:38 PM

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 26, 2014, 10:33:59 AM

Quote from: gog1 on February 24, 2014, 11:24:08 PM

as bad as it is for the option writer right now, at least gox being dead will not count against the weighted price at settlement.

Presumably. I haven't heard an official verdict on how they will be settled. Looks like he is only down 8-9000BTC at the moment, I guess it could be worse :-P

Would be so epic if he came out with a positive ROI on this trade. The stuff of legends.

It might actually happen too... Or it might be refunded at purchase price.

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What is the reference BTC/USD ratio you use for options exercises ?

The 24 hour volume-weighted cross-exchange ratio is used, as published by bitcoincharts. The same figure is available in any IRC channel where gribble is present. The command is ;;bc,24hprc

26. What if that becomes unavailable ?

If the service is temporarily unavailable the MPOE market maker bot for options on MPEx will stop quoting. Exercises will occur at the last available price. This has happened a few times in the past, but the interruption never exceeded a couple of hours.

Should the service be unavailable for a longer interval I will devise some other way to obtain the data and calculate the average. In principle I would prefer for a third party to be doing this, but absent such it will be done by MPEx itself.

If for whatever reason there no longer exists a reliable way to calculate average prices (such as for instance MtGox being suddenly and permanently closed or other such catastrophic event) options will be refunded at prices originally paid.

These two statements are in conflict with each other. Bitcoincharts is still quoting, but Mt Gox catastrophically closed.

chriswilmer

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Quote from: Bugpowder on February 26, 2014, 10:33:59 AM

Quote from: gog1 on February 24, 2014, 11:24:08 PM

as bad as it is for the option writer right now, at least gox being dead will not count against the weighted price at settlement.

Presumably. I haven't heard an official verdict on how they will be settled. Looks like he is only down 8-9000BTC at the moment, I guess it could be worse :-P

Would be so epic if he came out with a positive ROI on this trade. The stuff of legends.

Bugpowder

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Quote from: gog1 on February 24, 2014, 11:24:08 PM

as bad as it is for the option writer right now, at least gox being dead will not count against the weighted price at settlement.

Presumably. I haven't heard an official verdict on how they will be settled. Looks like he is only down 8-9000BTC at the moment, I guess it could be worse :-P

gog1

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as bad as it is for the option writer right now, at least gox being dead will not count against the weighted price at settlement.

Bugpowder

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Quote from: Keyser Soze on February 20, 2014, 02:57:28 AM

With the gox crash I can't imagine this guy hasn't been stopped out by now. Looks like MP will (probably) have a big payday this month...

When the bot has stopped quoting, then exercise occurs at the last quoted price. So nominally he is still only down ~6500BTC. Who knows how MP will interpret the contracts if Mt.Gox goes under. But usually his interpretations are profitable for the site (and S.MPOE). Waiting till closer to OpEx to see how this plays out...

Keyser Soze

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With the gox crash I can't imagine this guy hasn't been stopped out by now. Looks like MP will (probably) have a big payday this month...

Bugpowder

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Quote from: chriswilmer on February 17, 2014, 03:22:24 AM

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 16, 2014, 01:39:21 AM

Well, the MPOE bot stopped quoting due to "exchange divergence"

BUT, that guy short the 24,000 contracts is dead.

($5000-$430)/$430 * 0.1BTC * 24,000 contracts - 10000 BTC proceeds from original sale = about a 15,500 BTC loss at the moment...

EPIC loss. Complete annihilation of a trading account which was worth >$10,000,000 a few weeks ago.

Is it over? Doesn't he have until the end of the month?

Depends if he was stopped out. Since bot still is not quoting, I think he is OK.

chriswilmer

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Quote from: Bugpowder on February 16, 2014, 01:39:21 AM

Well, the MPOE bot stopped quoting due to "exchange divergence"

BUT, that guy short the 24,000 contracts is dead.

($5000-$430)/$430 * 0.1BTC * 24,000 contracts - 10000 BTC proceeds from original sale = about a 15,500 BTC loss at the moment...

EPIC loss. Complete annihilation of a trading account which was worth >$10,000,000 a few weeks ago.

Is it over? Doesn't he have until the end of the month?

Bugpowder

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Well, the MPOE bot stopped quoting due to "exchange divergence"

BUT, that guy short the 24,000 contracts is dead.

($5000-$430)/$430 * 0.1BTC * 24,000 contracts - 10000 BTC proceeds from original sale = about a 15,500 BTC loss at the moment...

EPIC loss. Complete annihilation of a trading account which was worth >$10,000,000 a few weeks ago.

Bugpowder

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Quote from: chriswilmer on February 14, 2014, 02:48:25 AM

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 14, 2014, 01:34:26 AM

Down 8,300 BTC.

This strategy is actually looking pretty juicy now... .82 per contract!

I need to understand this stuff better... what do you mean the strategy is "looking pretty juicy"... isn't this a bad thing for the person who executed this strategy?

I mean, there is a lot of value to extract by implementing the strategy from this current price point. Though hugely risky too.

chriswilmer

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Quote from: Bugpowder on February 14, 2014, 01:34:26 AM

Down 8,300 BTC.

This strategy is actually looking pretty juicy now... .82 per contract!

I need to understand this stuff better... what do you mean the strategy is "looking pretty juicy"... isn't this a bad thing for the person who executed this strategy?

Bugpowder

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Down 8,300 BTC.

This strategy is actually looking pretty juicy now... .82 per contract!

Keyser Soze

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Quote from: theta on February 13, 2014, 04:21:05 PM

You guys assume that he didn't delta hedge the options, i.e. he didn't sell the exact amount of BTC needed to lock the gains from the options mispricing, as I explained earlier. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he did and he locked a gain for any price of BTC < $5000, with the additional twist of counterparty risk (if the BTC was sold in the same exchange that's less of a problem).

Quote from: theta on February 09, 2014, 05:45:01 AM

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 05, 2014, 03:38:35 PM

But expiry in end of month, so by then,
If BTC drops to $700, (5000-700)/700*.1BTC = .614, or about a 25,000*(.49-.614) = 3100BTC loss
If BTC rises to $1000, (5000-1000)/1000*.1 = .4, or 25,000*(.49-.4) = 2250BTC gain

So if BTC is at $700, he has a 3100*$700 = $2170000 loss and if BTC is at $1000 he has 2250*$1000=$2250000 gain. Selling $2.2m worth of BTC at $850 or higher guarantees a riskless profit. It seems that the market making bot mispriced the options and someone took advantage of that ensuring an arbitrage.

I seriously doubt this is what actually happened. This position would be very difficult to hedge due to liquidity. A $2.17m loss is not easy to cover with a price movement from $850 to $700...

theta

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You guys assume that he didn't delta hedge the options, i.e. he didn't sell the exact amount of BTC needed to lock the gains from the options mispricing, as I explained earlier. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he did and he locked a gain for any price of BTC < $5000, with the additional twist of counterparty risk (if the BTC was sold in the same exchange that's less of a problem).

Miz4r

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Quote from: Keyser Soze on February 13, 2014, 11:32:47 AM

Quote from: Bugpowder on February 13, 2014, 11:26:24 AM

Down 6500BTC. Embarrassed

Seems like he picked the worst time to short those options.

There's two more weeks left, a lot can happen in two weeks in Bitcoin.

Keyser Soze

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Quote from: Bugpowder on February 13, 2014, 11:26:24 AM

Down 6500BTC. Embarrassed

Seems like he picked the worst time to short those options.

Bugpowder

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Down 6500BTC. Embarrassed

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