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It's just an FYI for me to get an idea of how a fund or institution would go about in the process of hedging a position from real world experience and not just theoretical. Forgot to also ask, if you knew you wanted to put on a big equity position would you ever start with the hedge first...

Lets say you have a huge long equity position and you want to hedge that position. Do you or your firm normally hedge with way in-the-money Puts, at-the-money Puts, out-of-the-money Puts, or do a combo sell Calls and buy Puts? How far out do you normally go out in terms of expiration (1-month...

so if you have a margin account, you can just make trade after trade?

Those that are daytrading, how much do you suggest having in your account? I see people trading thousands of shares a day , how much money do you guys have in your accounts? I mean if you have 50K in your account and if you make a trade worth 30,000 ($30.00 stock * 1000 shares) and you get in...