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Ratio of male to female makes it a waste of time for me. LA more fun. Wait. Are you into guys or something ?

There are pretty drastic and negative "social consequences" to working in a STEM field. #1 All your colleagues are men #2 Most of your colleagues are introverts #3 Any social skills you absorb from your -many- H1-B colleagues work in the developing world - ONLY. Basically, STEM ruins your...

"I understand the limit and always wondered why there wasn't one" This was a bit of a free-option while it lasted, and evidently, some of us will have to get smarter. again.

Negative skew.

But dividends are lumpy per time. As, the distribution of ex-div dates and amounts is different per contract expiry. Im a bit confused lol.

Hey - I'm unsure the "carry rule" makes sense with equity index futures. The difference between expries is the present value of the dividends paid over the period, and both the front and back months trade pretty tightly to this. (I used to push them back inline in another job, and I know some of...

I was thinking the company earns a return on the cash "in transit", and probably at a better rate than the shareholder would. Thus stock worth slightly more than $90, lol.

Slightly more than $90 Because you really should count the pv between the ex date and the pay date :-P

This thread just got boring Signal to noise ratio....

Buy index correlation If you have no existing position to lay off.

You're trading implied volatility against correlation Price it that way End of story.

Single stock futures would get u over most of these gripes i think.

Macke went crazy a few years back. Something about "Car People"...

And for pushing futures to a discount to spot, confusing the outright punters.

buy a little bit of a put on something with reasonable correlation and lot of beta.

I agree. The cost of being wrong can be much higher than the spread you -may- make. Give away a week of p/l from one dumb quote.

I agree with this. I think it can work when you have regular trips, and form a relationship with a host. But if you're choosing random hosts it's a mixed outcome. The quality varies dramatically. Amature hour, with your 20 yo inn keeper / toilet scrubber.

basis trading stock loan block trades corporate actions / tenders passing rolls to various counterparties plenty of calls to make in equities / equity derivs.

It's the magic sauce called naive 20 somethings, who are yet to personally experience a major accident / fraud / loss.

Fanciful.