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Booze is part of the "misery index". Divorce too, I think. With all of the "lockdown"... seems both being expressed. (In China, government suggested for women to "don't nag" and "wear makeup". Still they had a big jump in divorce filings as the lockdowns were lifted. Mentioning this to my...

You probably didn't send it to the tax authority in the proper "form" as they would require and accept. Do you have something like TurboTax?

Not exactly. The fair value of the SP futures is based upon the SPX with an adjustment for dividends + some interest rate calculation based upon a risk-free return (like some T-Bill). Of course the futures can trade above or below fair value for a bit until the cash has a chance to catch up...

Even if what you said is true... I doubt your part about "the tape leading futures"... it's of no use to a retail screen jockey.

Fade that. Only reason the dollar is stronger is because other currencies are crappier. The dollar will remain the "cleanest dirty shirt" until the world agrees upon a basket of currencies to replace it. The US will not cave on that notion easily. MMT is ridiculous. You can't print your way...

No. You have it backwards.

Yes, you could get the older generation/Boomers "out of your hair" that way, but you might not like the consequences. Without the Boomers' spending ('cause they'd be isolated), America is economically stagnated at best. No growth, fewer jobs, et al.

Nothing magical about index futures. They merely mirror their underlying index... sometimes they apparently "lead", but that's just because the futures markets reflect change faster than the tape.... not likely something you can arb.

Indirectly in support of stocks... perhaps directly soon/later as they decide they need to "buy securities" ala the BOJ.... in spite of that having been a big loser.

Bottom Line.... "Fed speak" for printing money, debasing the $USD and the buying power of everybody's money. IOW... ROBBING EVERYBODY to bail out "too big to fail" companies. :(

Yeah but, THE FED! YEA THE FED! YEA STIMULUS AND MORE STIMULUS! Have we learned NOTHING from history? :(

IMV, not a good thing. Gates has gone koo-koo on the notion that EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET A VACCINE SHOT! Conveniently right now, Covid is his excuse. From what I've read, his "rush to vaccine" in other countries has maimed and killed many children. Look it up if interested. Gates has become...

I still doubt lower latency would make any difference to your results overall... unless you're a HFT (trying to front-run orders and beat others to the punch).

Probably. Story said surgeon was so nervous his hands were shaking. Wonder if he was warned, "if Kim dies, you die".

USO doing a 1:8 reverse split next week... to $16-$20-ish. Typically the decline resumes after such a split, as shorts can get their teeth into it again. FWIW...

If "after a big sell-off"... selling puts would be a winning trade... buying calls should be a bigger winning trade with lower risk.

We actually don't know. One of the original objectives of the Fed was to provide a "transition cushion" during tough times, then to "reclaim" the excesses when things normalized. Unfortunately that was abandoned in favor of "perpetually goosing the markets higher"... for whatever the...

Neither you nor any other trader is "fast enough on the trigger" for latency to make any difference at all. A "startle reflex" is usually ~300ms. An initiated action is usually ~700 ms. The ping on your internet is going to be waaayyy less than that. As a trader, "latency" is waaayyy down...

Which was the motivation behind "The Patriot Act"... Which enough people have come wise to (and the stink attached to it) that legislation renamed it "The Freedom Act". Nothing could be further from the truth! :(

An issue to be negotiated/arbitraded. Perhaps one of those "Force Majure" thingys?