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That return profile is expected in selling options. They aren’t free money

I think the momentum trade was long tech and short everything else. This reversed like 8 percent which was like 10 standard deviations. It was a result of a big absolute move and a massive sector rotation. if you managed your book for every 10 standard deviation event you would be broke in...

Very fine people.

Other than stoning women who had abortions and crucifying gays

It is what it is. Substantially similar is explained in the IRS documentation. But I think it’s more vetted by court cases. Same with trader status.

Your example would qualify as a wash sale. in the money options typically count as substantially similar. Though I think E*TRADE is treating all options are substantially similar if they are in the same direction. It’s really hard to figure out. I have spent a lot of time trying to...

the key to the iPhone was being able to use two fingers on the screen.

actually Court cases have explained what is substantially similar. It’s not based on statistics.

qqq and xlk are not similar. In fact if you had the spy and an index with 499 of the same names (weighted the same) they would not be considered similar. don’t be so sure on the options being treated differently. I used to think the same thing and my broker E*TRADE was actually treating the...

Canada is not the US you fucking moron. typical - take credit for your ancestors work because you haven’t accomplished anything in your life.

10percent of the presidents security detail has COVID because of him. They might just shoot him.

Or it’s a stall tactic to keep it in the news cycle without getting a definitive answer.

the only bank more corrupt than DB is HSBC.

we aren’t the target audience. Whoever put out that paper is trying to get conversations going with macro fund managers.

why? You can run a 200x200 long short which would have 4x leverage and carry less risk than a 100 long.

wash sale.

The real damage is that I have many republican who are now questioning the election. These are moderate Northeastern Republicans - some who didn't even vote for trump the second time. But the newsflow is giving so much credence to this story that their world view is changing.

i wish i could invest in the McKinsey partner hedgefund.

I know. OP is referring to lot allocation for the purpose of realized gains.

We have used average prices at our company. It’s really hard to do post transaction analysis because you have to recreate the entire stream of trades. If you need it because it’s affecting your decision making then either 1. You have to do it yourself (I do this in excel), 2. You have to...