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    MTM - Long & Short term trades in account - Opinions

    some assets can be classified as long term holds. I don’t know how you do this but it needs to be clear that they are truly long term.
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    Convertible bonds the best instrument to learn about the markets?

    Plus your parents will understand what you do rather than all that complicated bond math.
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    Signs of Ford Collapse

    I think the parts and the certifications and the tools.
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    Convertible bonds the best instrument to learn about the markets?

    I’d rather trade equities in Dallas.
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    Does Robinhood offer portfolio margin?

    it’s hard when you make up numbers.
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    Does Robinhood offer portfolio margin?

    he says he’s making 6mm trading tinies. It must be true
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    Does Robinhood offer portfolio margin?

    You gonna risk making 6mm in pnl by moving to a podunk broker to save a few hundred in commissions?
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    Convertible bonds the best instrument to learn about the markets?

    But convertible bond trading isn't that complex. There's a bond issuance at a mathematical discount. You buy the credit at fair value (so you hedge that); you buy the option part at a discount and hedge that to lock in a profit. Eazy Peezy.
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    Convertible bonds the best instrument to learn about the markets?

    I was told earlier in my career that I should work in converts as well. I felt it was a dying business and I think they really focused on the equity option part rather than the credit.
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    Signs of Ford Collapse

    Manufacturers are looking at those options. Tesla doesn’t earn on service whereas ICE manufacturers do.
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    Giving up on my dream of trading for a living

    Who has bigger balls: GoldDigger, MW, or Dawn?
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    Giving up on my dream of trading for a living

    speaking of attention seeker, you could have easily not written anything if you had a problem with his post.
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    Signs of Ford Collapse

    I remember that. Dealers have a lot of power over their manufacturers. Essentially the dealers have unionized so all the Chevy dealers negotiate with GM together. It will make it hard for GM to capture that margin.
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    Signs of Ford Collapse

    Dealers have a lot of power over the manufacturers.
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    Selling business

    chatbots never die.
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    FNMA valuation model

    Why are you polluting this thread?
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    Creating synthetic option prices for 'backtest'

    The vix will overstate the vol systematically because of the skew the big issue is the event vol. 20 vol in the one month could be 20 vol for 4 weeks or 30 vol for 1 week and 16 vol for 3. The market would have been smart and price the events properly. Your extrapolation will be dumb and you...
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    Home of the Week

    Jeff bezos did his own dishes (while he wasn’t breaking up his family)
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    Why are bearish markets bad if there are future contracts?

    My personal experience is that it’s hard to trade both sides of the market. You have to be good at one type of market regime. The anti of that regime will be a challenge.
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    Why are bearish markets bad if there are future contracts?

    It’s much easier to make money in an inflating market where new money is coming in. It’s a lot harder to make money when you are fighting to divvy up a set pot.
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