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    What should be done about the MAGA terrorist threat?

    The evidence wasn't substantial enough. The supreme court (including Trump's three picks) sided against him. This is one man's ego and his ability to use the media machine and Republican sycophants to broadcast it. Millions of people feel disenfranchised every day. You call them names for...
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    D.C. Rally

    Proud Boys standing by sir!
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    War!

    normally the outgoing president loves America enough to not do damage and instead help in a transition.
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    What keeps Close-ended-funds NAV in line with the share price?

    sometimes they do things you can’t easily do. For example they were some call overwrite funds that I had invested in back when I was an institutional trader snd had compliance issues with trading my PA. but I can’t think of another good reason and that’s why they aren’t so prevalent.
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    WW2 : 3000 nazi soldiers, hunting 6 Norway commandos

    If it’s the same plant I’m thinking of, the allies sent 30 bombers to destroy it knowing that like 20 wouldn’t come back.
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    Human-Run Hedge Funds Trounce Quants in Covid Year

    forget elitetraders. There are literally thousands of CTA’s and startup hedge funds that boast profitable strategies. Yet virtually none of them get funded.
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    Human-Run Hedge Funds Trounce Quants in Covid Year

    I didn’t mean boiler room as a place of fraud. I should have used the word pressure cooker. It’s a tough place with tight risk limits and high expectations. If you can survive it, it’s a strong signal to prospective investors.
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    Human-Run Hedge Funds Trounce Quants in Covid Year

    the world is awash with “profitable” strategies. attracting capital is hard. Attracting enough capital to make a self sustaining business is even harder - almost impossible without a pedigree of bank head (proves you can manage traders) or proper hedge fund PM (if you were successful at a...
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    Any Retail Brokers Allow Funding from Debit Cards?

    If you have a debit card, can’t you just write a check?
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    Any Retail Brokers Allow Funding from Debit Cards?

    Guys a debit card is just an electronic check. It’s not like he’s borrowing off a credit card.
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    Famed Medallion Fund “Stretches . . .Explanation to the Limit,” Professor Claims

    I don’t buy that the individual contributors are substantially smarter than everyone else. I do buy that they have a culture that brings out the best in those people: like Goldman vs it’s rivals.
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    Famed Medallion Fund “Stretches . . .Explanation to the Limit,” Professor Claims

    Most of these arbitrages are aren’t really arbitrages. Risk arbitrage is a pennies and steamroller strategy. my guess is that Renaissance doesn’t have secret strategies but is really good at allocating to their strategies: adding to the right ones and shutting down the wrong ones. I also...
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    What should a successful Trader's day/week look like?

    I’m a discretionary vol trader. Explicit Hours I spend is not relevant part. It’s the implicit hours I spend contemplating my risk and opportunity set. for example: what does the sell off yesterday mean? How does my risk behave with respect to it? Why? Am I okay with this? A certain limited...
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    What keeps Close-ended-funds NAV in line with the share price?

    They normally trade at a discount because of the lack of arbitraguers
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    Transition sabotage to screw over America

    because it makes America weak. That or because they hate blacks. Pintofire can shed light on which.
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    Transition sabotage to screw over America

    liberals love America. They just want America to do better for all her citizens. Conservatives hate America. They only want power. They will happily seek it at the expense of country. They will ally with foreign powers to rig elections, attempt to overthrow a fair election, allow hundreds of...
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    Feel Good Holiday Rally

    fair point. At noon it was a different market.
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    Feel Good Holiday Rally

    ? it was a 1.4percent sell off: like 1.5x the daily expected move.
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    Trader from Hungary looking for Mentor or working strategy

    I’m happy that you aren’t looking for easy money. I hate people who are like that. I’ll sell you my strategy for 3.44 USD. However it’s only capable of earning 97percent profit with virtually no draw downs. PM and we can discuss.
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    I'd Like To See Pence Turn The Electoral Vote On Its Head

    Me too. the constitution is way overrated.
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