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    May You All Have a Blessed...

    a joke is a joke no? OP wasn’t putting down anyone’s beliefs.
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    The World Economy Is Suddenly Running Low on Everything

    i think it has either shown how disruptive the pandemic was to our way of life or it shows how little slack there is in the economy. They are saying that the evergreen situation may create nine month delays in shipping some products because of how little excess capacity there is in shipping.
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    Call Selling Strategy (3 year backtest results)

    Further, most of the trades are in AMZN. IN the 2nd half of january 2021 he is short about 40MM of notional of deep out of the money calls (about 130 calls). I have no idea what the margin would have been, but it probably would have been several hundred thousand if not a few million... all to...
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    Call Selling Strategy (3 year backtest results)

    This is a good lesson on understanding why a strategy works is really important even when developing a quant model. All the pnl was made from q2-2020 through q1-2021. The reason was that there was a huge bid to call vol. Even the mainstream press was talking about softbank and RobinHood traders...
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    Remember those corporate bailouts last year?

    trump was so good at that.
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    Remember those corporate bailouts last year?

    The small businesses are the ones crewed by the 300/week
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    Why? - Back to the Office - Fannies in Chairs

    Remember when the office trend was open workspaces as they fostered collaboration and idea generation? That was like 2010 to 2020. Prior to that it was about separation (cubicles) to reduce distractions. now we are moving further into the separation camp with WFH. I don’t see how it lasts. I...
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    Deduct IB margin interests and fees from TurboTax?

    Under 2percent miscellaneous deduction for the interest. you can’t deduct the market data unless you claim trader status I believe
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    Base strike on probability or fixed percentage?

    Here’s a a general opinion: it either matters to your strategy or it doesn’t. For me sometimes it’s critical so critical it defines the profitability of the trade and other times its so irrelevant that it doesn’t matter if the strike is below spot or above spot.
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    Base strike on probability or fixed percentage?

    the decision is either is highly dependent on your strategy or it doesn’t matter much at all. With so little information no one can tell you what is reasonable.
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    IB offer letters — Goldman return to office — Volatility-trader talent war

    it would have been better if he gave it to the wife of his secret family. Maybe the old lady was that.
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    So it turns out Tether only holds 3% cash, the rest IOUs etc.

    commercial paper is a form of a money market. its extremely short term duration debt (like 30 days). companies use it all the time to finance ongoing operations. with the exception of 2008, it almost never defaults.
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    Cathie Woods, Ark etf now called Bark etf- its a dog

    Norbert apparently put me on block because he was to chickenshit to defend his assertion about women with facts and data. that’s an example of a real masculine man.
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    series 7 pros cons

    If you are trading without a series seven, you are in violation of several trading laws. You might be subject to fines up to 2.5 times of your account value
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    My naked SPY calls went deep in the money. but still made BBQ and had a good day

    he thinks he’s warren buffet who negotiated to buy 8percent of Goldman Sachs through warrants and then drank a cherry coke.
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    Rule 3210 - disclosing your trading account to your firm

    they might if it’s a US brokerage. It happend to my sister. question really is: is it worth the risk?
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    Rule 3210 - disclosing your trading account to your firm

    you may be fired and if you are in certain jobs, it might hit your U4.
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    A Goldman Sachs boss has reportedly quit after making millions on dogecoin

    7 figures and he’s probably looking to earn 8 or 9.
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    Why does a stock go up when there is an investigation?

    these are ambulance chaser lawyers. It’s a scam.
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    IBKR - NOTICE OF AMENDMENT: Interactive Brokers LLC Client Agreement

    In today’s world they can be interchangeable if they wish it to be.
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