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    To stop loss or not

    Jim Simmons has a Phd from Berkeley and a BS from MIT. He is the quintessential scientist-to-trader example.
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    To stop loss or not

    Read the article and have the following comments: 1) Article fails to consider that when you stop, you free up capital that can be assigned to other trades. Perhaps re-enter the same trade at a better level. Both scenarios would also have an effect on the final distribution. 2) I agree that a...
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    To stop loss or not

    So March 2020 did not happen?
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    How is negative yield possible?

    Ask all those Bund buyers.....in practical terms you may rationally buy a negative nominally yielding bond if its real yield is positive, i.e. deflation, or if you expect to sell it before maturity at a higher price.
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    How is negative yield possible?

    lets say you buy a bond maturing in 1yr with a coupon of 10% and you pay a price of 111.00. You pay 111 for the bond and receive 110 at maturity. Voila negative yield.
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    Brief Introduction

    There goes FB. Sadly I am flat.
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    Brief Introduction

    On the institutional sell side(FX), you see a lot of smart money and big ticket flow. Real Money is quite predictable and seasonal. You are able to see and organize flow from HF, real Money, CTA's and model accounts. Market Making, even in big shops where you can take some sizable risk is a...
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    Brief Introduction

    There are not that many opportunities with a high enough expected payoff to warrant having an outright position. Perhaps there are but I do not have the resources or the knowledge to recognize them. I stick to indices and a handful of stocks I can follow(or have a macro/micro theme I can...
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    Brief Introduction

    I have been a professional trader the past 20 years, working in some of the largest global banks and one of the major US IB. My experience is mostly in FX and Interest rate derivatives, and mostly in emerging markets. I have had very little exposure to the equity markets, other than as macro...
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