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Pension money in general will look for lower returns with less volatility to those returns. Rich..yes...sophisticated, not always.

That is too general a statement when a hedge fund does not have to hedge. Some can be very risky and some can be all hedged. It depends on their strategy.

Pooled funds that trade futures more than a "nominal" percentage of there assets, have to register as a Commodity Pool and be regulated by both the SEC and NFA/CFTC.

I don't like to correct forum members however, most hedge funds don't use options or futures. Most focus on equities, long or long/short, and/or fixed income. If they add futures they might have to register as a CPO which they try to avoid unless that is their focus. Some use options for hedging...

Hedge funds are attractive to investors because there is the expectation that they can beat the market indexes over time or provide uncorrelated returns. There is the expectation that risk/reward is better than the indexes too. I believe all these expectations can be true but not all the time...

A tax on securities should not effect futures.

I think it is very important we in the industry support lobby groups like the (Securities Trading Association) STA to represent our views and our interests with the SEC and Congress. https://securitytraders.org

I don't normally post my political opinions on ET. So this will be the 1st time. I’m so tired of politicians creating laws they don’t understand. Creating regulations they don’t understand. Promoting business through laws they don’t understand. Then, blaming a capitalist society for trying to...

Clearly his goal is to vilify ALL of "Wall Street" and penalize short term trading. Any business that benefits from trading will be harmed. On a positive side, this legislature will Never pass these taxes into law with this current mix of Democrats and Republicans.

Accounts payable debt payments from loans higher costs than revenues

I was an Option MM on the Amex. It might be different now as I left in early 2010. I was required to sign up to quote a symbol. Once approved, I had to make 10 up markets, no more than $5 wide. I also had a requirement to do a large percentage of my volume in the name I signed up for. That way I...

Reduce you position size during times of stress.

I'll PM you

There is no time value for a cash deal. OTM options get deleted.

Got it..thx

Yes and Yes on our DMA routes. For portfolio margin accounts: Merrill Lynch Professional:>$5mm (We normally ask for $5.1mm) Apex Clearing: >$250,000 (We normally ask for $300,000) The extra over the minimum is to protect the client from PM calls as you need to stay above the clearing firms...

What is "shallow risk"?

You have to think of the mind set of an investor, not a trader. Someone that wants to save for retirement, college for their young child etc. For these investors, a mutual fund or ETF that replicates the S&P 100 or 500 is much safer than stock picking where there are daily surprises that can...

In general, if it's a stock deal, or stock plus cash, the option will adjust with the deal. Instead of getting 100 shares of the stock A, each option will be worth whatever the tender is for. If it's a cash deal and their is no stock, the option will settle for cash if in the money based on the...

Thx. Taking liquidity.