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    Where would you park $800k?

    Define "low risk". We don't know the risk mandate so the question can not be answered properly. What is the Max Draw Down ("MDD") on the total Eq he is okay with? if you can answer this question it will possible to give a good answer.
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    NFTs, the next wave of stupidity

    Agree, digital items for ten bucks or hundred bucks I can get. This art stuff for absurd amounts is just weird. You don't even own the copyright to the work you bought, so a company or anyone is free to use your NFT on websites, news media, advertising or marketing without the NFT owner getting...
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    NFTs, the next wave of stupidity

    Believe NFT's got a solid use case for unique items in computer games. NFT's allow in-game items like weapons and equipment to be sold and bought between players for real money. It's allows in-games items to be traded on an exchange with real time bid/ask of real money.
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    Is 50,000$ Enough to set up a trading account to earn a full time living?

    Yes you can, even with no leverage at all.
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    your "typical" strategy

    Systematic trading books are not option specific, any book will do. Options is just one vehicle among others. Don't read books myself these days, mostly research papers, interviews and articles by and on CTA/HF people.
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    your "typical" strategy

    PM is Portfolio Margin using OCC's model. You got a pipeline which goes from brainstorming, idea generation, early testing of ideas, more in-dept testing of promising early results, validating the Alpha component and so on. This is basic stuff one can pick up in books covering...
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    your "typical" strategy

    I do heavy research and development (complete process covering everything) during a period to locate a real source of validated Alpha. Then I build and tailor my strategy/system around that. Every source of real and true Alpha is unique. Usually I use one Alpha source for multiple...
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    Hooter Girls call market top according to hemline indicator

    It was a reliable indicator back in 1900-1960's. Today it's mostly irrelevant as women wear pants and womans clothing is not the same as it was back in the old days.
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    How to know if my edge is going away?

    You know then it breaks the expected range of draw down. Lets say you have a expected long term draw down range of negative 0-20%, if it drops beyond the floor at -20% you know something is wrong. It's an anomaly. Your strategy/system/model is not working as expected.
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    bln's playground

    Another signal and executed trade from my quantitative statistical trading model. Sep 30, 2021, SPX 6oct21, +4300C/-4305C, 1, 3.1, 5.0, +$190, $2430 Annualized Return 2021: +102.50% This is non-compounded linear return. If scaling up number of contracts the return is higher.
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    Which site would you recommend for option chain?

    Options Industry Council website is another source. 20min delayed quotes. https://www.optionseducation.org/toolsoptionquotes/optionsquotes
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    bln's playground

    Sep 20, 2021, SPX 24sep21 +4350C/-4355C, 1, 3.1, 5.0, +$190, $2240 Annualized Return 2021: +87%
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    How to become a money manager?

    We can start a CTA business together. I'm open for that. You do the PR, marketing, capital gathering, meetings with clients, legal work, back office, etc. and I do 100% of the asset management and trading. Hit me up if interested.
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    bln's playground

    Starting eq: $1200 trade date , bull call spread , contracts , entry price , exit price , pl , equity Jan 27, 2021 , SPX 03feb21 +3745C/-3750C , 1 , 3.0 , 5.0 , +$200 , $1400 Mar 23, 2021 , SPX 29mar21 +3905C/-3910C , 1 , 3.0, 5.0 , +$200 , $1600 Jul 19, 2021 , SPX 23jul21 +4250C/-4255C , 1 ...
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    Flex Options Broker

    Anyone know a broker who year 2021 offers FLEX-options on SPX? either via execution platform or order desk by phone.
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    Today, McDonalds, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and others accept bitcoin in El Salvador

    It's also about becoming "banked". El salvadorians get access to the global market place and are able to buy and sell services and goods with anyone regardless where they are. Volatility is not a problem. USD is still the base currency and the XBT/USD exchange price is fixed on-the-fly at the...
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    bln's playground

    In my real-money account I target 50% annualized return for a -25% MDD risk. Not quite as aggressive as the journal model account which guns for 100% annual return for an 50% MDD.
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    bln's playground

    Another Bull Call spread trade for the books: Aug 19, 2021, SPX 25aug21 +4400C/-4405C, 1, +180, $1980 Annualized Return 2021: +65%
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    The Coronavirus Is Here Forever

    Hey retard, we are talking specifically about Covid-19 virus here. Why are you bringing irrelevant polio into the discussion.
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    The Coronavirus Is Here Forever

    Natural immunizaion is superiour to vaccines. Vaccines helps a bit, especially older people. I guess then 100% of worlds population are natural immune, the virus will go away. It will take many years to get to that point.
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