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Oh a few posts ago you just mentioned those relationships are juicy? :=)

Can a 10M fund get that kind of relationship? Or how large size is the minimum for getting that kind of relationship?

what's "83d to 100d"?

Bloomberg has nice tools for example NOON: allows me to see the Crude Oil Stored in Floating Tankers Today... But I have never thought about good ways to make use of these info - i.e. how to turn these info into money and/or strategy... Any thoughts? Thanks! -------------- If...

I have mostly been trading commodities futures... I was wondering if it is a good idea to also get into trading physicals... Taking trading oil physicals as an example, it needs quite a bit operations work, sourcing, transportation, etc. which of course, is not as clean as trading purely...

Now let me dampen your initial excitement! :=) BB is not open, and it's very hard to find a developer for BB API... Any of your "scanner" and/or "statistics" type of thing will very likely hit their "enhancement request" queue and it's to the business manager's discretion whether they want...

For those, IB suffices...

So in order to get relationship with brokers, you just have to trade thru the brokers?

How about IB? Does IB have the forward IV curve? I have been using Bloomberg for long time but every time I want something a bit out of box, they always tell me they will create an enhancement request ticket and link my name to it...

Nobody actually talked about the legal procedures for creating such an investment management/advisory firm? I hope to use my friend's friend's investment as an initial demonstration, if it turns out to be successful, there will be more investment and we can create a full-blown hedgefund...

what legal procedure shall we follow? its a bit small money but evenutally hopefully we can attract more funds and grow big. for such small money do we have to register as hedgefund?

In those principal protected note, you need a zero coupon bond, but most high grade bonds are very low yield, which means the present value is too high ... how do you structure a good deal using such bonds?

no matter how good the backtest looks, if there is no liquidity there is no use... so how do I figure out historical liquidity? thx

Is there a fixed business day convention for options on WTI? or is there a fixed relative business day convention for WTI options that is related to the expiry date of WTI futures? thanks a lot!

No, physically you want to buy a house and want its principal to be protected... is it possible?

Is there a way to create a financial product to allow investors to invest in houses with no downside risks? Ie. a call option on house prices, etc...

What are good ways to express a view in regional housing market? Any good financial products, other than physically own a house?

What are good ways to express a view in regional housing market? Any ETFs?

I meant "how professional option traders use greeks..." practicing their thought processes in trading...

I have a degree in financial math but still I feel I lack the knowledge and skills for practical trading of greeks... Could anybody point me to some good practical greeks books (not those financial math books)? Any good practical option greeks book that help me practice those greeks...