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    UVXY short call spreads v. VIX short call spreads

    vol surface, if you understand how to trade these. You can short long whatever appropriate without hastle. More money with leverage on futures. Trade pretty much 23×5.5. You can control what you want to hold.
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    UVXY short call spreads v. VIX short call spreads

    No reason in fact vix options or futures are better route
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    How to lose little

    How to lose little. Focus on how to improve picking winners?...
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    Trader's home office deduction question

    Nice try that has been specifically outlined as non deductible. Working from home is different from self employment. Prior to 2017 it wd have been possible. But TCJA 2017 act specifically suspended home office deduction for employees. Only self employed can avail home office deduction.
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    Trader's home office deduction question

    Sorry not redheads I meant red flags.
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    Trader's home office deduction question

    No not all, but you see 300 is a round number and you also claim the max deductible. Hence the caution. What IRS does is something they only know. But we can do ourselves a favor by minimizing redheads. Don't take it personal.
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    Trader's home office deduction question

    Certain items can very easily trigger audit. And the statement above raises immediate question for anyone. Is someone really foregoing 20 ×15 real-estate otherwise available for any other purpose. IRS is not a bunch of stupids and there are folks trained to look at these items that is minor but...
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    Thoughts on NVDA?

    I am not a fundamentals expert but it may get a boost when semis supply chain issues resolve eventually. Tech usually doesnt have long term longevity since survival depends on continuous innovation. If someone else has a better offering they will get hit. But that assumes indefinite holding.
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    Wash sale and similar correlated assets question

    Read this case law it is not exact but you will get the point. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/905/241/176662/
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    Wash sale and similar correlated assets question

    Different ng etf will go unnoticed but only during an audit a debate will follow about identical or not. A judge will then decide if at all you take it to court. You could do something with ng futures.
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    scalping and "leaving one on"

    To use Dom effectively buy a software that can give Dom footprint. Practice on es during overnight session. About your candle issue, unless your chart period elapsed candle can't be determined so it appears the way you describe.
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    Trader's home office deduction question

    How can you say 10% of the home? Normally it is the square foot of a room. Then 5 $ per sq foot to a max of 1500. Tts has nothing to do with it.
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    Have we hit the top?

    Here is an alternative view on why market is not overvalued. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntobey/2021/06/30/an-issue-holding-back-investors-the-erroneous-belief-that-the-stock-market-is-overvalued/amp/
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    Did American Government directly enter the market and buy up the stocks?

    Yes, I can vouch that's what happened cuz the American government calls me to get the entry confirmed. I kinda act like a fortune parrot for them.
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    Modeling IV

    Seriously?....
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    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    Not so sure, with the fundamental risks on China side, hanging 3.5 bill infra bill and debt ceiling politics. Nevertheless I went long at 4365 and 4347 and no stop at the moment. Got out of productive vix longs. Vvix appears to be losing steam. Hope what you say about overdone turns out true.
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    Headfakes and Volatile Reversals Ahead: Ye Olde Dragons

    Yup, go all in on uvxy. In 300 yrs another pandemic might come.
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    Today, McDonalds, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and others accept bitcoin in El Salvador

    I guess those who buy coffee with btc will buy back the outgoing btc using fiat. Kinda crazy logic but there are people who can think differently.
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    Super weird question on CPU GHz and Cores

    Why do you think traders are by defacto comp Sci nerds? Posting these types of questions in a hardware forum will give you the most convincing reply.
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    Super weird question on CPU GHz and Cores

    Ghz doesn't but number of cores or more cpus can make a difference in multi processing. Differences are hard to measure since it depends on how software algorithms are written. Generally the slowest in terms of latency is writing to files or databases and network comm.
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