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  1. ScroogeMcDuck

    Revolution in motion?

    So the fed delayed the inevitable reckoning by printing trillions of dollars.
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    What are "safe" spreads with speculative bubbles such as now?

    YOLO naked short the 2023 calls, obviously.
  3. ScroogeMcDuck

    Has anyone looked at long term strategy of looking at just buying real growth/low money printing?

    Equities in poor countries underperform despite high GDP growth due to high corruption and stupidity. Plus almost all poor countries have very inflationary fiat currencies.
  4. ScroogeMcDuck

    Revolution in motion?

    what's the lowest latency way to get CNBC in case I want to try watching CNBC to front-run the plebs who watch it?
  5. ScroogeMcDuck

    Best broker for trading cheap options?

    What's a good broker with no fees on option buying/selling/exercising/assigning, and lax margin requirements?
  6. ScroogeMcDuck

    One of the most interesting aspects of this Gamestop saga to me...

    every political subreddit is full of gamestop stuff.
  7. ScroogeMcDuck

    IBKR disabled cash purchases of GME and AMC

    I heard fidelity and etrade still allowed GME as of a few hours ago.
  8. ScroogeMcDuck

    IBKR disabled cash purchases of GME and AMC

    I would like to adjust my delta hedge on my short call position in AMC, but TWS has just informed me that all new purchases of AMC are disabled. Why is that? Was it IBKR's choice to do that, or was it forced on IBKR by the SEC or a clearing broker or somebody? I don't believe any brokers...
  9. ScroogeMcDuck

    AMC OMG WTF

    In these "free" brokers, the customers are not the users. So of course the brokers do what the actual customers want (the hedge funds who pay for order flow) instead of what the users want by shutting down trading of GME/AMC. Subsidizing incumbent big business under the pretense of consumer...
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    IB banning opening new put option positions in GME

    SEC stands for Suck Elon's Cock
  11. ScroogeMcDuck

    IB banning opening new put option positions in GME

    I actually shorted some AMC puts today because WSB diamond hands go brrrr The original run-up from 20 to 40, the day before the regular january options expired, the margin requirement on GME was only ~1/4 of the principal. Somebody's account probably went super negative, so IB banned opening...
  12. ScroogeMcDuck

    How secret are my strategies with a retail broker?

    I had a really good strategy shorting pump and dumps in May through October, but I talked about it too much, bragged about my Sharpe ratio of 6, and then in Oct-Dec it got overcrowded to the point that it was much harder to find targets, and now in January it's blowing up with WSB manufacturing...
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    How secret are my strategies with a retail broker?

    If I'm using a retail broker, and my account makes a lot of money there, is anybody who works for that broker going to see what I'm doing and tell his hedge fund buddies about it? Are there any privacy laws about that sort of thing?
  14. ScroogeMcDuck

    Would a crypto fan call GME a store of value?

    Fundamental characteristics of money: 1. scarcity GME can issue as many new shares as they want. grade: D- 2. durability Will this company even still exist in a few years? grade: D 3. divisibility grade: B 4. fungibility grade: A 5. portability Transferring shares from one broker to another...
  15. ScroogeMcDuck

    AMC OMG WTF

    Please point me towards some day trading books that provide a real edge that isn't all getting arbed away by robots
  16. ScroogeMcDuck

    difference between "market value" and "net liquidation value"

    On TWS, what's the difference between your portfolio's "market value" and "net liquidation value"?
  17. ScroogeMcDuck

    AMC OMG WTF

    well hopefully you day traders will take enough money from the robinhood plebs that they can no longer afford to pump it 10x beyond a reasonable price
  18. ScroogeMcDuck

    AMC OMG WTF

    12x in 2 weeks on no news except a new bond issue / private placement to delay the inevitable bankruptcy.
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