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  1. i960

    Jailed hedge funder Doug Whitman is trying to sell his California mansion again

    Fuck this guy and that weasel logic. 2 years isn't enough in that low-security Federal summer camp.
  2. i960

    So after years of seaching..

    I'll have you know, Mr Bare, lucky tennis shoes ARE a proven edge! See below @ 30:30 (just hit play) :D
  3. i960

    "Real Winners Are Equity Traders"

    This sample set has issues as it's highly doubtful that the majority of equity traders on that site were logging their results prior to probably 2010. I mean pretend we took a similar sample back in 1998-2000 - it would show that equities were the absolute only way to go, fast forward 5 years...
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    Gotta love ZERO RISK in the SP500 = $$$

    It's not really a surprise when this is everyone's collective expectation. I do think it'll bounce but I don't think it'll bounce nearly as high as others think. My expectation is that we hit 2120 and then head back down.
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    29 yr old Investment Banker Jumps To His Death From Manhattan Luxury Apt

    Who in their right mind would ever want to work that job? Seriously - I'd rather make 20k/year than to have to work that job, ever. It's not worth it if your entire life is dominated non-stop by a job. It's not healthy, you don't get to have a life, and all the money in the world wouldn't make...
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    "Real Winners Are Equity Traders"

    Haha yep, futures/forex suck and equities are where it's at! Lemme just go load up my account on AAPL, TSLA, AMZN, BABA, and whatever else hype seems to be propping up the Qs. (continues trading futures and fx exclusively)
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    Gotta love ZERO RISK in the SP500 = $$$

    What possible advantage would big money have in dumping hard? It benefits them more to play the headfuck game and make money off the back and forth. I mean heck you could almost just make retail disappear entirely and you'd probably still have the same action.
  8. i960

    Question regarding selling puts for premium

    That's not what I was saying. I was saying VIX explosion *is* going to be painful because you're short vega right now and most likely depending on leverage to make any decent coin. The only trade I agree with *is* ATM straddles. OTM strangles in a low vol->high vol env? Good luck. I also highly...
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    Question regarding selling puts for premium

    Something tells me (mainly your surety) that you're selling 15 delta OTM premium (probably puts) and are playing the steamroller game. This is a fallacy. You still have to have a take on the direction of things, which might not be price. You may not think you have to care about price, but you...
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    29 yr old Investment Banker Jumps To His Death From Manhattan Luxury Apt

    And you literally have just about nothing substantial to even assume that scenario from in the first place.
  11. i960

    Huge Slippage

    It's called a marketable limit order. You submit a limit order for the inside ask price which is effectively the same as a market order but if the market suddenly decides to pull all asks and move them up 100 ticks (strange?) you won't get filled. Atleast, with IB, I don't even see anything...
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    Question regarding selling puts for premium

    Yeah, it's kinda like trading a credit spread. Sure to result in death or, at the very least, disfigurement. Nope, but I've eaten my fair share of it! Great stuff.
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    Question regarding selling puts for premium

    3 of these particularly stuck out to me: On 17 January 1995, in Kota Baru, Malaysia Mat Hussin Sulaiman, 76, was killed when the monkey he used to pick coconuts from trees hurled a coconut, splitting his owner's skull open[35] On 15 August 2001, in Kampung Tanjung Badang, Malaysia, Mamat...
  14. i960

    Option assignment At The Money

    Forget about auto-exercise, I think the more important issue here is the quality of beer you've been drinking, xandman.
  15. i960

    SEC Freezes Profits From Scheme to Manipulate Avon Stock

    Gotta love Matt Levine - this Nedev guy is straight up LOUSY at investing/trading AND fraudstering.
  16. i960

    US forex broker for mid-long term positions? IB interest is killing me

    Not if he's trading something that is a non-major. Also chart the spread between the futures and spot sometime.
  17. i960

    Payroll Stats Become Even More Implausible

    My take is that if it looks and smells like bullshit - then it probably is. Back in 98-99 there was actual hiring with plenty of people working. Then look at what happened when the music stopped - total annihilation. Now take the comparative overall equity index valuations and combine it with an...
  18. i960

    Be afraid, very afraid

    Except that violates law of the jungle and hence never will come to fruition.
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    PnL Measure ... Points or Dollars, which do you quote

    Well I think it goes without saying that you reference the instrument. For instance, I scaled out of the last contract on a 2-lot ES short for 150 ticks total yesterday. I just prefer to work without the dollar figure in the foreground as it places explicit importance on the dollar amount -...
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