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The total price you pay/receive always includes accrued interest so if you buy a bond just before the coupon payment then you will pay the seller the proportional amount of that coupon, which in case of a day or two before it means practically the whole coupon. Sorry, no free lunch here.

It is the former.

Say $10 mil or so.

You were heard! :)

No, job is not a requirement. This is not a loan application. They don't care if you have regular income or not. It's your money you're risking.

Porsche indeed used OTC options. Option exchanges have position size limits so I doubt there's a way to acquire a meaningful stake using exchange-traded options. Besides, as the previous person noted, such transactions would attract attention.

Do you really believe that this is a good market for trend following!? The market has been wipsawing a lot so I really don't see how a trend following system could work, unless it's a short term trend. ICs have been working nicely if you know how to play them and can be patient.

The first post you make is about some "online course". Sounds like SPAM.

Unless you have significant capital no clearing firm will deal with you directly.

Get coffee for experienced traders. :D (Sorry couldn't resist)

Yes, the inverse relationship has been quite pronounced, however it hasn't always been the case. And unfortunately, there's no simple explanation for this. What may partly explain this is that when stock go up there's more optimism and US investors buy foreign stocks so they sell USD. On the...

It's hard to average it. What a market maker does may be completely different from what a hedge fund trader does, as their goals may not be the same. The description you post sounds like a market maker job.

It makes no difference to you. On a side note, it can be either.

Of course he's talking about options, SPX options in particular.

You are looking at quarterlys, look at the standard ones for April.

1 penny wide spreads are insane!? what planet are you from?

You can change the color scheme and font size by clicking on "options" in the log-in window (i.e. the window that opens when you double-click on the thinkorswim icon and before logging in)

Your loss. :D

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