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    Clear things up: Is the FED buying Equities?

    As I indicated, ZH was actually only quoting a Reuters article from a few days before. So probably not right wing misinformation but certainly not some ZH exclusive that couldn't be found anywhere else. It wasn't even original to them. About the only original content they generate is either...
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    Securing successful strategy from the broker stealing it

    And what exactly would that look like? BTW, I think they have more important things to worry about right now. In fact, I'd say they have more important things to think about all the time! If the do or not is another matter.
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    Seeding - How to protect IP

    The venture capital world might be instructive for this question. VCs universally refuse to sign an NDA with any entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs routinely share what they believe to be unique, billion dollar ideas with VCs, sometimes dozens of VCs before they get one to invest in them. There are a...
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    $3000 Capital Loss Limitation Change Proposal

    Yeah, it kind of knocks out the whole whining about how long ago it was set part of their argument. Hope these guys are better at accounting than they are at convincing others to go with their ideas!
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    Securing successful strategy from the broker stealing it

    Ah, he's turned into an ad hominem poet now. Brilliant, the beauty of your prose brings a tear to my eye.
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    Securing successful strategy from the broker stealing it

    Such intellect. Stunning, just stunning.
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    Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold all its airline stocks because of the coronavirus

    Well that addresses one of several issues raised, although since the lungs aren't the only entryway for COVID it doesn't even fully address that one. If face masks were a magic bullet then we wouldn't have any sick healthcare workers.
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    Cboe plans pit reopening

    I hate the pit, it's where SPX orders go to die! I was hoping this would be the final nail and they'd let it die off but I guess that was too much to hope for:(
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    Bank account which accepts investment companies and has good wire fees

    I don't have answer for you but am interested in what you find out. The regional banks and credit unions are all pretty small time and in my experience get scared by anything that isn't straight banking in exactly the flavor they're used to. On the other hand I know you can get all those...
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    Public Companies Receiving SBA PPP Loans Under the CARES Act

    Does seem rather pointless doesn't it? On the other hand, it also seems rather pointless for the several $400M+ market cap companies that applied for sub $2M loans. Seriously, did they really stop to think if it was worth the publicity and whatever greed they needed to tend in order to screw...
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    Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold all its airline stocks because of the coronavirus

    I'm not sure I'd pick Spirit even if I bought that logic. They're not necessarily efficient, they're just low cost because they jam lots of people on airplanes and don't waste money on things like customer service. The jamming part seems to not fit well with successful in a COVID environment...
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    Securing successful strategy from the broker stealing it

    And such a broad range of comments as well, befitting of the very best of the best 5th graders in this great nation!
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    Securing successful strategy from the broker stealing it

    What an insightful and useful comment. We're lucky to have someone like you here on the forum adding value like that, you should be proud of your contributions.
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    If market is forward looking, why does it ever go down?

    Twenty years ago was the height of the .com boom. The Semiconductor Manufacturing Index reflected on the fortunes of a significant percentage of the market by market cap because we were in a huge bubble of tech companies so they made up an outsized part of the total market's market cap. The .com...
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    If market is forward looking, why does it ever go down?

    For the OP, there's a whole field of valuation methods based on discounted cash flow. If you do a little research on DCF valuation and how net present value works it will make sense in a macro sense. Note that in no way am I advocating for using DCF to determine if the market is priced...
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    Simply Astounding

    I don't think there's any doubt the video is authentic or that the pilot's saw what they saw. As someone who spent 20 years flying around with similar equipment though, I think there are plenty of far more reasonable explanations that range from something as simple a bug on the sensor that...
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    NYMEX WTI Jun20 -50 strike puts trade for a tick!

    OK Boomer. Probably a better attitude than stealing from future generations like their grandparents, but to each their own I guess. BTW, I'm solidly Gen X (and you're probably Y, you just came off sounding like a Boomer) and the millennials who work for me impress the hell out of me. Heck, my...
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    WTF? Down 15k on huge option mispricing. Can someone check please

    I don't believe there's any evidence that this is IBs goal in any way, shape, or form. Their goal is to ensure your account never goes negative so they don't ever lose a precious dollar, and that is all. They couldn't care less if their method incorrectly determines a price in a way that screws...
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    WTF? Down 15k on huge option mispricing. Can someone check please

    You actually need to do the opposite, put in an order to open 1 more option the same as you already have. That makes "The Algorithm" think that there is a buyer out there for your options at a better price then they think exists now. It's a bit tricky because you don't want it to actually...
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    WTF? Down 15k on huge option mispricing. Can someone check please

    Like I said, "The Algorithm" that run IB bases IV on the bid/ask spread if there are no trades, and sometimes even if there are trades. And yes, they autoliquidate all the time based on that, it's a "feature" that's unique to IB and one of the primary reasons why lots of us have left them for...
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