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I was short a call option last Friday that was 5percent in the money. At 5pm the stock fell 15percent and the option was not exercised. ps: you are playing chess with a pigeon.

fed put a backstop on the markets.

except his “clock” is is really a spatula and he’s arguing that the clock on Big Ben is wrong.

I was a pro and I wore my pnl on my sleeve. Most of the discretionary traders did too.

I thought bot technology was better than this.

up until 2020, hlf was my most profitable underlying. Fading ackman was easy. While all his points were right, it was obvious the FTC would have never admitted it.

not “white people”?

your pnl good or bad never had an effect on you? Especially as you were vying for bonus dollars?

"risk manager" is different from "manager." i ran an electronic market maker book (developed the second iteration of the desk), a volatility prop book, and built an event driven volatility flow trading business for a major bank before i left and started trading on my own. I've been trading vol...

our mutual friend has a story about trading salmon.

the nerve you struck was with your stupid conspiracy theories. Let me guess. You are the crazy trump loving uncle not invited to thanksgiving at your family’s houses anymore.

I know what your firm does. I’m not looking for a job. I’m curious as to why someone from Walgreens would be applying to your firm.

from what department? The finance department? What roles could someone from Walgreens do at your firm.

But a warranty and a standard system reduces risk. That’s my opinion.

are you surprised?

i think its worth it. A computer like that will last 8-10 years between computing horsepower and quality of components. So he's amortizing $500-700/year. I did something similar in 2018 and that computer would still be used for my trading. I just reupped because i needed a second computer for...

if you use a credit card, the purchases are already tracked and tied to your home address, employment, mortgage, etc.

How were you the head of a trading desk and be asking basic questions and offering programming services instead of market insights or derivatives insights?

1. Arbitrage between options and listed futures and the arbitrage between the implied vol derived from the trabeable price and the realized vol. same reason for American options. American options are not exercised early that often. The criteria is pretty strict. 2. The listed bid offer is wide...

shut up with your conspiracies. You can’t be this dumb.