I think he's trying to say there's a big difference daytrading with an edge and daytrading based on just a feeling, which (not my words) is equal...
Oh my apologies, names only huh? well, there's Global, Velocity, basically the ones you mention, I just told you these firms give you 120X...
Don't the brokers you mention already give pretty highly leveraged intraday margin requirements? 500 dollars for ES is 120X leverage, even buying...
It's basically leveraged synthetic indexing, a few mutual funds do this quite well. 2 times upside of the S&P, but 2 times downside the other way.
Things like corporate actions, cash settlements, income distribution, financial statements etc. take a bit of effort, but in reality you're right...
It sure pays the bills for what is often a "regulatory hurdle."
No I'm still right, just misunderstood the original post. If you want pure arbitrage like what the big institionals do, they settle with the bank...
I"ll have to be blunt too, guess who calculates these NAVS, ME! That's right, my 9 to 5 job is to calculate NAVs for ETFs, and guess how many...
Well, let's assume you can get a really good deal on commissions and such, it isn't actually pure arbitrage, so you'd need to time it exactly...
Actually QQQQ ETF does not have the risk free rate built in since the underlying is the actual stock itself. The only way to arb the NAV is to...
INstitutional money flow was actually positive today, all the negative flow was not hitting any bids. I got a buy signal today, but it's not...
Guessing before the earnings means you are betting against the consensus. The problem is that the consensus is just an average of all analysts, so...
Monday is going to be a weird day for myself MNX, We use a US system but process canadian securities, so it's gonna be a bitch trying to toggle...
I made this mistake too, and I hate to be nitpicky, but really everybody should start learning how to spell the guy's name correctly, its just...
I agree with your assessment of financial reward. There is just no way of making a decent amount of RISK-adjusted money at the firm. I make twice...
Am I getting this right, people are actually considering hooking up with co=workers? Talk about digging your grave twice!
Couldn't have said it better myself Vic, I totally accept some investments going bad due to a manager's idiocy/incompetence, but not from kniving...
YES YES! its unbelievable how much mutual funds pay your local Edward Jones loser to pump up their stuff... There must be a better way to do things.
The problem with mutual funds is you usually start off low of the low, either in customer service or back office accounting. If you think the pay...
Many banks will have a supply. And if you want to shop around, go to your local jewellery store, they often have a stash of gold bars in their vaults
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