If your long term plans don't involve OPM... I would say, skip the stress! For me, the greatest pressure doesn't come from losing OPM money......
I agree with you, managing OPM is rarely worth it for small balances. You just have to decide what your long term goals are. - if it's to make...
I think you're right. Epic and I both are in the commodity/futures/CFTC world, and things are much simpler from a taxation/fees point of view....
I already mentioned Biog once today, hope he doesn't mind if I blow his cover again. I actually know for a fact he did most of the legal work...
Exchange margin is literally the amount the FCM has to post at the exchange, for the positions of their clients. So, intuitively, many FCMs just...
What the heck, someone else disagreeing with me.. unacceptable! More seriously, nice of you to share. And it actually sounds a lot like Biog...
Haha, good pitch. Truth is, I know I don't need to improve my Sharpe; I'm already doing well enough that higher performance is *really* not an...
I'm not offended by your questions at all, don't think it's inflammatory. I don't have a problem with people disagreeing with me, as long as it...
No disrespect intended, but the above statement is *exactly* why investors want to wait and see 3-4 years of solid trading results, before joining...
I checked with my friend, a securities lawyer working primarily in fund formation. Not the kind of case she sees very often, but basically.. if...
Doesn't this also imply you don't look at paper *losses*? What are your returns/draw-downs when you mark to market daily/weekly?
1. The numbers are clearly great, and no investor will ever turn down an opportunity to get a slice of that. The only reason people aren't...
By general rule of thumb, your worst DD "should" be less than half of your (target) annual returns, especially early on. Beyond that it's...
For those still trying to help this guy... why? I can't think of a less deserving candidate.
Neutral is completely right. In the big picture view, options are fairly priced. Therefore, there is no loss in expected value from buying...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checking_if_a_coin_is_fair
Some day, perhaps years from now, you'll be self-aware enough to laugh at your own posts in this thread. What's your solution for my dream of...
You know, after having done this for a few years... the other question is, why does anyone ever *want* to raise $100k? Let's assume you meet...
I'm Chinese, so for that reason alone I'm interested. I don't care that your English isn't perfect... The Chinese version of the site looks...
Woah! Why do I feel like this paragraph is new...? I don't recall seeing it before: Foreign exchange-traded broad-based security index...
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