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by hntrader 6y ago
Good point. Learned something there.
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by hntrader 6y ago
Most likely it's a large long position who is capitulating or being margin called (stopped out) by their broker. I don't think a short seller with that kind of capital would ever chase a steep drop like that.
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by hntrader 6y ago
The short interest was above 100%, so there was naked shorting going on, although no direct evidence linking it to hedge funds (but they would've been most of the short float, so probably yes).
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by hntrader 6y ago
Yeah it must be, they gave funds to Melvin Capital which took a beating on GME, and make money off Robinhood's customer flow.
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by hntrader 6y ago
Hedge funds made millions off this move by Robinhood. As soon as this information became known - and they would be the first to know about since they would've game planned this out - they would've loaded up on put options and fron
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by hntrader 6y ago
Which would be entertainment value, fitting into number 1 above (ie reasons unrelated to profit expectations)
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by hntrader 6y ago
I'd like to know whether these retail investors see Gamestop as artwork or as speculation/investment. Artwork - they buy it not because of any intrinsic value or expectation of a dividend/capital gain, but because of reasons
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by hntrader 6y ago
Well their competitors are benefiting from unpriced externalities. I could also say "Another quarter, another profit for Toyota ex-externalities". They're also going to optimise their pricing around the existence of credits.
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by hntrader 6y ago
I wonder the impact of how widespread the knowledge of the original Milgram experiments is. If the subjects figure that the pain is fake because they've heard about this experiment before they might be more willing to administer the sh
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by hntrader 6y ago
Step 0 and step 2 are false, but in typical Twitter fashion uttered with such confidence. Citadel can fill those trades internally for better-than-market price, but it's illegal to front-run them. It's not a practice I agree with,
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by hntrader 6y ago
> where just eating less and doing more sport doesn't really work I can understand it not working because it's hard to eat less when attempting to lose weight (something I've struggled with for a long time), but I know if
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by hntrader 6y ago
> You're telling me 10,000 (if even?) guys sitting at home doing retail trading have $1M each in positions driving this? 100,000 people with $100,000 each, during the day? No, it's the same retail people trading in and out. Som
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by hntrader 6y ago
The causes behind the relationship likely differ at each end of the income distribution. Below $50k, marginal increases in wealth drive utility primarily through improved material comfort. Above $250k, it becomes more and more about status
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by hntrader 6y ago
Related (on how to fall asleep quickly): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16671944
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by hntrader 6y ago
I was fairly overweight (BMI bordering on obese) and encourage frank and constant discourse around the health consequences of obesity, and disagree with the normalization of obesity in e.g. fashion magazines and advertisements. Seeing such
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by hntrader 6y ago
Doesn't this violate calories in/calories out, or is that model only theoretical? > Go on a low carb / ketogenic diet instead Agree, it's the easiest way to lose weight. Cut out processed food, added sugars and rice&#
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by hntrader 6y ago
I prefer to refer to it as metabolic syndrome rather than obesity (even though they're not strictly identical) just to reinforce the point that it's going to likely lead to early mortality if left untreated.
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by hntrader 6y ago
I put them above most academic economists. Economics is a broad discipline and even macro specialists are most often not experts on monetary policy. Their research focus is likely distinct and tangential, and their understanding of central
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by hntrader 6y ago
Yeah, they have an incentive to appear overconfident since their job is also largely a sales role, in order to prevent redemptions and encourage new fund inflows. They are still the number one domain experts insofar as Central Bank policy g
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by hntrader 6y ago
This is a false accusation made in incredibly bad faith. I don't know whether you're suffering paranoid ideation or what's going on, but someone sharing links to a tech they're discussing (which I edited out after your p
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by hntrader 6y ago
A fixed income fund manager is a domain expert in this area, even though he was wrong about this prediction. Their full time job is largely to understand and anticipate Central Bank policy.
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by hntrader 6y ago
Off topic and I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, but I'd love to see some kind of AI dubbing applied to YouTube vids (similar to AI subs) so I can watch videos that aren't in my native language while doing other
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by hntrader 6y ago
I don't want to create machines that feel. I'm saying that if it is possible, then it becomes a profoundly important ethical question. It's a matter of debate in philosophy of mind as to whether it's plausible that hardw
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by hntrader 6y ago
Changing your IP address should resolve your concerns?
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by hntrader 6y ago
Diet soda (aspartame) does nasty work to the brain. It's best to avoid totally. Large observational study referenced in this article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-red-light-distri... Some decen
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by hntrader 6y ago
You're right that there's not a good reason to expect incentive to block people, a priori, even though it's vaguely plausible. I do expect that they would certainly be accused that that's their motive whenever someone ge
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by hntrader 6y ago
I lost my Google account because I changed my phone number, and when I logged onto it using another device it asked me to verify myself by inputting the code from an SMS message, which I couldn't do. I went through their automated acco
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by hntrader 6y ago
Although currently abstract, I think it's going to be one of the most important ethical questions we face in the future. If we create machines that can suffer, then we've got a profound ethical responsibility to make sure that we
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by hntrader 6y ago
There's definitely an anti-trust dimension here, but it's not related to first mover advantage; Facebook wasn't nearly the first mover, or due to capital; Facebook was somewhat widely thought to have over-paid for Instgram, i
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by hntrader 6y ago
The deniers I know are conservatives who reject it outright simply because it's what the liberals believe (or perhaps, to find some common ground, it's what liberal institutions believe). They've read little about it and assu

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