who shorts, rather than buying puts? when is it ok to have infinite, rather than contained, losses? hedge funds have been playing catch with grenades because they’re buddy-buddy but as soon as risk materializes from the outside it’s time to change the rules?
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in addition to being unfair (we know that) why. are they allowed to be idiots? brokers that allow naked shorting like this are being foolish and of course they will run into trouble during times of great volatility. but then they turn around and screw their own customers.
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having shorts in your financial model is as dumb as letting a naked singularity run around in your simulation code. it's just the wrong risk model and it's bound to mess you up.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
if what you're saying is true, like it should be, then these people are being really dumb, and we're pretty sure they gotta average right of two σ so: time to update the model. since 08 there isn't any terminal downside risk. if you're big enough the house will cheat. as we see
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I know you keep up so I bet you're on this page already, if not ahead of me, but: thing about silver is, if they're caught short, no amount of fuckery can save em we squeeze that, it actually hurts.
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there's plenty of real analysis in here, mixed in with the usual uhhh enthusiasm it's not a meme play, and it's not trivial or short-term https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l68ill/the_biggest_short_squeeze_in_the_world_slv_silver/ …
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depends on how serious i think the situation is globally. it’s pretty bad but tail risk is war
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