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    1. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      I was in a meeting when I was notified and it was half an hour before I could trade out of the spot position. I was incredibly lucky - my futures buy nearly bottom ticked the market at ~0.2 and I closed out the spot at ~0.31 for a +50% profit (about +3% of my total equity)pic.twitter.com/GYF1b4gkez

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    2. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      I removed that the pnl from that trade from the chart above - here's what it looks like if I leave it in. Taking a ~6% basis position in a memecoin where I knew there was high risk of auto-deleveraging was a bit stupid, and I was lucky it worked outpic.twitter.com/XbzXkQ9dkV

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    3. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      I made a bunch of other dumb mistakes too, like sizing the spot/futures legs incorrectly to begin with, occasionally trading the wrong contract and needing to trade out, and messing up a currency conversion once. Fortunately none of them cost me more than a few bps.

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    4. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      By far the most time consuming thing was doing my pnl each day, so I'd definitely look for a way to automate that in the future. I also bought a subscription to Skew Analytics which was helpful, though probably not strictly necessary.

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    5. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      Some other helpful resources - FTX Premiums https://ftxpremiums.com/  for tracking basis across multiple coins on FTX

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    6. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      Binance Premiums https://binancepremiums.com/  (by @robertmartin88, you should follow him) which was useful for tracking the same thing on Binance.

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    7. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      Was also v helpful to discuss ideas and implementations with @therobotjames @choffstein and @drewg__

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    8. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      macrocephalopod Retweeted Joe Weisenthal

      I've closed out all the positions now because basis came down to ~5% on most exchanges and I have better ways to use the cash - but nice to know that if the basis comes back again, I'm ready to get back into the Bitcoin free money tradehttps://twitter.com/thestalwart/status/1407410049874595840 …

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      Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart
      The Bitcoin free money trade is gone. No more profits in buying spot and shorting the futures. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-22/bitcoin-s-money-printing-machine-breaks-down-as-futures-collapse?sref=vuYGislZ … via @VildanaHajric and @kgreifeld pic.twitter.com/7gdFIbkuUH
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    9. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 1 Jul 2021

      macrocephalopod Retweeted

      Here’s @LumberTrading explaining how to do this for even fatter margins in an illiquid as shit market https://twitter.com/LumberTrading/status/1410655494746697729 …

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    10. Stinson  🌲 🪓  🏠‏ @LumberTrading 1 Jul 2021
      Replying to @macrocephalopod

      My partner sent me a text this spring: YOU CAN BASIS TRADE BITCOIN! I read the thread but maybe missed it: how many cash Bitcoin did you have to buy to match one futures short?

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      macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 2 Jul 2021
      Replying to @LumberTrading

      For the inverse contracts (where contract size is in $) if you own N bitcoin you want to short NF/P futures where F is futures price and P is point value (normally $1 or $100 depending on exchange)

      1:01 AM - 2 Jul 2021
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        1. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 2 Jul 2021
          Replying to @macrocephalopod @LumberTrading

          So eg you own 2 bitcoin when spot is $40k, futures are $45k and you are trading on Binance where point value is $100. You want to short 2 x 45,000 / 100 = 900 futures contracts against it.

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