Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Benjamin" channel.

  1. The fact Ben feels the need to deny he has professional certifications probably means he is, in fact, licensed to give financial advice.
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  2. If you're in a scenario where these losses are even hypothetically possible, you're doing it wrong.
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  3. Oddly enough, the cure for scurvy was discovered by a pirate. Or rather, he was a military contractor stealing from his nation's enemies, but he said fresh fruit seemed to make the symptoms go away and didn't know why.
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  4. Caveat: Make sure the call you sell is above the breakeven point of the call you bought in case you're forced to exercise.
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  5. The return itself isn't suspicious as their High-Frequency Trading was replicable and revolutionary. That said, it is impossible to prove or disprove your literal conspiracy theory.
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  6.  @bazingapuzza  come on. You know nobody said that.
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  7. Low liquidity and high volatility will make those super expensive.
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  8.  @BurriedTruth  mathematicians are always the best traders.
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  9. Voice of experience, if you actually post legendary DD, you will have to leave the platform due to the mountains of hate mail.
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  10.  @christopherperry406  let me check google... Back in 2014 George Soros and other dudes had to tell Congress that disclosing their strategies would be akin to forcing Coca-Cola to disclose their secret formula. They were willing to tell Congress, but only if the strictest confidentiality was kept. I wonder if that has anything to do with why some Congressmen can outperform the market.
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  11. I love it how Ben flatly explains the conflict of interest between himself and his viewers...
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  12. Ah, the Volpocolypse. The reason shorting vol is so profitable is because just those sorts of eruptions can completely destroy your positions. Always remember all volatility trading is a zero sum game.
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  13. Crypto market, you mean. All stocks will inevitably pay dividends, or be redeemed, or be canceled due to bankruptcy. This is how you really make money on stocks.
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  14.  @BurriedTruth  yes, it also means it isn't scaleable.
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  15.  @xRedNationx  that's exactly what a dropout might say. Nah, there's always at least a few things that a good amateur wouldn't know. Voicr of experience here.
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  16.  @Bozzigmupp  Due Diligence. I.E. Essential research before you buy a stock.
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  17.  @xRedNationx  a lot of self taught people actually only know a handful of things.
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  18. Meme stocks tend to be uncorrelated to each other and the market, so as long as they keep their position sizes small they should be good.
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  19. The thing about alcohol during that era is no one knew what germs were but they knew you'd get sick drinking unfamiliar water but wouldn't get sick drinking watered down beer. Most institutions provided a ratio of dilute beer every day.
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  20.  @lennard5173  that's if you buy straddles. Normally these guys sell straddles when degenerates drive up the price of options without moving the stock price.
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  21. He keeps showing a screenshot of that Reddit post as if he wrote it......
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  22. That first trade is just like the "Bank error in your favor" card from Monopoly.....
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  23. No. It all still stands. The extreme volatility isn't an indicator of it going up, and it must return to fair value and normal IV eventually.
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  24.  @BaconNCereal  Mr Gill is either a genius or a fool based on whether or not he liquidates
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  25. Back when this happened I was the one telling the winners to take profits. I started getting threats and suicide requests from normies that had just joined. If any of those idiots took my advice they would have realized +1000% gains, but somehow I'm the fraudster... I am no longer on WSB.
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  26. Everything even slightly mainstream just becomes the same toxic popularity contest
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  27. TL:DW Institutional investor finds there's a lot of money in working the wheel and selling straddles on meme stocks as amateurs are artificially driving up the price of stock options.
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  28. That's literally impossible, as doing it again will give it a market cap greater than the S&P 500. There's literally not enough dollars in existence, and the company is diluting shares to take advantage of these fools.
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  29. Stock trading is the only place where you'll find utter stupidity and utter genius that leads to generally the same results.
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  30. The study about reducing drinking should highlight how drinking is mainly a behavioral issue and not genetic, given the extreme effect of the placebo.
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  31. Found the drug dealer
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  32. You might think the solution is to buy puts, but those will always be super expensive due to high rates of failure.
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  33. Thing about the Medallion Fund is these guys invented speech recognition software that detects patterns in audio. Their secret algorithm and the algorithms of copycats can and will destroy any pattern that exists before you can even type in the ticker name.
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  34. I get how his story influenced WSB culture a bunch but he's definitely not anyone you should copy. He really was a smug asshole, albeit a cunning one.
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  35. Yes, options are systemically overpriced. The average level of the VIX has grown with retail options trading.
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  36. No
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  37. The important bit of this method is pushing sell as soon as you see significant alpha...
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  38. If you look at biotec ETFs you will see that overall the industry is profitable. Meaning if 90% go to zero, the remaining 10% will more than 10x
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  39. I'm sure that's the reason.... ;)
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  40. Vhut?
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  41. Out of jail
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  42. Epic... Burns...
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  43. If you amp up risk enough, failure becomes inevitable no matter how good you are
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  44. Speaking of investing in education, a lot of technical vocations pay good and require like one or two semesters of classes. You could be a welder, plummer, pipe fitter, med tech, mechanic, IT, or a list of other things and always be able to get a good paying job, with the guarantee of more pay with experience and seniority. This is always a better investment than any stock play.
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  45.  @coelhocointech9841  found the crypto scammer
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  46. Dude, he really did rip people off. Just because his no-f***s given attitude made an imprint on the culture doesn't mean he wasn't just a smug asshole.
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  47. You try really hard to sound and look like a hick whilst talking about high level economic concepts.
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  48. ROTC?
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  49. Shut up
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  50. It's stupid and false and totally castration worthy arrogance
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