Despite a steady rise over most of the past century, the markets have seen plenty of turbulence.
Stocks and Bonds over Time
Submitted by cahn on 26 September, 2009 - 6:06pm
What did I say then?
"Hedging increases your risk" - an anonymous trader, p.311 on "Dynamic Hedging"
Submitted by cahn on 14 April, 2009 - 12:52amAn aggressive derivatives house lost a considerable amount of money on a trade where they managed to buy “cheap” volatility with a series of knock-out options using rebates, in fact obtaining a strip of American binary options. They had a considerable “margin” in the trade, which means that the trade went home with some theoretical marks-to-market profits and thought highly of himself.
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