Anyone Got Any Good Crude Stories to Tell

Discussion in 'Trading' started by Ayn Rand, May 23, 2019.

  1. qlai

    qlai

    Are you kidding? Blowing up OPM is a badge of honor :). Three years of above average performance is all it takes. Just blame it on one in a lifetime Black Swan event.
     
    #11     May 23, 2019
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  2. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    In his case it was really bad, not only he lost all his client's funds, the accounts went heavily into debit.
     
    #12     May 23, 2019
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  3. destriero

    destriero

    There once was a man from Nantucket...
     
    #13     May 23, 2019
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  4. qlai

    qlai

    I doubt very much his clients were retirees and people of limited means. Most people who invest in such funds allocate only % of their net worth to diversify. So I don't consider these people scammers ... They attract certain kind of "investors". The line between being brilliant and a sharlatan is very thin. I can't believe this guy is a hero (based on the clip only):


    "I'm not wrong, just early" Priceless ... Happens to me all the time! Lol
     
    #14     May 23, 2019
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  5. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    I did not say he was a scammer, he just could not take a loss and it costed his clients full accounts plus debit balance.
     
    #15     May 23, 2019
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  6. ironchef

    ironchef

    He did get the last laugh. Made a killing. I hope that happened to you too.
     
    #16     May 23, 2019
  7. qlai

    qlai

    Ha ha ... No, I crap my pants way before being 17% down :)
     
    #17     May 23, 2019
  8. Selling naked calls into winter for natural gas, right?
     
    #18     May 24, 2019
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    IF you enjoy factual news; BIG Rich book got much of the oil market right.
    AS far as ; [fn] fun news.''Then one day he was shooting @ some food; + up from the ground comes a bubbling crude=Beverly Hillbillies/huge supply.:D:D, :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
     
    #19     May 24, 2019
  10. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    Yep among other things as well. The interesting part is that he was "right" and options did expire worthless, but their lack of risk management caused this disaster. Based on statements from some client posted here, he had opportunity to exit at 40-50 percent loss, but he chose the hope mode. With 40 percent loss, he would have lost his business, but would have saved clients a lot of money.
     
    #20     May 24, 2019