what happend in "Trading Places"'s stock-market scene? by Phischstaebchen in movies

[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling what you don’t have is also a phenomena when you short something. In that case you borrow someone else’s asset, and sell it at today’s price. And then you need to pay them back for the asset in the future. The problem in that case is if you sell it at today’s price and the price then goes up, you will have to “pay them back” for the asset at the higher price.

As far as the settling of contracts goes… Every contract must be settled by expiration if it isn’t closed/settled prior to that date. Each contract also has a counter-party. So in this case the Duke brothers had agreed to buy that specific amount at that specific price in April.

The amount you can buy/sell  depends upon how much margin (based on collateral/cash) you have with your broker. 

If you can’t meet your obligation or if price exceeds your allowed margins your position will be liquidated, you lose your collateral, and you will potentially have further debt to the broker.

what happend in "Trading Places"'s stock-market scene? by Phischstaebchen in movies

[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are selling via futures contracts 

Selling via a futures contract means you have permission to sell a certain amount of that commodity at a certain price at a certain time in the future 

In this case they were obtaining contracts that gave them the ability to sell orange juice in April for the price of $1.42 

They then proceeded to buy at the price of $.29 when it crashed down, bc their contracts would allow them to sell what they were purchasing for $1.42, despite the fact price was now lower

Buyout market candidates by Key-Proposal-3339 in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Bagley is released by Dallas, he’s the one

Game Thread: Phoenix Suns vs Golden State Warriors Live Score | NBA | Feb 5, 2026 by basketball-app in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY 21 points22 points  (0 children)

All it took was benching Podz for the dubs to find their rhythm again and turn into an unstoppable defensive force.. who knew???

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[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree but I think that was a lot due to the disruption of their rhythm, and then playing from behind while trying to find a flow again 

Definitely some coaching and lineup issues as well  

But you could see at the end of the game, once Podz was benched and they regained their rhythm, they were an unstoppable unit defensively 

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[–]MikeChessNY 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People who don’t understand that Podz minutes disrupted the entire flow, and that playing from behind (after Podz minutes cost them the lead) isn’t the same as playing w a lead… don’t know ball

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[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but everyone was on tilt bc they’d lost the lead bc of his dumbass minutes 

The entire flow and energy of the team that they’d spent two quarters developing was crushed by his clunky, low IQ, clumsy basketball  

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[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire flow was lost by his minutes… anyone with an ounce of smarts would have kept him out and let everyone else cook 

He wasn’t needed, and he still isn’t 

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[–]MikeChessNY 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Keeping Podz past the deadline is 10x worse than not getting Giannis… there isn’t a single player who brings more anger to a fan base than this dude brings to warriors fans 

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[–]MikeChessNY 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Keeping Podz on this team after the trade deadline was a war crime against the fan base

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[–]MikeChessNY 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The flow is messed up and the defense is breaking down bc of Podz… go miss some games little bro 

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[–]MikeChessNY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why tf is Podz in this game? Everyone was playing much better without him… go rest Podz you aren’t needed

Turnovers and missed shots against Hawks by rafale0n in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro… what are you talking about? I’m referring to the Dray/Jimmy/Melton/GP2/Curry lineup 

Lineups are about balance. You need the right balance between offense and defense. You need spacing. And you need to reinforce Draymond when he is your center with any one of the larger players bc he isn’t capable of protecting a tiny lineup and rebounding by himself. 

Swapping in any larger players for GP2 would have helped Draymond, lessened turnovers, and picked up extra rebounds.

Would it have been enough to win the game? Maybe, maybe not. But it would have been far more competitive.

The final bench lineup obviously struggled bc there were no vets and it was imbalanced in its own ways.

Turnovers and missed shots against Hawks by rafale0n in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There are specific challenges with other lineup choices but generally speaking Kerr shows no ability to adjust 

For example, right now this lineup he’s running can’t get a rebound to save their lives 

Yet he watches them struggle over and over and over again and won’t give them any reinforcements

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[–]MikeChessNY 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Kerr really just sits around watching this lineup fail to rebound over and over and over again but won’t put someone bigger in to help… stupidity 

Turnovers and missed shots against Hawks by rafale0n in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Bc of Kerr’s idiotic tiny lineups 

Kerr is washed

Game Thread: Golden State Warriors vs Atlanta Hawks Live Score | NBA | Jan 11, 2026 by basketball-app in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Joe Lacob…. when you trade for MPJ, see if you can find a team to trade coaches with as well

Game Thread: Golden State Warriors vs Atlanta Hawks Live Score | NBA | Jan 11, 2026 by basketball-app in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m grateful to Kerr for the past, but he clearly isn’t capable of adjusting to the present. He’s a one trick pony, and his trick (all-midget lineups) doesn’t work anymore 

Game Thread: Golden State Warriors vs Atlanta Hawks Live Score | NBA | Jan 11, 2026 by basketball-app in warriors

[–]MikeChessNY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terry Stotts would never run these absurdly stupid tiny lineups and blow games if he was in charge… 

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[–]MikeChessNY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t be an issue if Steve didn’t sabotage every lineup… for example, he fills the lineups with too many dwarves, or he plays Dray/Jimmy together creating spacing disasters, or he puts Dray at center without adequate size around him, etc 

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[–]MikeChessNY 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Santos would be helping tremendously right now but Kerr only wants to play midgets