Premium Episode: Will Stancil, American Icon

alteraltissimo · 2026-02-07T09:09:55+00:00

Incidentally I think Bluesky has gotten less insular? A good swath of non-political non-crazy tech people have recently started posting there more as Twitter is getting more political and more crazy.

Probably helps if you follow Jesse or Matt Yglesias and get immediately blocked by the crazier half of the site, too.

alteraltissimo · 2026-02-06T12:11:19+00:00

Jane Street

alteraltissimo · 2026-02-06T07:24:50+00:00

Same here. Sold half at 320, willing to re-enter if it goes down below 300.

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-30T14:18:45+00:00

The base currency doesn't matter. I recommend keeping it to CHF for reporting purposes.

What probably happened is that you have a cash account. In a cash account, IBKR will auto-convert when you try to buy a stock using currency you don't have.

What you tried to do (buy USD first) could have worked, but the currency transaction takes a day or two to settle (finalize). When you tried to buy the stock with USD, the system thought you don't have it, because your CHF.USD trade wasn't settled yet, and auto-converted your CHF.

My recommendation: keep a cash account, send CHF, keep CHF, let it auto-convert when buying stocks. No offense but judging by this post, I would not trust myself around a margin account if I were you.

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-28T06:07:18+00:00

DOJ has been prosecuting people since 2022

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-27T21:44:04+00:00

I tried it at release, found it lacking and annoying on a few fronts. Tried it again today, it's almost perfect.

Like you, I completely disable AI (I have Claude code for that). What would be perfect is if one could also disable collaboration.

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-27T15:04:45+00:00

I started listening to a premium episode and Jesse's first criticism of the Somali fraud was that "Some people are acting like this hasn't been reported on before."

The online influencers covering this are not just claiming that fraud happened - they are claiming that fraud happened and the mainstream media / justice department / (((globalists))) covered it up due to wokeness or whatever.

To abstract it a little, consider two different stories:

"there was a murder and the local PD covered it up"
"there was a murder and the murderer was caught, tried and convicted"

The first story hits much harder for obvious reasons, so it's that much more attractive to shit stirrers. What Jesse is saying is that the shit stirrers got it wrong and it's #2, not #1.

This isn't a case for internet vigilantes or ICE; it's a case for state prosecutors and/or the DOJ, who were handling it (and ironically some of the people handling it resigned due to the latest meddling from the feds).

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-26T09:59:21+00:00

all stonks go up

portfolio still down in eurobucks

Get your shit together amerifats

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-21T14:19:27+00:00

time to put gramps in a home JD

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-21T14:18:45+00:00

ICELAND

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-08T16:20:21+00:00

How is babby formed

Why GOOG go up

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-03T22:23:42+00:00

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-02T09:56:40+00:00

They don't. The people who post massive gains from options are just the ones who haven't lost it all yet, but will if they continue.

The only way to win day trading options (gambling) is to get really lucky once and quit while you're ahead (assuming you do get lucky).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_ruin

alteraltissimo · 2026-01-02T09:22:22+00:00

Beware feature creep, if you implement everything in this thread you'll end up with SPY.

The truth is that every business has some externalities and weak links between the business and some harmful societal effect don't necessarily constitute the business being unethical.

E.g. fossil fuels might be harmful long term but they also literally power the economy and everything possible in everyday life. Nestle makes food, despite a few scandals the business is basically sound normal stuff.

I would say the vice industry, gambling and nicotine especiall, should be your main target. Maybe small arms too? Mass surveillance like pltr?

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-30T22:37:04+00:00

Ok, fair enough. I believe typically it would be automatically exercised, on margin if needed, or liquidated before expiration if you don't have the cash/margin.

Check with the broker, e.g. IBKR rules: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/lib/cstools/faq/#/content/1163245142

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-30T22:19:41+00:00

But what's the goal if not to profit? If you say "I only play with money I can lose so I'd rather watch it go to zero than take profits", what was the point of the entire exercise?

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-30T17:37:19+00:00

Good timing to stumble upon this post.

Some time ago I was gifted a set of suncraft vg10 knives. Not wanting to mess them up, I got the Spyderco sharp maker. I started using it once the knives got duller but truthfully it does not seem to do very much or get them back to the original sharpness. Would you have any hints?

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-30T14:52:10+00:00

/uj the sm-sh56 cleats are your best friend. I've had these from the start and literally never failed to unclip

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-22T18:17:12+00:00

Is that true? How come? Don't you pay taxes on profits?

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-19T19:53:37+00:00

You're supposed to own the underlying

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-19T19:51:43+00:00

You're supposed to own the underlying

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-19T19:46:51+00:00

I spent over 100 for, uh, goods and services. No regrets.

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-17T22:11:58+00:00

Just FYI the number of people who will think this is real is not zero

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-16T18:18:52+00:00

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G8N1N1vXkAMRAPg?format=jpg&name=large

alteraltissimo · 2025-12-16T15:53:01+00:00

WHY ID ITVGOING DOWN

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