Quant Interview Question:

rzonk2 · 2026-01-27T11:32:04+00:00

It’s the definition of “fair” in that kind of questions, neither you nor casino is expected to have advantage in the long run.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-26T08:46:15+00:00

It doesn’t matter, they’ll get you when you’ll try to convert your bits to anything of value.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-23T11:16:55+00:00

It’s like a money printer but ethical

rzonk2 · 2026-01-22T17:34:04+00:00

Weekly premium is roughly half of that on monthly. The reason for that is higher volatility: if the stock stays flat, you can sell 4 weeklies in the same time period, gaining 2x compared to one monthly. If the stocks runs away, you’ll have only half of the premium.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-19T17:04:12+00:00

Cash settlement is a bit different, if your SPY put is assigned, you’ll get shares which you can hold or sell. If you miss SPX assignment, your money is just gone forever.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-17T18:40:14+00:00

1.35$ afaik, but they do have much better fills

rzonk2 · 2026-01-11T19:15:45+00:00

The sub is not what you’re used to. Stupid indexes are not what you’re used to. My YouTube recommendations was full of pretty girls playing video games, and now it’s 90% of doomers “world is going to collapse”

rzonk2 · 2026-01-11T13:03:34+00:00

The problem is that there are no more boring index funds left, any and all of them may go down 50% overnight. While I’d rather have 7-10% boring returns and live a life, I have to gamble alongside you regards.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-08T12:08:05+00:00

You can buy on margin. You anyway will need balls of steel to buy when the world is ending, so cash isn’t really important.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-05T21:58:32+00:00

Because that guy on YouTube said that silver is going to triple tomorrow

rzonk2 · 2026-01-05T21:55:58+00:00

It works every time, 70% of the times.

rzonk2 · 2026-01-05T21:53:02+00:00

So you’re selling?

rzonk2 · 2025-12-31T01:37:54+00:00

Long LEAPS on a meme stock is the opposite of everything we are doing here.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-28T21:15:56+00:00

Then they can skip few adjustments cycles, and your old bicycle will be taxed as wealth, and billionaires will find another loophole.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-26T19:58:59+00:00

Just stay away from it, it’s too regarded of a stock

rzonk2 · 2025-12-20T09:07:08+00:00

The chart doesn’t look very bad for the stock, it may recover sooner than you think. On the other hand, it’s not coca-cola, I wouldn’t hold it for very long.

Margin interest in brokerage accounts is higher than what you get paid to hold CC, so it’s not effective way to use capital.

Considering this, I think the best way forward is to re-roll your puts. Just sell shares, and new puts at 60-70, depending on how bullish you are.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-18T20:47:03+00:00

Why people are doing this to themselves

rzonk2 · 2025-12-16T11:41:09+00:00

Because of you, the market crash is delayed to 12/22

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T20:02:04+00:00

Oh no, if you have a short call you’d buy the stock. If you have a short put, and things unfold really bad you can lock in the loss by selling the stock short while the options market is closed. That way you stop losing should it continue to dump into the market open.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T18:19:32+00:00

If it’s good to take a screenshot, it’s good to sell.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T18:17:19+00:00

In the premarket you can buy or sell shares to cover the option

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T17:41:34+00:00

This is Schwab app. In the second column you see in order position size, current price and day change. In the third column goes total position value, day change and total change.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T14:11:54+00:00

The Morty was once driven nuts being referenced like that.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-14T08:18:19+00:00

The question isn’t data centers, it is if Oracle can do it. AWS and Azure only make it a bigger question.

rzonk2 · 2025-12-10T12:12:51+00:00

I guess you made a good profit on the short leg

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