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If you have a proprietary trading operation, multi-strategy hedge fund, family office, or other business designed to make money trading the financial markets, at some point you will probably want to hire traders to work for you (beyond the execution kind). It’s a way to scale and diversify your trading business. However, for anyone who’s […]

A carry trade involves profiting from yield or premium differentials between assets. The classic example is currency carry (borrowing low-yield, long high-yield), and essentially betting on the yield differential. This same logic applies to volatility markets through options, which intrinsically have implied volatility baked into them. Options carry trades involve the concept of harvesting the […]

The Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted return that looks at the return over cash relative to volatility. It’s crude (e.g., treats upside and downside volatility the same, volatility = the sole measure of risk), but it’s widely used as a return-to-risk ratio. It’s often looked at as a static figure when looking at asset classes […]

If you ask 100 people who the world’s most successful investor is, probably over half of them (who give an answer) would say Warren Buffett. The puzzle: is his success skill, luck, survivorship bias, or something explainable? To answer this, we looked at an academic paper by Andrea Frazzini, David Kabiller, and Lasse Heje Pedersen […]

In trading, productivity is essential. Traders need to make quick decisions, analyze vast amounts of data, and stay ahead of changing market trends.  You have only so much time and so much energy. Boosting productivity can lead to better decision-making, higher profits, and a more balanced lifestyle.   Key Takeaways – Productivity & Time Management […]

Trading and investing isn’t about predicting or knowing the future. It’s about preparing for many possible ones. Monte Carlo simulations let us stress-test portfolios by running thousands of “what if” scenarios with different volatility and leverage assumptions. Instead of a single forecast, you see ranges of outcomes: steady growth paths, sudden collapses, and everything in […]

Bitcoin perpetual futures allow you to trade Bitcoin on leverage without worrying about expiration.  Traditional futures always settle on a set date, but perpetual futures roll on forever.  That flexibility makes them one of the most popular products in crypto trading today.  Given Bitcoin’s natural volatility – generally between 20%-150% annualized (though declining over time) […]

PrimeXBT has rolled out 101 new coins in its Crypto Futures offering, providing diversification options and access to emerging tokens. Key Takeaways The new cryptos include DeFi tokens like LDO, memes like BONK, AI plays like FET, and commission-free options like 1000SHIB. All new crypto tokens are paired with USDT and offer leverage up to […]

Taking a massive trading loss is a gut punch that all traders face. Even experienced traders have to accept that trading losses are part of it. But losses don’t have to mean the end of your trading career. Nothing goes in a straight line and step by step you can recover and make things even […]

The labor market and stock market are linked and we’ll go through the basic implications of how and why it’s important.   Key Takeaways – The Labor Market vs The Stock Market A tight labor market acts as a “contra-indicator” for future stock returns.  Low unemployment signals that policymakers may soon tighten monetary policy to […]