@degentradingLSD@hegen84 The banks providing the total return swap exposure can do whatever they want to hedge their risk. You're thinking about the wrong point in the risk chain
@SpearfishingCap Why would they force a buy-in? This should be handled like any other dividend or spin-off. The short seller owes the value of the borrowed shares and the value of all rights resulting from them. They either deliver the rights by borrowing them or settle in cash
@alex_avoigt I'll sell you that bet at 30%, meaning for a bet size of 1k$, I'll pay you 700$ if Tesla closes any coming day in 2026 above its ATH, otherwise you pay me 300$
i will say the most concerning thing about trump being so open about his platform of cutting healthcare entitlements and juicing defense spending - especially in tandem with the recent defense department purge - is that this doesn't sound like a man concerned about elections
* Start war
* Give 5 different reasons for war
* 80% disapproval
* Immediately blow up little girls school surrendering all moral high ground
* Kill leadership which is immediately replaced by more radical leadership
* Declare victory
* Have no contingency plan for closing the straits of Hormuz
* Have no clear victory conditions
* Gas prices skyrocket
* Economy craters
* Service members killed, taxes wasted, bases blown up, no material gain for the American public
* Continue declaring victory
Worst war ever conducted