Should I lever up?

[Egbert]

A question for Hauldren Collider:

Should one take advice from random strangers on the internet?

[Al B. Sure!]

Like I said, this is all very personal and depends on your risk tolerance and your portfolio itself. You can not expect any meaningful answers to the question "Should I lever up?" from any of us.

"Look at me!" thread is all this is.

[KrazyHorse]

And yet 3% is so low you have to take advantage of it.... you make a lot of sense, KH

You are astounding in your stupidity. I would happily open an IB account and buy on margin there if I could, you imbecile.

[Al B. Sure!]

You are astounding in your stupidity. I would happily open an IB account and buy on margin there if I could, you imbecile.

So why don't you?

Oh right... because NONE of us know your personal circumstances well enough to be able to provide you with anything even resembling adequate financial advice.

[KrazyHorse]

Like I said, this is all very personal and depends on your risk tolerance and your portfolio itself. You can not expect any meaningful answers to the question "Should I lever up?" from any of us.

"Look at me!" thread is all this is.

If that's what you believe, feel free to leave and allow those like pchang and vet who have provided substantive responses to continue falling into my trap.

EDIT: this is my last response to you in this thread, as I'm tired of your dfg level of thread pollution.

[Al B. Sure!]

If that's what you believe, feel free to leave and allow those like pchang and vet who have provided substantive responses to continue falling into my trap.

Actually Vetlegion did not offer anything substantive.

pchang just said a general mantra that may not be true nor may be applicable to you.

Have fun, KH.

[Zoetstofzoetje]

[Al B. Sure!]

holy ****. I just checked my brokerage account... I got $2500 in cash just sitting there. Holy ****!

My liquid net worth is double what I thought it was!



I got to keep better tabs on where I put my money!

[Aeson]

2x leverage is for pussies. GS is leveraged 13x or so. That's an unlucky number and they're still doing great... you're above average there so you should probably go for 30x +. (What could possibly go wrong?)

[Aeson]

holy ****. I just checked my brokerage account... I got $2500 in cash just sitting there. Holy ****!

My liquid net worth is double what I thought it was!



I got to keep better tabs on where I put my money!

I think you owe KH a cut at least for bringing the subject up and getting you to check your account. (KH will owe me a cut for mentioning this)

[KrazyHorse]

Federal regulations prohibit me from leveraging more than 2-1 (on initial margin). Additionally, banks generally do not leverage to that scale entire on a directional bet (which is what a straight long equities position is)

[Aeson]

Options. Futures. Leveraged ETFs... Options on futures of leveraged ETFs (do they have these, that would be awesome!)... Pick a FOREX cross... any FOREX cross... and go ALL IN 200:1... grow some hair on your chest!

You have options to leverage yourself to hell and back man, stop wussing out!

[Al B. Sure!]

Put it all in a Gulf States ETF!!!!

Have balls! It's just money.

[KrazyHorse]

Options. Futures. Leveraged ETFs... Options on futures of leveraged ETFs (do they have these, that would be awesome!)... Pick a FOREX cross... any FOREX cross... and go ALL IN 200:1... grow some hair on your chest!

You have options to leverage yourself to hell and back man, stop wussing out!

I sense severe misunderstanding of why leveraged etfs and options are very poor ideas for long-term directional bets.

[Aeson]

I sense severe misunderstanding of why leveraged etfs and options are very poor ideas for long-term directional bets.

I sense severe misunderstanding of why you're a *****. Long term? Who's talking long term here? DAY TRADING. Look it up