yes, but it's always leveraged.
In this case he was trading options contracts - which are leveraged anyway - and probably trading on margin so perhaps a tenth of the contract up front.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Fri 21 Apr 2017, 12:06,
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Yes.
What I meant was he had no capital at all so he took a loan to even get the deal set up.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 21 Apr 2017, 12:19,
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So really he stood to make fuck all.
He should have just mugged old ladies coming out of the post office.
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 21 Apr 2017, 12:28,
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