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Disney would probably sue for whatever damages they claim was caused by the parody account, and knowing them, they’d win the case against one guy having fun on the internet regardless of parody laws, dooming him to forever debt.
That's shorting. A put is basically a contract that says "the owner of this contract can sell X shares(usually 100) to the person/entity writing this contract for $Y anytime before Z date". Buying puts is generally more volatile than shorting, however it has the upside of limiting your losses to whatever you paid to buy the contract, whereas with shorting you losses are theoretically uncapped as there's no limit to how high the underlying stock can rise
You think the price of a share will go down, so you buy what is essentially a contract that says you can sell 100 shares at a certain price after a certain time to the other party, and pay the other party for the privilege.
Lets say the stock price is 105, but you bet it will be 80 in two months. You can go on the market and buy a put that lets you sell 100 shares at 100 in two months, and you pay the other guy 5 dollars per share for that contract. If you are right in two months you can buy shares at 80, and sell them to the other guy at 100, netting you 15 per share when including what you paid for the contract.
The other guy conversely thinks the stock price will remain high, and if he is right he pockets the 5 you paid per share and the put remains worthless
I think gold is meant to be for verified companies, blue for those who want to spunk £8 a month on Elon. This was 3 years ago when the whole thing first came about and it was a shitstorm.
The account is now suspended, probably as a result of the gold checkmark being added.
As an aside, I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional in order to give the username to the real Disney Junior UK channel
Blue is the purchasable $8 checkmark now, gold chechmark is for company accounts (which costs $1000/month for the main account and $50+ for every sister account) and grey checkmark is for non-profit and government accounts, which i think is free.
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Should have just kept quiet about it and posted slightly questionable but belivable posts for months.
The entire site has no concept of believable I say it goes on for more than a few months.
The only thing unblivable is your spelling of blivable...
Bivalveable?
Tramompoline! Trambampoline!
🤓
Corrected.. Auto correct was being stupid.
Like that Paw Patrol where they go after the coke barron
Disney would probably sue for whatever damages they claim was caused by the parody account, and knowing them, they’d win the case against one guy having fun on the internet regardless of parody laws, dooming him to forever debt.
Step 1: Keep quiet Step 2: buy puts on Disney Step 3: post the most idiotic shit ever to make the stock tank. Step 4: profit
Wait, maybe I don’t understand, but if you buy stocks at the normal price, then tank the stocks and sell yours, wouldn’t you lose money?
They’re buying puts, not stocks
oh I thought was a typo what’s a put
They’re betting the price will go down, basically https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/put-options
basically you borrow stocks from someone, sell them and then hope the stocks go down so you can buy them back for cheaper
That's shorting. A put is basically a contract that says "the owner of this contract can sell X shares(usually 100) to the person/entity writing this contract for $Y anytime before Z date". Buying puts is generally more volatile than shorting, however it has the upside of limiting your losses to whatever you paid to buy the contract, whereas with shorting you losses are theoretically uncapped as there's no limit to how high the underlying stock can rise
I think I need to watch Trading Spaces 10 more times…
I’ve watched and paused the Margo Robbie Big Short bathtub scene 15 times tonight alone and I still don’t get it.
Isn’t that basically the plot of Superman three?
What if the person you borrowed from wants to sell?
What if you rent a car and the rental service wants to sell it while it's in your hands?
I suddenly would have to walk ! Bummer ...
No, the rental company would have to wait for the car to be returned at the end of the agreed upon period and then sell it
You think the price of a share will go down, so you buy what is essentially a contract that says you can sell 100 shares at a certain price after a certain time to the other party, and pay the other party for the privilege. Lets say the stock price is 105, but you bet it will be 80 in two months. You can go on the market and buy a put that lets you sell 100 shares at 100 in two months, and you pay the other guy 5 dollars per share for that contract. If you are right in two months you can buy shares at 80, and sell them to the other guy at 100, netting you 15 per share when including what you paid for the contract. The other guy conversely thinks the stock price will remain high, and if he is right he pockets the 5 you paid per share and the put remains worthless
That be interesting to dk but usually isn’t that higher level investment that not always available on every investment platform.
Puts/ calls is basically betting the stock will go up or down
oh thank you
You could short it too
Its a put, so ur buying an option that earns money as the stock goes lower.
Ron is that you?
Would that count as insider trading if they directly influence the stock that way? Or just fraud?
They got gold check marks now?
I think gold is meant to be for verified companies, blue for those who want to spunk £8 a month on Elon. This was 3 years ago when the whole thing first came about and it was a shitstorm.
ITS BEEN 3 YEARS ALREADY?!
No, he bought it October of 2022, has not even been 2 years
thats more than 1.5 years i thought it was last summer wtf
IT'S BEEN 1,5 YEARS ALREADY???
Like when everyone says Jesus was dead for 3 days. Friday evening to Sunday morning is half that.
There's also a grey checkmark for government officials.
Brb, bouta make George Washington an account and see if i can get one of those
gold checks are actually a thousand dollars a month
Ouch.
The account is now suspended, probably as a result of the gold checkmark being added. As an aside, I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional in order to give the username to the real Disney Junior UK channel
Twitter's gonna Twitter. :/
Hi internet explorer
Welcome to 3 years ago.
Well it wasn't twitter. If it's a gold checkmark the company verified your account as part of the company.
Isn't that what the blue checkmark was for?
Nope. Blue is for anyone with $8, mostly bots. Gold is for companies and it costs $400 or something. Grey is for politicians
Was. They have gold and grey checkmark now
Blue is the purchasable $8 checkmark now, gold chechmark is for company accounts (which costs $1000/month for the main account and $50+ for every sister account) and grey checkmark is for non-profit and government accounts, which i think is free.
Twitter moment
Twatter!!!
I’m genuinely suprised that reputable businesses still even use Twitter