Real Wall Street Expert and Instructor Reviews BBC's Industry (Episode 5)

[@financialedgetraining]

What did you think of Episode 5? We'd love to hear your own reactions! Comment down below

[@AD-xd4sw]

The way in which you break down everything is very good. Absolutely love your reactions and explanations on this, can't wait for part 6!

[@financialedgetraining]

Thanks, glad to hear you're enjoying the videos - keep an eye out for next week's upload and make sure to subscribe! - Alastair

[@lloydwright1415]

This is completely underrated content, magnificent insight and plenty of little tidbits you wouldn’t find in a valuation textbook! Cheers!

[@financialedgetraining]

Hi Lloyd, Thank you for your kind words, glad to hear you have enjoyed this content! - Alastair

[@roskes]

Thanks for the explaination on short and long, I hadn't got it when watched the episode. Great reviews as usual!!

[@lyndango1187]

Really enjoying these videos, thanks for sharing your expertise!

[@mrt.7146]

So entertaining videos!

[@financialedgetraining]

Thank you!

[@roskes]

roskes You mentioned something very interesting about recruitment during covid, using that context, how a trading floor (as the one portrayed in the show) is operating during covid?

[@alastairmatchett6320]

Most firms seem to be doing one week on and one week off when there isn't lock down so the floor will have 50% of people allowing for social distancing. I know one large bank who had a warehouse near Basingstoke during the first lockdown to afford social distancing. One problem the traders have is the speed of their systems which if they are on a home internet connect simply isn't good enough.

[@roskes]

@@alastairmatchett6320 Wow! Thanks a lot for your thorough response. I can only imagine how complex it is now for them.

[@jkgeroso6057]

Hello Alastair 👋 I haven't finished the video yet. I stopped to quickly comment on your note of vanilla being contradictory to derivatives and not being used together. Hands down I'm a puppy compared to you, you're a grizzled veteran of finance. {I attend uni in Italy so perhaps my professor was mistaken(mistranslation/misunderstanding on his part) however he strook me as a diligent guy} I remember him referencing specifically simple puts and calls as being the vanilla toppings of the derivatives world. He considered standard calls and puts to be vanilla options. 🤷

[@alastairmatchett6320]

Hi JK, yes you are right the term vanilla is contextual. So a vanilla option would be a put or a call, but a butterfly or a straddle would not be considered vanilla. However, in this case Harper was talking about an overall mandate and vanilla in that context would mean a long only fund in equities or fixed income.

[@kentrichardson6916]

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[@johnwayne2136]

appreciate if the voice would be louder