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GreatGazoo

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12. Traders bet both ways (hedge)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:22 PM
Jun 11

Their job is to invest as much money as possible with as little risk as possible. They aren't psychic and they aren't gullible. They just cover everything that can happen, good or bad. Up or down. And then something shifts the balance and all the numbers move. For pro traders the market is like a horse race but you can change your bets during the race. The odds of 'boots on the ground' went down so the market went up as they all adjusted their balance.

Trump was claiming we were going to take Kharge Island. Things were escalating. Now he says we aren't. It's not that either one of those was/is true. It is how safe does it seem to buy stock at any moment in time amid this chaos.

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