Big Money Series

How Hedge Funds Trade Options

How Hedge Funds Trade Options

This video is all about how hedge funds trade options. Jason Bodner and Lucas Downey discuss how big institutions trade options. It is very tricky to determine just how option block trading can fluctuate the price of stocks. This quick inside look gives insight into how option trading can have a big impact on stock… Read more »

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How Big Investors Trade Index Additions

How Big Investors Trade Index Additions

Big Money investors devote massive resources to getting ahead of stocks added to an index. Jason Bodner and Lucas Downey discuss how big investors trade index additions. In our research, we see time and time again how stocks get bid up prior to an announcement. Oftentimes we aren’t sure why a stock is getting bought… Read more »

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How Big Institutions Trade Options

How Big Institutions Trade Options

Big money managers trade option blocks that ripple into stocks. Jason Bodner and Lucas Downey discuss how big institutions trade options. If you ever wanted to know how trading options can impact stock prices, check it out. Take it from us, big option blocks greatly impact stock prices. How Big Institutions Trade Options This quick… Read more »

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How Hedge Funds Trade Stocks

How Hedge Funds Trade Stocks

Big money investors like hedge funds trade massive amounts of stock. Jason Bodner and Lucas Downey discuss how hedge funds trade stocks. Most hedge fund trading used to be handled on the phones. Now most of the action is done electronically. The guys took their Wall Street knowledge to create MAPsignals – looking for unusual… Read more »

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HOW BIG INVESTORS TRADE STOCKS

How Big Investors Trade Stocks

Big investors like hedge funds, pension funds, and registered investment advisors can take days and weeks to buy a stock. That’s why it’s important to know how big investors trade stocks. Jason and Luke chat about what it was like handling these large stock orders on the trading desks. They took that knowledge to create… Read more »

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Big Money Series – Index Additions

Hedge funds make bets on which stocks will be added to an index…aka index adds. In this video, our founders breakdown how institutions will position ahead of these events. Since we follow the big money, we capture a lot of these in our research. Read more »

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Big Money Series – Hedge Funds

Did you ever want to know how hedge funds place big stock orders with their brokers? In this video we break down how big stock blocks trade and the cat and mouse games that portfolio managers play with their brokers. Hedge Funds Break Up Their Orders Jason and Lucas Downey break down how hedge funds… Read more »

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Big Money Series – Option Blocks

Options often get a bad wrap. That’s a shame because they are tools for an investor. How Hedge Funds Trade Option Blocks In this video, Lucas Downey and Jason Bodner discuss how option blocks trade and the impact they have on the underlying shares. After running derivative desks for many years, we, at Mapsignals, have… Read more »

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How Hedge Funds and RIAs Trade ETF Blocks

How Hedge Funds and RIAs Trade ETF Blocks

We’ve traded countless shares of ETFs over the years. In this video we discuss how Hedge Funds and RIAs trade ETF blocks. We were at the forefront of the huge shift to ETF asset accumulation. The bottom line: ETF blocks move stocks. How Hedge Funds and RIAs Trade ETF Blocks RIAs trade huge blocks of… Read more »

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Big Money Series – Stock Blocks

People ask us all the time, “what is big money?” This is the first big money series video of 5. Big Stock Blocks Move Share Prices We really enjoyed making this and sharing what we’ve learned over the years. In this video, Mapsignals co-founders, Lucas Downey and Jason Bodner, break down how chunky order-flow taught… Read more »

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