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Real Vision PresentsMike Green: The Market Era of "Meme-ification" | RV ClassicsFrauds, options, retail investors, & social media have collided, creating powerful market dynamics--Carson Block, Lily Francus & Kyla Scanlon explore.
The rise of frauds, the role of options trading, the retail renaissance, and the function of social media and “meme” culture all have collided in the markets, amplifying investor apathy, cult-like behaviors, cynicism, and generational discontent.
Muddy Waters Capital CIO Carson Block, Moody’s Analytics director of quantitative research Lily Francus, and creator and investor Kyla Scanlon come together to shed light on where these powerful dynamics stem from and whether they will endure as a permanent fixture of the market environment.
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Crypto Critics' CornerDeFi and Cryptocurrency Risks and Rewards (Feat. Lily Francus)Today Bennett and Cas are joined by Lily Francus, director and quantitative research strategist at Moody's Analytics, who helps us understand the underlying risks, rewards, and caveats of participating in the decentralized financial industry.
Follow Lily on Twitter @nope_its_lily or join her free Substack here https://nopeitslily.substack.com
This episode was produced by Asher Hirsch and recorded on Thursday, April 28th, 2022.2022-05-1951 min
Odd LotsThis Is What Happened to the Meme Stock ManiaSpring of 2021 was peak meme mania. GameStop was going nuts. AMC was going nuts. And in general, the big cohort of traders that entered the market in early 2020 was riding high. Since then, though, things have turned south. Volumes have dipped significantly. The memes came back to Earth, and a lot of the growth stocks that were riding high have gotten absolutely killed. So where do things stand now, and what happened to all the new traders? On this episode, we speak to Lily Francus, director of quantitative research at Moody's Analytics, as well as Kyla Scanlon, a popular...2022-04-2854 min
Infinite LoopsLily Francus and Jesse Livermore — Understanding Financial BubblesLily Francus is a risk theorist and a quantitative researcher at Moody’s. She is also the author of the ‘Midnight on the Market Momentum’ newsletter. Find Lily on her Twitter at https://twitter.com/nope_its_lily and read her newsletter at https://nopeitslily.substack.com Jesse Livermore is an OSAM research partner and a recurring guest at Infinite Loops. You can connect with him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Jesse_Livermore and read more about his work at http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/ Show notes: Why all the recent focus on bubble...2022-02-141h 27
Supply ShockLily Francus on How the Growth of Options is Reshaping Market StructureIn this episode of On the Margin, I sit down with Lily Francus to discuss the rapid expansion of the options market. We discussed the Fed's impact on the market, what is driving the growth in options, how options suck liquidity out of the market, and their impact on volatility.Lily is one of the sharpest minds I've spoken to, especially when it comes to market structure. I hope you all learn as much as I did.----If you like this episode be sure to subscribe to our newsletter at https://blockworks.co...2021-04-0739 min
Chatter#134 - Houston Wade On How GameStop Happened, Naked Shorts, and FTDsHouston Wade is a Geologist, Astrophysics professor, a current Harvard grad student in History, and the proud owner of a driveway full of shitboxes all in various states of repair. I found Houston’s work first after reading at thread by him on Twitter about the GameStop saga and had to get him on the show. Since December of last year GameStop had been on a crazy ride as a company and the redditors on Wall Street Bets have been ridiculed and parodied, but they may be onto something. We talked all about what he describes as the “baby squeeze” in Jan...2021-04-0650 minChatter#133 - William Steele On GameStop And The Internet Hive MindWilliam Steele (AKA Bill Steele), host of the Stonk News Network was my guest on today’s show. William Steele is a 24-year-old Irish-Mexican American. Born a military brat in Fort Carson, CO. Most of the focus of his post-secondary education and industry skills are in the realms of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Equity Securities Trading, International Business, Music Composition & Production, and Film. We chatted all about GameStop, the internet hive mind, the concepts of cycles of human history, learning from AI, the fraud involved in the stock market and much, much more.
If you haven’t already and you enjo...2021-04-021h 34
I ALSO Want Money#32 - Meme Stock Theory & Options Trading: Part II with Lily Francus and Monica TurreyShort. Call. Put. Long. What do these things have in common? Options trading is a key factor in meme stock trading and enabled the $GME run. In this episode, we continue with meme stock experts and Salience Capital co-founders Lily Francus and Monica Turrey. Lily and Monica teach us how options work and how they may make you money.Follow us on Instagram: @ialsopodcast, Twitter: @IAlsoPodcastSpeaker Bio:Lily Francus is an independent quantitative researcher and head of Salience Capital, a quantitative research...2021-04-0137 min
I ALSO Want Money#31 - GameStop & Meme Stock Theory: Part I with Lily Francus and Monica TurreyWhat happened with GameStop can be attributed to meme theory - the same theory that explains viral sensations and fake news. How does it work? Meme theory experts Lily Francus and Monica Turrey turned to day-trading to pay for grad school and now have a rapidly growing following, studying how meme theory impacts the markets. In the first of this two part series, the Salience Capital co-founders teach us the logic behind trading these “meme stocks” and caution us on how to play the game. Follow us on Instagram: @ialsopodcast, Twitter: @IA...2021-03-1837 minChatter#126 - Lily Francus on GameStop, Shortselling, and r/WallStreetBets[**Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!!**](https://www.xvinlink.com/?a_fid=chatter)
Lily Francus, of Salience Capital was my guest on today’s show. Lily is the creator of the NOPE chart, Head of Fashion at Salience Capital, former teenager, and definitely not someone giving financial advice. I wanted to get Lily on the show to talk about the GameStop saga, the reason for the spike in January and the current rally. She breaks down short squeezes, short ladder attacks, call options, and whether the GameStop Mother Of All Short Squeezes is real or just internet speculation run amok.
HERE IS TH...2021-03-1335 min
Market Champions142|Trading Volatility and the NOPE Indicator ft. Lily Francus with Srivatsan PrakashLily Francus is the inventor of the NOPE indicator and is an independent quantitative options trader and researcher. On this episode she shares her journey to using NOPE, some tips on trading options and her thoughts and views on the world of quantitative finance!
2021-03-0749 minInfinite LoopsLily Francus – Options, Passive & SpeculationIn this episode of Infinite Loops, we spoke with Lily Francus, an independent quantitative researcher and creator of the NOPE indicator. In this conversation we covered: Lily’s dive into the world of options Her popular whitepaper and subsequent NOPE indicator The power of Twitter for networking and insights Retail participation in the options markets GameStop madness And MUCH more Follow Lily on Twitter (https://twitter.com/nope_its_lily) and check out her writing (https://nopeitslily.substack.com/).2021-02-251h 14
Hidden ForcesMeme ‘Stonks’: How Call Options & Reddit Broke Wall Street | Lily FrancusIn Episode 178 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Lily Francus, a 25-year-old PhD student in bioinformatics who spends her time modeling complex, dynamic systems, trading meme stocks, and writing about options, derivatives, and how stories and ideas spread on the Internet. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or don’t have an Internet connection you will already know that some really crazy shit happened in the last couple of weeks involving the video game retailer GameStop, a number of large, Wall Street institutions, and the online community subreddit r/Wall Street Bets, which has now...2021-02-081h 08
Good Mourning, Nancy PodcastEp. 50: BLACK SUNDAY (1960) - The Mask We WearIt's the last episode of season 5! It's Mario Bava's Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to the duality of women, monstrous love, blurred lines between good & evil, and The Spectral Mother.
This episode contains a quote concerning date rape. Listener discretion is advised.
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Black Sunday; (aka: La Maschera del Demonio)
Bava, Mario 1960; France, Italy; 83 min; B&W; Horror P: Massimo de Rita; W: Mario Bava, Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei...2019-05-2154 min