I bet he will want a lot of money to work with to guarantee his hedge fund career isn't short lived. Reputation is everything, guard it with your life. 48 Laws man! This stock/bond/short/put stuff is on another level than me so I could never do it short term. I am all about the medium and long term and mostly avoiding losses and minimizing wasted income potentials. This is what happens when you are on the iPad at 1:20am.