Perhaps God is short options as well. And he has more capital and more theta than us. Statements like "I haven't blown up yet" are not good...
So entertainment working at love is the highest ideal of our society? Those must be the best jobs for both men and women. Freud would then run a...
True, to those who have never done it, it seems that you can't know the correct path and your points are great. There is no way to judge the...
Sadly, one can only hear their own tiny inner voice when all the other sounds that drown it out are quiet for some time. (The drowning is...
Those B*******; they killed Kenny!
I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting it. I retired in 2005 and have tried to tell people some of these points but many will not listen....
Don't hold someone that is a wasting asset long term. Look for good fundamentals, solid growth potential, and someone you would be comfortable...
I completely agree with you. (LOL sorry! I know that in fine ET tradition, I am supposed to call you names and argue particularly when I know I am...
With respect, I would consider this comment pure hindsight bias. In an alternative reality, we might be praising LTCM as "the smartest guys in the...
Great points. Taleb's system is not winning either - the point of this threads' question. One more point. LTCM was taken out by other...
Make up the signs - we are the 97.5%!
For further information on this method please google search maclean's retirement 649 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/08/retirement-649/ 'A...
Curious that both LTCM and his system would both be negative expectation. Could it be the system is a very small part of successful trading? So...
Wasn't the downgrade of the US credit rating August last year unexpected? If not, then why would the market drop so dramatically. The market...
If I recall, the bookies liked to help their odds a bit with some points shaving. At least I thought there were indictments against refs for...
There was someone who spoke of a bookmaker analogy in an "options edge" thread and was clearly told that he was wrong. Oh, wait it was me. :p...
This was another of my first lessons. I carefully charted and followed the top annual predictors in a newspaper I subscribed to and after 5 or so...
Interestingly enough, I was once told that this is how most brokers get started as well. Make a prediction, wait to see what happens, divide your...
Test it out all you like, to show conclusively it will not work. Life is just not as simple as some of the people on the planet. This kind of...
Yes Gster I have had something similar happen with the Nexus platform on option trading. In fact, if you trade long enough, you will see...
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