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Trading 101: Understanding the Expected Value of Uncertain Bets
Industry veterans sometimes remark that successful gamblers tend to make good traders, and engineers tend to make lousy traders. This
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On Having an Edge
The first thing you need as a trader is a clear edge. What do I mean by “edge?” Edge comes
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Rules of Thumb for Trading Equity Options
If you trade liquid stocks or futures contracts, the first thing you will notice about equity options trading is that
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Think like a traderTrading strategiesPairs Trading Strategy: A Short Take on Real-World Application
InIn textbooks, you often see pairs trading algorithms starting by regressing prices of Asset A on Asset B to calculate
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The best places to get trading ideas
Steal them from other people If you know other people are making money trading an idea, it is often a
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Stop Trying to Beat Djokovic at Tennis
The first fundamental problem traders run up against is that there’s no beginners’ market. You have to compete for good
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Beginner Trading Tips: How Part-Time Traders Can Win
Your job, as a trader, is to take all the information we have available now and make a judgment on
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Quant Signal Trade-Offs in the Real World
I want to discuss a couple of simple trade-off considerations around quant trading signals that may not be obvious. Here’s
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Don’t major in minor stuff
If you try to teach yourself quant trading from the internet or from scientific papers, you run the risk of
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Case Study: Lessons Learned from 9 Crypto Trading
In 2021, James, I, and a small team decided to set up a crypto trading venture. We faced several problems,
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The Intuition of Log Returns
When you do anything with data, you should think about the intuition of each thing you do, and what it
