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  • The Oral Hygiene of Economic Pundits

    Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 12:36 in introspection

    I had a dentist appointment today. Like most people who do not suffer from OCD, I do not floss regularly and the dental hygienist is quick notice. Therefore, I brush my teeth a few minutes before, hoping to lessen the likelihood of the (possibly inev...

  • To Iterate is Human, to Recurse, Divine

    Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 12:01 in introspection

    I have a fancy for functional programming languages; I find recursion intuitively elegant. However, in my mental processes, recursion seems to be a dangerous flaw. This trade may return 5% if event A occurs-> This trade could return 10% if event...

  • The Novelty of Women with Addiction Problems

    Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 17:35 in introspection

    Novelty and Amy Winehouse....

  • Lessons learned from hot girls

    Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 15:49 in introspection

    Long since matured high school girls make me nervous....

  • Momentum is Instinctual

    Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 10:46 in introspection, experiments

    One of the earliest trading programs I wrote (circa sophomore year of high school), traded on momentum. It acted quiet naively which is a proper reflection of my mind at the time. If the slope of the price for an asset was greater than and less than ...

  • I Am a Gluttonous Trader

    Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 08:01 in introspection

    In addition to being a promiscuous trader, I am a glutton; Not only do I trade too often, but I risk too much of my equity on each individual trade. Perusing my trades from last year, I noticed that eighty-percent of my losses came from about 10% of ...

  • I Am a Promiscuous Trader

    Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 10:48 in introspection

    I spent the morning looking through my trading history for the past year; It was glaringly obvious that I traded too much. As this is one of the most abused platitudes in trading circles, I will expound upon my particular offense. Obviously, you cann...

  • I Am Relatively Unintelligent

    Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 10:48 in introspection

    Compared to the average quantitative analyst, I am relatively unintelligent. To be more accurate, I should say I am less experienced and educated; I believe myself to be of equal innate intelligence and discipline but several years to the left of the...