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The Oral Hygiene of Economic Pundits
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
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
Novelty and Amy Winehouse....
Lessons learned from hot girls
Long since matured high school girls make me nervous....
Momentum is Instinctual
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
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
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
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...
