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What is the difference between stock trading and gambling in a casino?
Answer by Laurent Bernut: I’ll give You the same answer I gave two CIOs of Fidelity. The common point between professional poker players, star fund managers and street hookers is that they go to work: it is not meant to be fun. Excellent question. Beyond taxes and manufactured negative gain expectancy, there is much market […]
The Habit of Short-Selling
Selling short is not antipatriotic. It most certainly is not a hedge to Long. The only commonality with art is that 90% of artists starve. Short-selling is not some shadow conspiracy undermining the economy. No short sellers seats on any board on sinking ships. Short-selling is none of that. Short-selling is a habit, just like […]
Has anybody gotten rich through automated trading?
Happy New Year from Alpha Secure Capital. This was an answer to a question on Quora. It has been read by more than 16,000 people. Now, I am a digital nomad investor: Viet Nam, Singapore, Tokyo, KL, Venezia, Palermo, Reikjavik. Rents get paid in our sleep, balance gets bigger by 1-3% every week. Dream life, […]
How complex are the algorithms used by financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs and other hedge funds in their proprietary trading so…
This is an answer to a question on Quora. It got re-posted and shared across Quora users. Answer by Laurent Bernut: Complexity is a form of laziness Complexity is fragile: it works until it does not There are two types of algos: low-latency and systematic algos. Low-latency is the realm of HFT. Those algos can […]
Algorithmic trading: How to get started building an algorithmic trading system?
This is an answer to a question on Quora: Algorithmic trading: How to get started building an algorithmic trading system? Answer by Laurent Bernut: If investment is a process, then the logical conclusion is automation. Algorithms are nothing else than the extreme formalisation of an underlying philosophy. This is the visual expression of a trading edge […]