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Kris Abdelmessih

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Nov 27, 2023·How Markets Work·Risk and Edge

5 Takeaways From Todd Simkin on The AlphaMind Podcast

More lessons from SIG

Oct 29, 2023·Risk and Edge

The Midpoint From 1 to 9 is…3?

numeracy practice

Oct 23, 2023·Options and Volatility·Risk and Edge

A Simple Demonstration of Return Vs Volatility

Volatility is a quadratic drag on returns

Oct 22, 2023·How Markets Work

The Creep of Arbitrage Means Investing Is Mostly A Faith Exercise

The challenge of "long term" investing

Oct 11, 2023·How Markets Work

What I Learned About TIPs

The mechanics of TIPs

Sep 29, 2023·How Markets Work

BOXX: Access Options Funding Rates in an ETF

How the t-bill alternative BOXX works

Sep 20, 2023·How Markets Work

Notes from RenTec CEO Peter Brown on the GS Podcast

A rare interview

Sep 16, 2023·How Markets Work

On Active Management and Private Investments

Cost/benefit of giving up liquidity and transprency

Sep 13, 2023·How Markets Work

Investing With Your Hands On The Wheel

Assessing the returns to investing effort

Sep 10, 2023·How Markets Work

The Pods On Top Of The Food Chain

Understanding multi-managers and pods

Aug 20, 2023·How Markets Work

Reflections On Getting Filled

What's the value of something you win at auction conditional on getting filled

Jun 5, 2023·Options Theory

The Beauty of Option Theory

On a talk I gave about the value of option thinking

May 8, 2023·Options Theory·Options and Volatility

You Think You’re Trading Vol...But Are You Even?

The implied volatility you think you're trading technically depends on your actual funding costs not the ones inherited from the marketplace.

Apr 30, 2023·How Markets Work·Options and Volatility·Options Theory

Battle Scars As A Call Option — The UNG Experience

A case study in oblique risk

Apr 16, 2023·How Markets Work·Options Theory·Risk and Edge

Insights From The Warrant Puzzle via Financial Hacking

Financial Hacking is one of the best books applying intuition to common problems in trading and investing

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