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Kris Abdelmessih

Posts by Kris Abdelmessih.

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Oct 10, 2021·Options Theory

The Monty Hall Problem Is More Than A Game

Real-life application of the Monty Hall conditional probability problem

Oct 7, 2021·How Markets Work·Options and Volatility·Options Theory·Risk and Edge

What The Widowmaker Can Teach Us About Trade Prospecting And Fool’s Gold

How an option market decomposes probability from expectancy

Oct 7, 2021·Options and Volatility·Risk and Edge

A Cleaner Dashboard: Z-Scores Instead Of Price Changes

Use volatility-aware price changes for more context in your dashboards

Oct 5, 2021·Options Theory

Portfolio Theory And The Invisible Option On Hobbies

Portfolio theory is a portable idea to other parts of life

Sep 29, 2021·Options Theory

Jensen’s Inequality As An Intuition Tool

Practice in distinguishing linear vs non-linear phenomena

Jun 26, 2021·Options Theory

Option Lenses

The importance of looking at options comparatively

Jun 7, 2021·How Markets Work

Getting Less Screwed On Compensation

Trading risk reversals on your bonus

May 23, 2021·How Markets Work

How I Misapplied My Trader Mindset To Investing

On overlearning lessons

May 21, 2021·Risk and Edge

Talking To The Diamond Hands

Understanding the psychology of concentrated risk-taking

May 21, 2021·How Markets Work

Why Investing Feels Like Astrology

Textbooks are far behind the market meta-game

May 13, 2021·How Markets Work

Bubbles: Knowing You’re In One Is Not Even Half The Battle

Knowing something is a bubble doesn't prescribe an easy action

May 7, 2021·Options Theory·Options and Volatility

Understanding Vega Risk

Learn how option prices depend on changes in implied volatility

Apr 21, 2021·Options Theory

Berkson’s Paradox

Why correlations breakdown in the presence of "range restriction"

Apr 19, 2021·How Markets Work·Risk and Edge

Shorting In The Time Of ShitCos

A qualitative appreciation for the asymmetry of shorting

Apr 18, 2021·How Markets Work·Risk and Edge

Understanding Edge

The foundation of all trading

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