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Aug 14, 2022·How Markets Work

The Juicy Stuff Doesn’t Hit The Pit

On adverse selection

May 23, 2022·How Markets Work

My Investing Shame Is Your Gain

Why it took so long for me to start learn about investing

May 8, 2022·How Markets Work

3-Card Macro

A rare excursion into macro

Apr 2, 2022·How Markets Work

Finance Guilt

Defending finance careers

Feb 11, 2022·How Markets Work

Notes From SIG's Todd Simkin

This interview lifts the veil a bit on SIGs trader education program and culture.

Nov 8, 2021·How Markets Work

Using Insurance For Tax-Free Investment Growth

Insurance is a surgical tool -- use it carefully

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

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·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

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

Apr 11, 2021·How Markets Work

Twitter Reminds Me Of The Trading Pits

Information games

Mar 3, 2021·How Markets Work

Distributional Edge vs Carry

The problem with buying "low" and selling "high"

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