the 80/20 hack for "risk-adjusting" returns
Forecasting your actual compounded return
The "most important" gambling topic and a riddle
Non-self-weighting strategy
the investment industry is a placebo
Uselessly long feedback loops mean investing is an act of faith
the 2 vectors of volatility scaling
the foundation of portfolio construction
another example of vol goggles
Delta bid or vol bid?
moontower raw: another day of trading
more live trading
stop with the stop-loss debate
on stop-losses
Pigs on the Wing: vol tells us nothing about extreme moves
Tails are not just scaled up version of volatility
risk rules that ignore p/l memory
constrain risk before the loss not after
you can ONLY eat risk-adjusted returns
the "hardest, nastiest problem in finance"
laying in the weeds
searching for ideas "left for dead"
2 key concepts for traders
2 ideas that get you back to basics
Tax-Loss Harvesting On Levered Long/Short
tax loss harvesting
"negatively priced lunch"
diversification
The “world’s worst time traveler” investing style
Even if you know the future investing is hard
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