Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy.
cephalopodshop
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- i’m sad to report that the ceo killer did *not* have a bright future in quant trading ahead of him 😭
- bro has just copied random lines out of a math textbook (incorrectly) and called it calculus and differential equations 😭If you don’t understand calculus and differential equations , you should give up trading This is what it takes to generate proprietary trading signals to live luxurious life There is no substitute for hard work
- Remember that FTX was illegally using **customer money** to lend to his affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research, to make illiquid venture bets, and to make political donations. And that when the customers asked for their money back, he couldn’t return it. THAT is why the[SBF says:] I don't quite agree with every point—but, yeah, this is basically what happened. I'm not saying FTX's solvency or the Debtors' mismanagement are the reasons I'm innocent (although it's a piece of the story!). But the Debtors are still withholding funds—see, e.g.,
- Guy who tried to trade on inside information is mad that his inside information didn’t move the market.Betting markets have not reacted to today's information pertaining to the New York City mayoral election.
- The best academic finance paper I ever read was a working paper (ie pre-preprint) that I found on a well-known researcher’s website after googling for related terms and filetype:pdf The paper was dated 2015 and I saw it in 2017. I just checked, and the (simple, but quite niche)
- Replying to @iamjasonlevinFor $72 you could have bought a lesson in how to not post this cringe.
- We have built DeepStack, the first AI to beat humans in no-limit poker. We are now building the next generation AI company for algorithmic trading! We are growing our research and engineering team. If you want to work with a world class AI team led by ex-DeepMind researchers and
- Has there ever been anyone more unjustifiably convinced of their own importance and erudition than Eliezer Yudkowsky?
- “Multi-manager funds use sophisticated portfolio construction and hedging overlays to neutralise unwanted risks and isolate alpha factors in their portfolio” The portfolio:
- Jim Simons inspired us all to believe that with grit, determination, and a dash of innate talent, it's possible for anyone to live to 86 years old while maintaining a 40 a day chain smoking habit. RIP to a real one.It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons. Jim was an award-winning mathematician, a legendary investor and a generous philanthropist. simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/sim…
- Incredible that the most complete and internally consistent account of what happened at FTX/Alameda to date is not the NYT or WSJ or the FT but the blog “milky eggs dot com” written by user “fbi femboy”
- I recently watched both and it’s amazing how much better The Big Short is compared to Margin Call.

















