Also, if you know a little bit about finance and are interested in Ed Thorp, read his papers. For example, https://books.google.de/books?id=uOPa9XtzoJ4C&lpg=PA

Also, if you know a little bit about finance and are interested in Ed Thorp, read his papers. For example, https://books.google.de/books?id=uOPa9XtzoJ4C&lpg=PA181&ots=Ro1P_SOeXB&dq=Risk%20Arbitrage%20in%20the%20Nikkei%20Put%20Warrant%20Market%20of%201989-1990&hl=de&pg=PA181#v=onepage&q=Risk%20Arbitrage%20in%20the%20Nikkei%20Put%20Warrant%20Market%20of%201989-1990&f=true https://books.google.de/books?id=uOPa9XtzoJ4C&lpg=PA181&ots=... should give you a feeling of how his hedge fund was working.