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After reading Fooled by Randomness, I tried to replicate Nassim Taleb's strategy of buying far OTM options in anticipation of a particular stock being outed as
by pwaai 8y ago
After reading Fooled by Randomness, I tried to replicate Nassim Taleb's strategy of buying far OTM options in anticipation of a particular stock being outed as a fraud.
I made a killing when a certain blockchain company traded on NASDAQ was investigated by the SEC and soon faced delisting.
With those winnings, I went all in-purchasing near expiry far far far OTM put options, expecting imminent OTCBB quotes.
It took 2 months for it to happen and my put options expired worthless.
So what I learned is that I suck at trading and I should not gamble.
- 21 8y agoWhen Taleb did this strategy, he was buying options years out.
- pwaai 8y agoI think before the market crash in the 80s, he bought a bunch of put options for pennies which ended up being probably several hundred dollars.....literally a 100,000% ROI from a blackswan event he's still living off that FU money....not sure how rich he is but I estimate 20MM