drinkislande

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   by drinkislande 12y ago

   Honestly, I don't understand why there's so much cynicism regarding Quantopian and their contest. I think it's great that there's a tool people can use to get started with automated system trading. For all of you who are
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   by drinkislande 12y ago

   It really depends how you're using the random coin tossing. Are you going through a list of securities then tossing a coin and if it's heads you'll buy it, if it's tails, you'll sell? How will you allocate your capi
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   by drinkislande 12y ago

   Process means nothing if it doesn't have good returns. You can have the best analysts and if something goes wrong, you still have good "process" but you'll have peanuts to show for it. At the end of the day, what matters
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   by drinkislande 12y ago

   I take it neither of you have ever read "What Works on Wall Street"? crack it open, and tell me it's impossible to beat the market. Just because lazy people advocate buying index funds doesn't mean it's automaticall
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   by drinkislande 12y ago

   It's such a shame that we have people posting comments online when they haven't the slightest clue what they're talking about. Do you really believe finance is a valueless and damaging industry? If so, do you realize that all