Below is an excerpt from Investing and the Irrational Mind, where the author highlights a list of words that best characterize a successful trader/investor. The following is a list of words generated in my work with hundreds of major fund manager as well as proprietary and independent traders. I asked them to write down the […]
The inner game
Wimbledon starts today. I’m looking forward to another two weeks of tennis trading on the grass, full of trading opportunities, similar to what we’ve seen in the pre-Wimbledon tournaments. But this post is inspired by what took place last night at the EURO Cup when Italy overtook England at a penalty shootout. A victory that […]
The Kelly criterion and the 80/20 rule
After looking over my last post on the 80/20 rule and also having a discussion with a fellow trader, I’ve decided to write this short post in order to add one more angle to the 80/20 rule, and more specifically, how it relates to – to what I found to be – the best staking […]
The 80/20 rule and how it applies to sports trading
“How to make more money while trading less” could have been a suitable title for this post as well, because that is what the 80/20 rule is all about, doing or achieving more while working or committing less resources. What is the 80/20 rule? Before we go into how the 80/20 rule will help you […]
Patterns of play for tennis trading
The first week of tennis trading this season already brought up some incredible trading opportunities. Some of the most notable are the ones in Chennai were there have been two matches in which a player has come back from one set down and double break down in the second set. The first match was Gasquet […]
Becoming a sports trading expert is about making mistakes
Starting from the quote below, becoming an expert sports trader, or an expert in any field is about making mistakes. An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. by Niels Bohr – Danish physicist I have made mistakes; but I made sure I learned […]