Mathematical expectation

Discussion in 'Risk Management' started by Visaria, Jul 30, 2014.

  1. HKVP9

    HKVP9


    No. Casino games are technically Closed End Systems. Financial Markets are in theory, Open Ended Systems. Never the twain shall they (theoretically) meet. However, this does not preclude one from calculating the probability of 'price' being at a certain location (level) in the future - that is an entirely different question and a different mathematical model.

    I use Density Probabilities for the Location of 'Price' at some future Time in my trading model and I do not consider 'price' to be a singular data point as most do. Just one of the things that gives me an edge in my trading. I consider real price to be somewhat smeared across Time and Space, giving me an ability to view price in way that is quite different than most other Traders and an ability to calculate the arrival of price at a specific location in the future, where Time is constant. You can't do that at Vegas!

    This is one of the reasons why I chuckle when I hear someone say that Trading is Gambling. Those threads always crack me up a bit.
     
    #71     Aug 12, 2014
  2. HKVP9

    HKVP9

    What he just said.

    Just make sure you also run the same analysis across all Five (5) Market Types. This will give you an EV for Market Types I through V. Or, EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4 and EV5. If you want to be slightly technical about the matter. If you don't know what the Five (5) Market Types are already, then we can have that basic discussion as well.
     
    #72     Aug 12, 2014
  3. ronblack

    ronblack

    Pls let's do that. I'm trading for as long as I can remember and I've never heard of the "5 market types". I can think of up trending, down trending, mean-reverting, sideways but I may be misisng the fifth type.
     
    #73     Aug 13, 2014
  4. Sergio77

    Sergio77

    Not sure this is relevant or even true.
     
    #74     Aug 14, 2014
  5. Visaria

    Visaria

    kut2k2, i respect you, but you are wrong and mav is correct. Trade returns divided by no. of trades equals (historical ) average result.
     
    #75     Aug 18, 2014