Automated Trading Is Gambling

Discussion in 'Automated Trading' started by fordewind, Nov 4, 2017.

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    Or even read -- Market Makers Edge, book by Joshua Lukeman:D:cool: 6 month candle chart is not really gambling......................................................................................................
     
    #61     Jun 15, 2018
  2. No, just use craps rules for the automation and you should be good.
     
    #62     Jun 16, 2018
  3. Hey, old fart!Are you still around?:D
     
    #63     Jun 16, 2018
  4. Trading is gambling in many ways but there are profitable gamblers. Believe it or not. What matters is whether you are profitable or not.
     
    #65     Sep 23, 2018
  5. Overnight

    Overnight

    Trading is NOT gambling. Please cease from intimating as such. Thanks!
     
    #66     Sep 23, 2018
  6. PistolPete

    PistolPete

    If you risk a dollar without the benefit of positive expectancy you are gambling , if you dont know your expectancy you are likely gambling . Positive expectancy is an edge . If you have defined your expectancy and it is negative and you still risk a dollar you are an idiot . Most traders are clueless on how to measure/calculate expectancy and they are gamblers . Skilled quants are the best traders in the world , the most successful fund on the planet in last 30 years is 100% mathematical . A lot of whats in this thread is dribble . Saying it cant be done is expressing your limitations not mine
     
    #67     Sep 23, 2018
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  7. Overnight

    Overnight

    For the last bloody time, trading is NOT gambling. Why does nobody ever wish to accept this fact?

    Gee, didn't I read an article earlier this year about how "quants" were getting destroyed in profitability? Oh, yeah...

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...el-from-worst-run-in-8-years-as-aqr-takes-hit

    https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/306928/how-to-get-a-job-in-a-quant-fund

    *shrugs*
     
    #68     Sep 23, 2018
  8. PistolPete

    PistolPete

    " I read an Article " hmmm well you are quite the guru .

    "Trading is NOT gambling " hmmm that blanket statement succinctly covers all aspects

    Close the thread down we have a genius that just summed it up
     
    #69     Sep 23, 2018
  9. Overnight

    Overnight

    You are correct sir.
     
    #70     Sep 23, 2018