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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review

For those who didn’t follow this blog from the beginning, here are the posts about EdSpec until now (there are more coming): Post 1 – Introduction Post 2 – “Preface“ Post 3 – “The Old Trader And The Yen” Post … Continue lendo

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Blog Features

This blog used to have 3 to 4 posts a week, in the busiest months. The last few weeks (where the enormous amount of work didn’t allow me to post anything) showed me that perhaps the best approach was not … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part VII – “Losses, Comebacks, Trends and the Weather”

It’s been a while, since the last EdSpec post. Tonight we will focus on chapter 4: “Losses, Comebacks, Trends and the Weather”. As usual, quotes are in bold and comments are in regular type. ——- “Perhaps the best way to … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part VI – Delphic Oracles and Science

This chapter of EdSpec is dedicated to the art of forecast – scientifically or by any other means. Niederhoffer attributes to the Delphic Oracles the practice of con, giving forecast that could not be proven wrong, by its own ambiguity. … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part V – “Panics and Hoodoos”, Cont.

It’s been a while since our last post on EdSpec. Today we are going to end the review on the Chapter 2, “Panics and Hoodoos”. The first theme of the chapter was “Panics”, covering market sell-offs since 19th Century. The … Continue lendo

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What To Use?

As I’m reviewing “The Education Of A Speculator” for this blog, I came across my own notes on what would Victor Niederhoffer use in the markets, specially when it comes to data mining/modelling. Here’s a list of do’s and don’ts: … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part IV – “Panics and Hoodoos”

Hello, This chapter “Panics and Hoodoos” brings many interesting advices on markets – written and not written. The fact is that you can see between the lines some traits that directly or indirectly contributed to the “Niederhoffer Debacle” of 1997.  … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part III – “Brighton Beach Training”

Hello. This chapter of “The Education Of A Speculator” brings forth Niederhoffer’s childhood memories, full of hints that one could add to his own arsenal of market knowledge. As a Brooklin guy, street smart was part of the game, on … Continue lendo

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“The Education Of A Speculator” – Late Review – Part II – “The Old Trader and the Yen”

“I am an old trader, and I trade the yen in the cash market”. In this first chapter, Victor summon up Hemingway’s classic “The Old Man and the Sea”,  the story of Santiago, an old fishermen who fights with a … Continue lendo

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Late Review – EdSpec

Today was the day for the “Education Of A Speculator” “late” review – but a series of personal issues came in, all and once… I’ll try to publish it until tuesday… Sorry.

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