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by Mercadian
October 3rd, 2022, 2:19 pm
Forum: Politics Forum
Topic: What is Trussonomics?
Replies: 149
Views: 26873

Re: What is Trussonomics?

Is the goal of tax to

A) raise money for public services
Or
B) punish people for earning money?
Or.... MMT's C)....  Pool currency so it can be shredded 
by Mercadian
September 30th, 2022, 4:52 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Stupid question of the day
Replies: 3181
Views: 400314

Re: Stupid question of the day

Where can I buy NFTs of Paul's Hawaian shirts?
Bored Ape with Paul's swag? now there's a picture!
by Mercadian
August 29th, 2022, 3:00 pm
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Hyperinflation
Replies: 104
Views: 41832

Re: Hyperinflation

I just finished re-reading Hazlitt’s economics in one lesson. Pairs up nicely with this Mises institute conference: https://youtu.be/bbptwRjLat0 Is it time to try the Austrian school? I’d be inclined to file that one under “Never Mind the Pollocks” Hahahahahahaha, on man that really got me laughing...
by Mercadian
August 26th, 2022, 12:11 am
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Hyperinflation
Replies: 104
Views: 41832

Re: Hyperinflation

I just finished re-reading Hazlitt’s economics in one lesson.

Pairs up nicely with this Mises institute conference:

https://youtu.be/bbptwRjLat0

Is it time to try the Austrian school?
by Mercadian
August 25th, 2022, 8:24 pm
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Proof of the invisible
Replies: 17
Views: 8811

Re: Proof of the invisible

An actual market is a heuristic? That’s a bit of an ivory tower posture, no? Are there irrational actors in chemical and physical processes? Irrationality is a lot more than the outcome of a random number generator. I couldn't be farther away from Ivory Tower material, if anything I claim to know l...
by Mercadian
August 25th, 2022, 4:44 pm
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Proof of the invisible
Replies: 17
Views: 8811

Re: Proof of the invisible

The exchange indeed seems like a convenient choice as a heuristic, but in reality I feel this question is more analogous to how you would model ecological systems, chemical reactions, metabolism or a computational collective intelligence... the work of Tadeusz Szuba or Doyne Farmer seem to be on the...
by Mercadian
August 25th, 2022, 3:36 am
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Big Data Science in Finance
Replies: 9
Views: 7506

Re: Big Data Science in Finance

"Since Python's syntax is very similar to those of other major languages, such as C++, Java, etc)," Written by a non-programmer. It reeks of disdain. Couldn't agree more, in fact I'd pay to see the struggle of re-writing a small pricing library to professional grade specs in all three lan...
by Mercadian
August 25th, 2022, 2:32 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Which is more Appropriate to calculate Leverage with Options ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2564

Re: Which is more Appropriate to calculate Leverage with Options ?

Para, For me there is no right or wrong answer, i ts a matter of appetite in terms of risk management and capital efficiency. You can go with option 1 and have a leaner capital structure (less leverage = less capital aside) or you can go with option 2 and have a heavier capital structure (more lever...
by Mercadian
August 24th, 2022, 4:55 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Deep ITM and OTM options
Replies: 6
Views: 3584

Re: Deep ITM and OTM options

Hey Jericho, This might be a naïve answer but what I would do is something like the below: - Ask> (Ask-Bid)>0 ---> here you check Ask>Bid, Ask<>0 and Bid <>0. - Amplitude Threshold > Ask/Bid >1 --->  here you check Ask>Bid, Ask<>0 and Bid <>0 and that the Bid/Ask spread is "reasonable" to ...
by Mercadian
August 19th, 2022, 2:00 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Which is more Appropriate to calculate Leverage with Options ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2564

Re: Which is more Appropriate to calculate Leverage with Options ?

Hey Para, I think here you need to consider the fact that this is a contingent claim/contract i.e. there is uncertainty involved , so based on that you could compute the Leverage in both ways... however I will slightly challenge your option 2 approach. option 1. is a Leverage value which is Probabil...
by Mercadian
August 18th, 2022, 1:26 pm
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Proof of the invisible
Replies: 17
Views: 8811

Re: Proof of the invisible

I think the problem here is the same one you have in Game Theory... all of it kind of works only if you're sure everyone else involved is playing the same game as you.
by Mercadian
August 17th, 2022, 4:12 pm
Forum: Economics Forum
Topic: Proof of the invisible
Replies: 17
Views: 8811

Re: Proof of the invisible

Hey Kat, It might be a bunch of basic stuff for you, but maybe some of the below might help: - Economics: Arrow's Impossibility Theorem and this interesting paper https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8489091/authors#authors - Applied Ecology: good models survey https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559...
by Mercadian
May 16th, 2022, 1:41 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Interpolation between two matrices
Replies: 3
Views: 2929

Re: Interpolation between two matrices

Hey Sharper,

Could you elaborate a bit more on your question? are the two matrices for two different dates? or for two different debtors? Also why are you trying to interpolate them, missing data?

M
by Mercadian
May 16th, 2022, 1:27 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: AI/ML assorted questions
Replies: 3
Views: 6054

Re: AI/ML assorted questions

Hi Alan, Bearish, Thanks for your thoughts, yeah I've seen some retail banking applications of AI, also some ANNs used for prediction based on text input only (ratings, fed moves etc) as well as networks trained with valuation models to speed up PFE, VA and other risk calculations. The thing is I'm ...
by Mercadian
May 10th, 2022, 5:30 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme reviews
Replies: 3
Views: 7043

Re: Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme reviews

As per the title, I am looking for qualified reviews/feedback about Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme.  Dry but direct question: is it worth the cost/commitment ?  Here is the link:  Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme Does it have a known value on the CV ?  Online I can only see a couple of pr...