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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.) Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.

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If Only It Were This Easy

Category: Finance • Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
Posted on: January 28, 2009 8:33 PM, by Dave Bacon

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Via Alea: the CME trading simulation game. If only it were this easy:

I suspect that in the real world, doing the opposite of what I did would be required to actually make money :)

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Wow. That's harder than it looks, too. Fun game.

Posted by: Chris Granade | January 28, 2009 9:38 PM

I was going to say I'd stick with my day job after trying that out, but I have about as good a track record in publishing papers. Maybe I should have been a plumber.

Posted by: Ian Durham | January 28, 2009 10:24 PM

Ian, I believe that's called a reverse Suskind.

Posted by: Dave Bacon | January 29, 2009 11:44 AM