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actionbrandon··on How to Retire at 40
you didnt spend more than 30k in 2012?
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Do you hate cooking? What's your solution?
in chicago: factor75
actionbrandon··on Show HN: Solid side income from market inefficiencies
why not just do this trade yourself and keep all the money?
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Good Entry Level Employers
are you interested in trading? lots of places in Chicago are always looking for people like you.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: What were your "life-changing" books?
fooled by randomness
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: I want to take a vacation and code; where should I go?
thailand
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Why is the hacker scene so hostile to women and black people?
Thank you for providing an example of what a bigot pretending to be smart sounds like. Now we all know what to look out for and combat.
actionbrandon··on Cex.io : Bitcoin commodity exchange
can you sell the futures short? is there anywhere to sell btc short?
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Events in the near future that can crash Bitcoin's value?
if more people try to sell bitcoins than want to buy them, the price will decline. possibly rapidly.
actionbrandon··on What do you think is the best free online tool for entrepreneurs?
i like asana alot
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Where to go for max profit? High coder salary, low cost of living
coders for trading companies in Chicago are paid extremely well, and Chicago is awesome.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: anybody remember this article, I can't find it
I figured it out, if anybody else cares: http://socialprintstudio.com/
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: anybody remember this article, I can't find it
Neither of those are what I was thinking of, but thanks for thinking about it for a minute.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Time to fix the online ticket space. What would you do?
I have season tickets for the local sports teams. I don't really make money selling the tickets, but I wouldn't buy them if I couldn't sell or give away the tickets whenever I wanted.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: How do you report your progress or status to your Manager/Boss?
haha, your roadblock is awesome
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: How best to cook a steak?
careful - don't over heat the skillet. 500 is past olive oil's smoking point (especially the olive oil you are likely to have at home). Canola oil's smoking point is higher.

that being said, cast iron skillet is the way to go and is quite easy. just don't fill your place with smoke.

actionbrandon··on Am I Stupid Again?
i always upvote satire
actionbrandon··on Ask PG: Threshold of intelligence
a bad ass reply.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: How do I get a database of businesses for my niche online directory?
reference usa
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Review my startup, Quivee.com
pretty cool idea and the site looks sharp. I think you should make the video easier to find. The only reason I found it is because I looked extra hard for it before commenting and saying: make a video or something so I can see how it works without signing in.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: A book about poker for hackers?
kill everyone. this book is awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Everyone-Strategies-Tournaments-S...

actionbrandon··on Basic Option Strategies, Part 2 - Options Pricing
Professional options traders prey on ineffiecent markets, never curse them. Beta and CAPM literally have nothing to do with options trading, pricing, or theory. VAR, like all models, is a trap. Options traders would know this; they are ingrained with a deep distrust of models since they forced to use them all day every day and understand their appropriate uses and limitations. It would be unreasonable to expect any serious options trader to blame her model or worse, "all of it", for failure.
actionbrandon··on Basic Option Strategies, Part 2 - Options Pricing
This one is the best:

http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Hedging-Managing-Vanilla-Optio...

The first thirty or so pages offer the most intuitive introduction to vanillas I've read. The middle is must read, and the end gets into exotics if that's your fancy.

actionbrandon··on Basic Option Strategies, Part 2 - Options Pricing
This doesn't really make sense, or have much to do with options trading, pricing, or theory. Kind of a cool narrative, though.
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: I make $8/hour and can't pay for college. Any advice?
yeah, and the inability to just decided to earn 100K+/yr "on the side" should not discourage people from going to college. just make sure you actually learn something.
actionbrandon··on ASk HN: What do you know about day trading?
do you feel that the one way movement of the market has impacted your trading? how do you think your strategy would hold up if everything wasnt going up?
actionbrandon··on Highest paying developer jobs (4 years exp, no contract & no management)
finance in london is moving stateside
actionbrandon··on What are your million dollar ideas that you are too lazy to implement?
spx dispersion
actionbrandon··on Ask HN: Debit cards with APIs
blackhawknetwork.com
actionbrandon··on I'm a moleskine guy, what do you all doodle and brainstorm in?
I carry one of these in my back pocket at all times. "a year of white pages" by Nava. You switch books every month, and then can look at them later.

http://www.navadesign.com/_funzioni_articoli_dettaglio.php?A...

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