From: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation@grnail.com> To: Joi Ito <, Subject: Re: Consideration on trading Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:25:35 +0000 options futures and derivatives. .. silly to think one would suggest they now understand how to trade after reading for a few hours./ sorry , On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Joi Ito < > wrote: Which book? On Aug 14, 2014, at 11:58 , jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: Forwarded message > From: Vincenzo Iozzo > Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:38 PM > Subject: Consideration on trading > To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com> > I read the first 100pages of that book I mentioned and I guess the consideration there is: I always thought of trading as the ability to predict a time series, whereas it seems to me that really it's the ability to take a bunch of rules/basic blocks and combine them in the right way. In a sense it's not different from programming/hacking. > You had that parallel with girls - I think the key is to stuck up the basic blocks in a way where you win regardless of the underlying 'time series' > Does this make any sense or am I getting this wrong? > Sent from my Iphone > -- > please note > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation®gmail.com, and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, EFTA00995135 > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Please use my alternative address, to avoid email auto responder please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00995136