A Tiny Hedge Fund Made 8,600% on a Vix Bet

Re:A Tiny Hedge Fund Made 8,600% on a Vix Bet by dynamodispatch on Saturday February 10, 2018 @12:16PM (#16348250)

There is a difference between trading and investing. Trading is short term gambling, investing isn't. You invest for the long term.

> Without insider knowledge I don't understand how I could beat the market short term.

Short term, you can't. You'll have to bank on luck. Hence why it is gambling. Especially if you go the options route. That's pure gambling as options are a zero sum game.

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Re:A Tiny Hedge Fund Made 8,600% on a Vix Bet by walshemj on Saturday February 10, 2018 @01:29PM (#16348694)

Possibly not options - you can identify potential value /arbitrage situations - higher risk than pure value to be Shure.

Binary bets absolutely are gambling, as I was told when I went to an interview with a big London spread betting company

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