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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by tim333 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:30PM (#20942609)
This is another reason individual day traders lose - it's a zero sum game and in liquid markets you are competing against outfits like RenTec.
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Re:Day Trading for a Living? by mruts on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:36PM (#20942676)
Beta (by definition) is not a zero sum game, but alpha is.
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