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Re:Reddit's Stock Threads Become a Must-Read on Wall Street by timoth3y on Sunday October 11, 2020 @07:53AM (#24745173)
> There are traders who demonstrate skill, by consistently making profits

With a large enough group consistently making profits would not necessarily be a demonstration of skill. Even if the returns were completely random several traders would constantly perform well above average.

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Re:Reddit's Stock Threads Become a Must-Read on Wall Street by levesque on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:17AM (#24745284)
This is why this game is so dangerous. Also self reporting introduces bias too (biggest winners likely to report, everyone else not so much).
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Re:Reddit's Stock Threads Become a Must-Read on Wall Street by wgerard on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:08AM (#24745509)
To be fair, I think WSB bucks this trend a little. People report the huge losses there, and it's part of what makes it so interesting.

In fact, I would argue that the most well-known posts are often from people losing huge amounts of money, eg. "Guh".

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