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Bootstrapping
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

How Capital Scaling Models Support Trader Development

A well-designed learning environment with capital scaling enhances trader development and confidence, leading to better decision-making and performance.
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Artificial intelligence
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

Why 97% of Traders Lose Money - But AI Is Changing That

Only 3% of day traders make money; AI tools now enable traders to operate systematically without emotional bias, potentially improving success rates.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor

Pi is an infinitely long decimal number that never repeats. How do we know? Well, humans have calculated it to 314 trillion decimal places and didn't reach the end. At that point, I'm inclined to accept it. I mean, NASA uses only the first 15 decimal places for navigating spacecraft, and that's more than enough for earthly applications.
OMG science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago

Find pi today just by flipping coins

Sometimes the reason pi shows up in randomly generated values is obvious—if there are circles or angles involved, pi is your guy. But sometimes the circle is cleverly hidden, and sometimes the reason pi pops up is a mathematical mystery!
Science
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago

As AI keeps improving, mathematicians struggle to foretell their own future

First Proof, a benchmarking initiative, is launching its second round to evaluate large language models' ability to contribute to research-level mathematics, now requiring transparency and access from participating AI companies.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

The Stock Is Up 11% This Week and Reddit Is Bullish but the Math Is Uncomfortable

Cloudflare surged 12.7% after Q4 2025 earnings with strong revenue growth and AI positioning, but widening GAAP losses and a 169x forward P/E raise valuation concerns.
Miscellaneous
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

How insider trading could work on prediction markets

Prediction markets have created a new venue for insider trading-like conduct that regulatory agencies struggle to monitor, mirroring historical gaps in commodities market oversight.
Science
fromFlowingData
2 months ago

Your interpretation of uncertainty language compared

Verbal probability expressions can be mapped to percentage values between 0% (impossible) and 100% (definite) to quantify uncertainty.
fromNature
2 months ago

Getting to the (square) root of stock-market swings

A huge data set has confirmed a long-theorized relationship between the size of stock trades and the impact on prices. Buying large numbers of shares in a company would be expected to drive the price up for other investors, because such purchases imply a commodity in demand. Researchers have now gained their best handle so far on how much.
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