FOMO is the acronym for the “fear of missing out”, which refers to the feeling of anxiety or uneasiness you get when other people are sharing a positive or unique experience while you are missing out. The phenomenon has been magnified with the advent of social media which makes it easy for us to know…
One famous seasonality in the oil market is the tendency for the oil price to rise on Fridays. Let’s the Friday seasonality in the oil price. We buy the day before – Thursday. It seems like just buying on any Thursday’s close is not such a good idea. It works better if Thursday is a…
I regard Victor Niederhoffer’s The Education Of A Speculator as a must-read for any aspiring quant. Why? Because it explains the foundation and principles for successful speculation. In this article, I give a brief review and summary of the book. In the end, I give you my main lessons and takeaways from the book. I…
I have written four books in Norwegian: Aksjekjøp og daytrading – metode, psykologi, risiko og strategier (foreword by Stig R. Myseth). 25 000 copies sold (Norway only). Published in 2002, additional chapters in 2006 and 2022. Trading på 1-2-3 Opsjoner og futures – en praktisk innføring Investeringsstrategier – my most recent book (published in 2020)…