I've got the markets open & im not sure I'll trade them, probably not a good idea considering I've got a stock of beers. Probably wake up with an "L" print on my forehead off of the keyboard and a red screen

I've got the markets open & im not sure I'll trade them, probably not a good idea considering I've got a stock of beers. Probably wake up with an "L" print on my forehead off of the keyboard and a red screen
Crunching stats on events that haven't happened yet, and it's a certainty?jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?
My tennis spreadsheet often produced a 1.03 chance when it was trading at 1.8. There are always two possibilities in these instances. Either a flawed algorithm or the GIGO factor.jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?
You miss-quoted me leaving out a very important word.london_terrier wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:42 pmCrunching stats on events that haven't happened yet, and it's a certainty?jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?
jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:51 pmYou miss-quoted me leaving out a very important word.london_terrier wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:42 pmCrunching stats on events that haven't happened yet, and it's a certainty?jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?![]()
It can be all boiled down to the results of a very small handful of important swing states. Most of these are opinion-polling significant Biden leads. Biden needs to win just a couple whereas Trump needs almost all of them. All my green has just shifted onto Biden.
You may get a better price if you hold off a little.jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:51 pmYou miss-quoted me leaving out a very important word.london_terrier wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:42 pmCrunching stats on events that haven't happened yet, and it's a certainty?jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?![]()
It can be all boiled down to the results of a very small handful of important swing states. Most of these are opinion-polling significant Biden leads. Biden needs to win just a couple whereas Trump needs almost all of them. All my green has just shifted onto Biden.
Good luck to you too TraderPat, not sure if you're trading it so my good luck to you may be irrelevant with your green already.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:58 pmGood luck fellas!
Hope you all have a nice green book when this is over
Focusing on the Senate race and Electoral College markets, pretty much done with the Outright market unless Trump trades odds onjamesg46 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:01 pmGood luck to you too TraderPat, not sure if you're trading it so my good luck to you may be irrelevant with your green already.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:58 pmGood luck fellas!
Hope you all have a nice green book when this is over
i guess if polls are wrong 5% bidens way on one state they are more likely to be in bidens way in another state as well. youd have to the few guys that telling pollsters they are undecided more of them would vote trumpjameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:51 pmYou miss-quoted me leaving out a very important word.london_terrier wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:42 pmCrunching stats on events that haven't happened yet, and it's a certainty?jameegray1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:32 pmBeen crunching stats and my excel says a Biden win is an almost certainty. So why is he still 1.48?![]()
It can be all boiled down to the results of a very small handful of important swing states. Most of these are opinion-polling significant Biden leads. Biden needs to win just a couple whereas Trump needs almost all of them. All my green has just shifted onto Biden.