> 2) what do you mean by complex math
well, i'm not sure what dan means by complex math, but with my recent trading patterns, complex math has proven itself to be a very handy tool to describe my profits and losses. i use the real part to represent my profits and the imaginary part to represent my losses. now, since all my losses are imaginary, i sleep much better at night.
a word of caution to those of you not familiar with the subtleties of complex math. this scheme can backfire, and you wind up 90 degrees out of phase, with your profits being imaginary and your loses painfully real. this is my current situation.
to overcome these limitations, i'm currently working on a more sophisticated system using polar math in which theta represents profits and r represents losses. this way, as my losses pile up, they move further out along the vector represented by <r, theta>, giving the appearance of being constant. Having theta represent profits improves the illusion by making any losses spin wildly around me, making it more difficult to focus on them. once i get all the details worked out, i plan on coding up the rules in a wiz-bang 3d java applet to help visualize where all my money is disappearing to. i hope to have it done in time for the release of the k6 3d, so i can sell it to jerry sanders to show off the amazing 3d capabilities of the new chip. |
