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Finance and markets.

Notes on systematic strategies, risk, automation, and the engineering behind financial systems.

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Why I Prefer Hedged Option-Selling Strategies Over Unhedged Directional Bets

Why I want the loss of a position understood before I enter, and why option selling, option buying, and intraday trading are not labels that settle the question.

Finance · 26 Oct 2026 · 16 min read

What Trading Taught Me About Systems and Risk

On probability, position structure, backtests, and why I will not judge a strategy by a short winning streak. No private rules.

Finance · 26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

What backtesting can and cannot tell you

On the limits of historical tests when designing a systematic trading process.

Finance · 26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Thinking about risk as an engineer

On treating risk as part of the system design, in products and in markets.

Finance · 26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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