Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fooled by Randomness argues that people mistake luck for skill in markets and in life. ChartClub lists the 2008 Penguin Random House edition as a risk and judgment book, not as a trading method.
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- Author
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Year
- 2008
- Pages
- 368
Key takeaways
- The subject is luck versus skill, not trade entries.
- A hot track record can be noise.
- The book's stronger claims are not treated here as settled fact.
Tags
- probability
- risk
- psychology
- decision-making
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