Alsadius comments on A hypothetical question for investors - Less Wrong

3 Post author: bokov 03 December 2014 04:39PM

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Comment author: Alsadius 05 December 2014 06:35:42AM 0 points [-]

1) You neglect to account for the transaction fees - following your model would tell you to spend $4 on fees to capture a $1 gain.

2) Why on earth would you auto-sell the stock without even checking the crystal ball?

Comment author: WalterL 05 December 2014 06:38:46PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, you are right. I commented off the cuff.