Someone turned 80k into like 1.2 million betting on Tesla calls or something and hedged with a Kamala win bet it was like 50k tesla/30k Kamala and they turned it into 1.2 million via Tesla somehow

Is it like

  • bet 1/2 on unlikely thing
  • bet 1/2 on likely thing
  • rely on gains on either side averaging out to at least ++
  • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    Thats more like the gambling we all know and love

    Can we learn to estimate these odds on sight like that?

    • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s not so much about estimating odds as it is limiting the potential downside. Hedging is the rational part of things lol

      • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 month ago

        Can you give me a really classic and rational/prototypical example or hedging? Like is it be stretegically cynical/ Thinking in Bets?