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Comment by mvdtnz

17 hours ago

People don't actually believe this type of analysis... do they?

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bitshiftfaced  17 hours ago

You have it turned upside down. The analysis is of people's beliefs. In other words, the underlying data is created from the beliefs of the people who trade it, and the analysis is taking those beliefs and applying it to a specific question.

cheald  17 hours ago

The entire options market is built on this kind of analysis.

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