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Comment by fooker

8 hours ago

Leverage is not the steamroller here.

It’s the 90% chance of making 1$ vs 10% chance of losing 100$.

The exact numbers vary, the expectations even out with high volume stocks but prediction markets do not because of rounding that favors the house.

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