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stats·Statistics & risk

Kelly

Position-sizing fraction that maximises long-run log-wealth. In practice trade fractional Kelly (often 0.25×) because edge is uncertain.

formula
f* = (b·p − q) / b

How the desk uses this

Statistics and risk terms like this one are the backbone of how the desk sizes positions and reports edge — not vibes, math.

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