It is a motivational speech, surprisingly. By understanding that oneself is not exceptional or special, one can focus on living and learning from experience as oppose to defending their self perceived specialness. Very good video for anyone determined to build a career in trading.
Malcolm Gladwell: How to Succeed as an Underdog
It is about business strategies for underdog, for which it carries substance for beginner traders who want to become successful in trading one day because retail traders are the underdogs in the game of financial markets.
Ionica Smeets: The Danger of Mixing Up Causality and Correlation
Ms. Smeets’ great presentation of scientists and media mistakes of mixing up correlation with causality. It is what I warned traders and quants to-be all the time – if you do not know what causes the correlations, expect the statistical biases may disappear fasting than you think.
