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Kris Abdelmessih
Personal blog · moontower.substack.comeconomicsmathbusiness
Kris Abdelmessih writes moontower: a stoner dad explains options trading to his kids, a personal blog at moontower.substack.com about economics, math and business. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Kris Abdelmessih's Substack covers prediction markets, such as a discussion of Kalshi's state-law stance, and options trading, such as a piece on put-call parity by a former options market maker.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Applying financial theory to life in real-time «math, education, parenting, games, business, and occasionally hair bands🎸».
What Hacker News says?
I did not know about Kalshi until today. A blog I really like pointed me to this discussion: https://moontower.substack.com/p/dire-wolf Also, I really like Michael Lewis's podcast about the rise of sports gambling. My favorite episode is this one about a guy named Rufus Peabody, who changed sports gambling with his data driven approach. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/against-the-rules/episode-4-... The best line: "…
Comment linking /p/dire-wolf
on “Kalshi CEO: 'State law doesn't really apply' to us”Submitted Ambition as an anxiety disorder as a story · 216 points
HN discussionThis blog by a former professional options market maker discourages thinking about option selling as a way to generate "income": https://moontower.substack.com/p/why-put-call-parity-is-such... .
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on “Ask HN: How to learn options trading as a beginner”Submitted Getting paid to flip million dollar coins as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I've spent my whole life competing with people like you as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Phantom Zone as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted There are a lot of ways to define diversity, beyond the obvious ones as a story · 1 points
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