Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

Quote from AlpineTrout:

Hypothetical question for you nyses:

Lets say you were given a magic crystal ball by someone you trusted and you had even seen its magic work with your own two eyes. You are 100% certain that what it tells you is true.

This magic ball will only work for you once. This one and only time it will tell you that this one particular stock which today is at 5, will be at 100 on the last trading day of the month.

Would you bet every $ you have and leverage to the max on this bet?
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The answer to this should be "no", because (as you stated) you saw it "work" with your own eyes, and it only "works once".
 
Quote from cgeorgan:

The answer to this should be "no", because (as you stated) you saw it "work" with your own eyes, and it only "works once".
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Didn't you miss the part with "for you"?:)
 
Quote from gucci:

Didn't you miss the part with "for you"?:)
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No, I didn't, thanks for asking.

Perhaps you should ask the OP of this "riddle" to phrase his question better - because I answered his question as it was posed.
 
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The answer to this should be "no", because (as you stated) you saw it "work" with your own eyes, and it only "works once".
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I said it would only work for YOU once. You have seen it work for it's previous owner once.

You just had a major opportunity loss.
 
Quote from cgeorgan:

No, I didn't, thanks for asking.

Perhaps you should ask the OP of this "riddle" to phrase his question better - because I answered his question as it was posed.
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I just thought that "work once" and " work once for someone" differ semantically. Whatever...
 
Quote from AlpineTrout:

I said it would only work for YOU once. You have seen it work for it's previous owner once.

You just had a major opportunity loss.
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This is absurd. If I can merely sit back and "watch the thing work for somebody else", why would I even waste my one shot?

Why not just parade individual after individual in, tell them to trade off this magic crystal ball, then structure an agreement where I take half the profits? Or is that "working for me", if only indirectly?

"Oh, but it has to WORK for you!" Uh, when I see a trade working, the "convince me part" counts as "working". Otherwise, what you're saying is that it will work TWICE for me - once to convince me, the second time to make profits.

It's like the question, "If you had one wish, what would you wish for?" Well, it surely wouldn't be for a magical e-mini trade, it would be for UNLIMITED wishes.

I revert to my original statement: Have the OP phrase a better riddle.

PS This is getting way off topic. I've followed this thread from the beginning and only now decided to comment, because the riddle was so vaguely pointless. I defer to the main posters here and their original intentions with the thread.
 
Guys, you are starting to act like the people in the casino yesterday!

Cool it - I see that someone made a bit of money with ANF today.
 
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