User talk:Nagle/Archives/2016/December

Binary options

Per our discussion on the Banc De Binary talk page, I've edited Binary options to include some material from that new Globes article and also removed the Black Scholes stuff, as it is overly technical and also over-weighted in the article. Just bringing this to your attention, as you seem to be a subject area expert and I sure ain't. Coretheapple (talk) 15:13, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

One thing led to another and I wound up doing a complete rewrite of the article! I substituted a more user-friendly description of the product and also made the organization of the article more logical, in the sense of first describing binary options and where they are traded on exchanges, with excess detail removed, and then going into the meat of the article, which is the the abuses. I merged the "regulatory" and "criticism" sections, renamed "Fraud and abuse," as they were essentially identical. I definitely agree that there is no need for a binary options abuses article as clearly that is the primary aspect of this product that receives attention. Coretheapple (talk) 17:02, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

• Limit-theorem (talk · contribs), who added all the math, may be annoyed. I'd suggest a link to Taleb's book chapters on binary option theory. That's where to go for a serious discussion from a major professional trader and theorist. The math is useless without the kind of discussion Taleb provides. John Nagle (talk) 19:33, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Well of course you're the expert so please do fix whatever needs fixing. I wanted to be sure you saw my edits. Coretheapple (talk) 20:55, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Limit-theorem, who says he is a financial academic, really is an expert. I follow this because it was a huge COI issue in 2014 and I had to learn something about it. What's happened since 2014 is that the various financial regulators and the press have caught on to this being a huge scam. When this first came up, it wasn't clear how crooked the whole binary options industry was. John Nagle (talk) 22:08, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes I see he is a mathematical expert. I count with my toes. Coretheapple (talk) 22:58, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

The stuff that was removed is necessary in an encyclopedia article. Absolutely necessary. However it can be put in the standard BSM pricing page or a mathematical page as this page mutated out to be about betting outfits. Limit-theorem (talk) 01:03, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Putting it into Black-Scholes Model makes sense. It's part of that theory. Go for it. John Nagle (talk) 08:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Yes I think that would work. Coretheapple (talk) 14:20, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Was done. Limit-theorem (talk) 01:57, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Weird gambling company situation

I thought you might be interested in the expansion I made to Amaya Inc.. - Brianhe (talk) 01:12, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

FYI

I don't know exactly what's going on here, maybe you want to have a look: Special:Contributions/Testingblog. Cheers & happy holidays... Brianhe (talk) 19:39, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Warning, warning: Bob's Guide citations. - Brianhe (talk) 20:33, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Noticed that Profile Systems was added to List of companies in Greece by a sock in this edit.[1]. Possibly related to sockpuppet issue Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Antony1821. Meanwhile, did some cleanup; the Profile Systems article isn't that bad and the editors's copyvio from the World Bank has already been cleaned up. John Nagle (talk) 08:24, 22 December 2016 (UTC)