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The Best Bets Aren’t Always Winners
February 26, 2025
Today Kevin O’Neill joins in talking on the latest political news and a dash of talk on gambling. For our second hour, we are joined by Greg Pappas and special guest Petra Bakosova, who shares the story of Blair Hull’s experiences using mathematics to dominate blackjack and eventually the market and shares her experiences developing and working with algorithms to predict market movements.
Guests & Co-Hosts
KEVIN O’NEILL
Kevin O’Neill is our Wednesday and Friday morning sports guy. His segment emphasizes what happens off the field as much as what happens on the field. All businesses have their intrigue, but the inner workings of sports organizations find their way into the public domain frequently. Unless a rant from the Chief spills into Kevin’s segment (not an unusual occurrence), he will highlight some of those sports related business issues; but be advised that those highlights usually come with an opinion.
PETRA BAKOSOVA
A special guest on today’s episode, Petra Bakosova’s background is in algorithmic trading across multiple asset classes, mathematical modeling, and risk management. She joined Hull Investments LLC in 2014, and worked on projects for its proprietary trading firm Ketchum Trading LLC before transferring to its quantitative asset management unit HTAA, LLC. Ms. Bakosova has helped shape the face and direction of HTAA prior to and since the launch of its first public product and continues to perform research on a number of HTAA strategies.
GREG PAPAS
Greg Papas is an independent trader and co-creator of the www.immediate.trade website. Greg made his bones in the Grain Room as a clerk for Coach Doug Redmann and Adam Rich where he learned about grain swaps, automation and market making. Outside of trading Greg’s interests lie in restaurants, western philosophy and game theory. He is a resident of the Chicagoland area.