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Who is on the other side? · Part 2 of 3
An asset is worth 99 or 101 with equal probability. A fraction α of the people who trade with you know the true value and buy only if it is 101, selling if it is 99; everyone else buys or sells with probability ½ each, whatever the value.
At what ask do you break even on buyers, on average?
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