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Making a market on wins · Part 1 of 3
You make markets on the number of regular-season games a baseball team will win, one contract at a time. The interviewer traded on your markets as follows: bought at 86, bought at 91, sold at 85, bought at 93, sold at 84. Each contract settles at the number of wins.
What is your position after the five trades? (Long positive, short negative.)
Answer with a number. Fractions, powers and expressions like 23/6 or C(52,5) are read correctly in practice.
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