Use a prior probability of skill of 1% (Barber et al.). A skilled trader has true net per-trade Sharpe 0.1; an unskilled one 0. (a) Show that if you only learn whether the -statistic exceeded 2, the posterior probability of skill can never exceed about 31%, however many trades are observed. (b) If instead you observe the -statistic itself and it equals its expected value under skill, , how many trades are needed for a posterior of 50%?
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How long a record proves skill?
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