Sam's Digital Forest
Reflections, notes, resources, and ideas on things that currently interest me. Updated monthly: Archive. Last Updated: April 2026.
Things I Am Currently Thinking About
- Retail Trading A project I have been working on at work over the past month has been about tagging retail flow on the trading tape. I have come to build a strong understanding of the market micro-structure involving individual investors. A blog post about this will soon be available on my company blog.
- Pricing Fair Odds I have been on a deep dive about how to assess the fair odds of events, specifically with regard to sports betting. I am working on a blog post on this subject and have been independently researching how to better price correlation. Pricing correlation is very important for the massively popular bet type "Same Game Parlays". A good method of doing this for certain markets could lead to a nice edge.
Things I Am Currently Enjoying
- Baseball While my Huskies were able to make it to another Final Four, it unfortunately did not end with us raising another banner. The good thing for sports fans is that there is always a new season around the corner -- baseball is here, and I am excited to get to the ballpark this summer. Plus, the Yankees are off to a better start than I was hoping for.