Expected Value Questions for Trading Aptitude Tests Interviews
A trading aptitude tests round does not test expected value the way a textbook does. This set is the overlap - the expected value questions that actually turn up in this format.
29 questions, 24 of them free to practise right now. The split is 20 easy, 9 medium.
- Capped exponential payoutEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Color switches in a drawEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Even first die given a sum of eightEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Expected flips after a losing startEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Expected sum given a sixEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair mid on a dice product that voids on doublesEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price for the higher of two diceEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a dice-product gameEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a die that rerolls on a sixEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Fair price of a heads-majority betEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Fair price of a sum-divisible-by-three betEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- First success on an even trialEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Gap between two dice, given they differEasyConditional Probability & ExpectationExpected ValueView →
- Heads given at least one headEasyExpected ValueView →
- How many sixes on the die?EasyExpected ValueBrainteasersView →
- Matching chips, two drawsEasyCombinatoricsExpected ValueView →
- Pairs who swap hatsEasyRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Profit from a favourable stopping gameEasyExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Rolling until a high face, at a costEasyProbabilityExpected ValueView →
- Which side of a two-sided marketEasyExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Balancing six- and eight-sided diceMediumExpected ValueBrainteasersView →
- Expected flips for HHTMediumExpected ValueStochastic ProcessesView →
- Expected maximum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected ValueView →
- Locking a profit by hedging after the odds moveMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting GamesView →
- Break-even half-spread from toxic flowMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Expected minimum of two diceMediumRandom VariablesExpected Value Premium
- Expected revenue of a Vickrey auctionMediumProbabilityExpected Value Premium
- Fair price of a die with one re-rollMediumExpected ValueMarket Making & Betting Games Premium
- Rolls to see both a 1 and a 2MediumExpected Value Premium
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