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Winning trades streak
A trader makes independent trades, and each trade wins with probability . What is the probability that at least trades win?
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Hint
Count the ways to have exactly wins and exactly wins.
Solution
- The total number of equally likely win and loss sequences is .
- Exactly wins can occur in ways, and exactly wins in way.
- The favorable count is .
- The probability is .
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