Software Design: Tidy First?

Long Volatility Development

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Kent Beck
Jul 15, 2026
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The Beginnings of an Idea: XP is Long Volatility

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Jul 14

I bought my first stocks at 7. I saw an episode of Leave it to Beaver where they talked about stocks. I got $50 for Christmas (like $500 today!). I wanted to try it.

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the idea of long volatility investing has finally begun coming together for me, along with its connection to software development. I’m at that stage (for me) where the fog has started to lift but I’m not sure what’s going to emerge from the mist.

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The idea is, best as I can summarize it so far, that there are stock trading strat…

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