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by dotancohen 1648 days ago
Make the trade based on future events that have already occurred. Interesting.
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Basic loop: Price of X rises to Y at time T2, time-traveling trade packet is transmitted to T0, past-X is purchased at price W increasing demand of X and therefore increasing price to Z at T1.

If T1 == T2 and Z == Y: the loop is stable. If T1 > T2 and Z >= Y: the loop is stable and not paradoxical. Every other option produces interesting results depending on the trading algorithm.

Hypothesis: all unstable loop scenarios will converge on Z == Y == W, negating the sending of the signal altogether. Or from another perspective, the superposition-timelines where Z == Y == W does not occur destructively interfere with each other.