The first strike
my daughter Kate just asked me if the first strike is significant. the team that scores the first basket in basketball wins something like 60% of time. i tested it for the first tick in the S&P, i.e., 930 to 931. if up, quite bullish for the rest of the day. if down, quite bearish. the difference in means is 3. can you think of any others?
the first strike is half the battle. now that i think of it, i always tried to get the first point in squash. then i'd continue and try to get up 5-zip. was very successful that way forcing myself to try hard at the beginning.