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tigerlilytoday at 8:35 AM2 repliesview on HN

I once wondered what happens when you take x away from x squared, and let that equal 1.

I sat down and worked it out. What do you know golden ratio.

Oh and this other number, -0.618. Anyone know what it's good for?


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x1000today at 8:43 AM

It’s the negative of the inverse of the golden ratio. (Also 1 minus the golden ratio.) So, good for anything the golden ratio itself is good for.

e9today at 8:41 AM

0.618 is used as level for trading with fibonacci retracements: https://centerpointsecurities.com/fibonacci-retracements/