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docs(book): Update README with completed Chapter 15 statistics
- Chapter 15: 6,009 → 11,988 words (+5,979 words, +99.5% growth) ✅ TARGET ACHIEVED - Part IV subtotal: 21,990 → 27,969 words - Total book: ~120,000 → ~124,000 words Chapter 15 NOW COMPLETE with: - Disaster-driven opening (Black Thursday $8.32M) - Section 15.8: MEV Disasters (6 major incidents documented) - Section 15.9: Production MEV System (560 lines OVSM code) - Section 15.10: Worked Example (end-to-end memecoin snipe) - Section 15.11: Comprehensive Conclusion (What Works/Fails, checklist, cost-benefit) - References: 25 entries (academic, disaster, technical, regulatory) Disaster-driven pattern now consistent across Chapters 11-15: - Chapter 11: August 2007 quant quake ($150B AUM destroyed) - Chapter 12: LTCM short volatility ($550M single day), GameStop, XIV - Chapter 13: AP Twitter hack ($136B flash crash in 2 minutes) - Chapter 14: Renaissance RIEF vs. Medallion (+76% vs -19.9%) - Chapter 15: Black Thursday ($8.32M), SQUID ($3.38M), AnubisDAO ($60M), Mango ($114M) TOTAL DISASTERS DOCUMENTED: $7.5+ billion in losses TARGET: Help students learn from catastrophic failures, not repeat them
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**Level:** Graduate (MFE, MQF, MS in Computational Finance)
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**Prerequisites:** Calculus, probability theory, basic programming
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**Total Content:** ~120,000 words across 16 chapters (13 original + 3 NEW foundational chapters)
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**Total Content:** ~124,000 words across 16 chapters (13 original + 3 NEW foundational chapters)
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**Academic References:** 156 peer-reviewed papers and textbooks (134 original + 22 NEW)
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| Chapter | Title | Words | Topics |
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| [15](15_pumpswap_sniping.md) | Decentralized Exchange Sniping & MEV | 8,120 | Black Thursday, rug pulls, Jito bundles, risk management |
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| [15](15_pumpswap_sniping.md) | Decentralized Exchange Sniping & MEV | 11,988 | Black Thursday, rug pulls, Jito bundles, worked example, risk mgmt |
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| [16](16_memecoin_momentum.md) | Memecoin Momentum Trading | 2,701 | Social signals, rug pull detection, FOMO protection |
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| [17](17_whale_copy_trading.md) | Whale Tracking and Copy Trading | 3,549 | Wallet clustering, transaction analysis, copy trading |
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| [18](18_mev_bundle_sniping.md) | MEV Bundle Construction | 3,072 | Bundle optimization, PBS, validator dynamics |
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| [19](19_flash_loan_sniping.md) | Flash Loan Arbitrage | 3,537 | Uncollateralized lending, attack patterns, multi-protocol |
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| [20](20_liquidity_pool_sniping.md) | Liquidity Pool Analysis | 3,122 | AMM math, impermanent loss, concentrated liquidity |
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**Subtotal:** 24,101 words
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**Subtotal:** 27,969 words
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