Why This Fund Makes the Most Money When Markets Crash | Vuk Vuković

What if the best market signal didn't come from Wall Street — but from 3,500 retail traders on social media?Sam sits down with Vuk Vuković, co-founder of Oraclum Capital, a systematic hedge fund that uses crowdsourced intelligence and network science to trade weekly S&P options. Vuk and his co-founders originally built their methodology to predict elections — calling both Brexit and Trump in 2016 — before applying the same framework to financial markets.In this conversation:How wisdom of crowds and network analysis extract signal from noise in elections and marketsWhy weekly options over prediction markets like Kalshi or PolymarketUsing network science to filter echo chambers and identify whose opinion actually carries weightBuilding a fund designed to be uncorrelated to the S&P during market drawdownsThe fundraising grind as an emerging manager with no traditional finance backgroundEuropean vs American incentive structures and why they produce different kinds of entrepreneursVuk's blunt one-word advice for aspiring options tradersTopics covered: hedge funds, options trading, prediction markets, wisdom of crowds, network science, echo chambers, S&P 500, emerging fund managers, fundraising, EU vs US business culture, risk management, Kalshi, PolymarketGuest: Vuk Vuković, Co-Founder & Fund Manager, Oraclum Capital | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuk-vukovic-oraclum/Newsletter: https://www.mechanicsofmoney.co Website: https://silvermancapital.coSubscribe for weekly conversations on private markets, alternative investments, and the mechanics behind building real wealth.#hedgefund #optionstrading #predictionmarkets #alternativeinvestments #crowdintelligence #privatemarkets #mechanicsofmoney #investing