CubFan is right. There is zero connection between CFA and trading. Show me a candidate with documented born math talent... (Were you 1st in...
As someone who makes 50,000 trades/year via IB... And is well advanced in building ATS with the IB API (VB6 with Excel front-end, it's stable and...
I doubt that one can prove or disprove what Specialists do... Unless you are one or know them personally... Or are a member of NYSE and they...
Sigh. GOOG is not a "search" company. GOOG is the world's largest supercomputer... Custom designed from scratch to provide average people...
> Quote from science_trader: > 0.4% a day, Sharpe ratio (if one can rely on that) around 5... > Any more comments about backtesting ? >>...
The people pontificating about possibilities of doing this and that... Ignore the mathematical laws of risk/reward that apply to ALL securities...
Yeah... I've been experimenting with the newer NVS 440 PCI-x. It's a very complex product... Not very well documented... e.g. no examples for...
I find it amazing that a trading forum... Allows itself to be high-jacked by Third World Islamo-Fascists... And their Stooges among us. Is...
I have the exact same problem... A large (about 10,000 lines) VB6 program running as a compiled exe... Fires up my hard drive every 10 seconds...
Your chances of Gambler's Ruin are extremely close to 100%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_ruin You can read this... But why...
This is the ** entire content ** of your response... no more than a RANT. Unlike my posts that are oversimplified... But non the less address...
You miss the point: (1) Mechanical systems, however complex or "restrictive"... Will always give you a certain number of proposed trades that...
I believe that most ISPs charge for anti-spam service on the order of $10-$20/month... It's a major source of revenue... So they are in bed with...
As an experienced quant... And as someone who has made 300K-400K trades... I completely 100% disagree with you. Once you develop a workable...
Mailwasher is not very effective... I'm getting rid of all my ISP email accounts... Because I get about 100 spams/day each... Versus maybe 2-3...
You know... People seem very impressed by IB's growth rate... But they are < 1% the size of Merrill Lynch....
IB is like learning a new culture... So the onus is on the customer to learn how IB likes things done... ** And adapt to IB **... cuz they will...
Clearly you need to move up the programming tree... To achieve anything other than patchwork security. Also... People tend to ** vastly...
OK... the security has been called for September 13, 2006... But, of course, will continue to trade until that date on the NYSE. IB has a...
It's 6:45 EST Friday morning August 18th... And after calling and emailing IB since Tuesday... This live NYSE listed symbol is still down......
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