"He has made 11 profitable informative transactions out of 13 total transactions, earning an 85% profitable transaction rate and a +64.5% insider...
@garachen had a good post about this, which i'm too lazy to find now. something about "what service/value is your strategy providing to the market?"
Eesh good luck that sounds awful
you can't mention lawyers and hearing without giving us the good stuff.. homicide? racketeering? what's the scoop?
So maybe I'm missing something but FXCM certainly received a lifeline of $200mm (give or take) from Leucadia as they were in some kind of breach...
Risk model change not equal to incorporate fatter tails per se.
I understand they write off the accounts, but they still experienced a $220mm loss with their counterparties. I do wish FXCM well, seeing as...
Ostensibly though, if margin was 1:1, no client balances would have turned negative. I know that's taking it to the logical extreme.. Out of...
Take a left?
Interesting idea to remove those currencies with caps, floors, etc., however is there truly any way FXCM can protect itself against outsized moves...
I'd be interested in hearing more about your thoughts re: volatility if you care to elaborate i.e., how you view a scenario such as realized vol >...
Outside of "is the resultant P&L positive," what metric(s) matter most to you?
At what point do you think you'll go full time? I know you have commitments, but what will you need to achieve performance wise to jump in?
Solid week though!
Can you elaborate on "volatility normalized?"
Teddy said, "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done...
Oh Jesus here we go. Surf please don't ruin this thread. It's one of few decent threads left.
"Have to finish early tomorrow have stupid work BS meeting to attend and probably just sit there doing jack shit." Preach!
such a great journal, thanks for sharing
Got it, thanks.
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