ok - just to chip in on the side of taking the JPM job: who knows you may actually get exposure to the trading floor from Ops, you may even be...
i guess the author was trying to show how a retail trader can make a pure vol play(?) If sold in the right ratios selling a set of straddles...
i prefer: "you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." that is nowhere more true than the markets imho (you can only talk to...
a while back i read the new methodology for VIX calculation and noticed that it does not actually include the implied volatility of the underlying...
yep down here too
i guess the rules on this depend on which country your are in but in general this is an issue of making a will, ie what would happen to your house...
that's deep man... q1 :D
don't you think a crash is exceedingly unlikely when the likes og GOOG and JBLU are up on the day on a day like this. It's just a failure for...
You think people wanna buy Japanese stocks right now? Zooooooooom.... :D Q1
this system feels a bit like Linda Raschke's stochastic system from street smarts... ie wait for the slow stochastic to rise, be crossed to the...
ahh lets all just dream for a minute of a world where japanese bonds yield 3-4%. what would the USD, US 10year rates and global stock markets...
Momento, Sincere thanks for sharing this. It's all of our worst nightmares. I hope you get back on your feet and soon! I'm curious...
cut out the API and TWS altogether by using the FIX interface, no? not done it but looks like the way to go... Q1
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,38877,00.html nice
i'm not convinced the reduction in volatility is due to quants and decimalisation. Before or at least on the same plane I'd put:- - relatively...
things may never get better for human traders. why should they? the current set of market agents will continue to evolve either through gradual...
i disagree. IMHO, taleb's point is that in a world where we don't really know what the distribution of returns looks like then there is a...
try the is-blank bit first on its own? =IF(NOT(ISBLANK(A1)),A1,IF(X>Y....
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southamerica, i have been a subscriber to the economist for many years - i too remember the article. but i also have the benefit of living in...
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