Reading thru these forums, it seems ninja trader is recommended as a tool for automated strategy design and backtesting. Therefore, I've set...
I worked at a hedge fund, granted as an analyst but dealt with the trader sometimes. Guess it depends on the nature of the order. Many of our...
Good insights. Bet these are all tools utilized by the likes of Simons to protect his strat
Seems like simple stuff but it becomes challenging given the volume and complexity of trades. Many orders are conditional and executed based on...
Beating the vwap is pretty hard, and how much money they spend on execution is usually beyond their control. I would say number one thing is...
interactive brokers has this. you can go into their charting function and select to change time frame
Congratz on the good week. Have you ever estimated what kind of slippage you incur when you trade like this? WMS was a pretty big position in a...
Forget about getting an allocation on this one.
I checked out the prospectus quickly and it looks like they have some section in the footnotes that discloses what 'mature market' revenue and...
I use Zipcar and I know a lot of others that use Zipcar. There are a lot of places public transportation doesn't go, or is just too inconvenient....
All the "experts" come out after Neke has a bad week, using their hightsight analysis to explain why Neke was wrong.
I feel like its more likely the brokers will to reverse enginneer the strategies of profitable quant firms rather than retail traders. Clearly the...
Yeah, and forget about the fact that most most oil production in the world needs oil to be around 70 to breakeven on the capital costs of the...
Lazar, Are there any other set up costs for the incubator fund other than the 2k that you mentioned? How much do you think the annual or...
While I won't defend the performance of the HF industry as a whole. You need to realize that both the S&P and Nasdaq's performance is only...
I sense thinly veiled jealousy in this thread. The top funds have long waitlists of investors. For instance, Renissance's Medallian fund...
Although I am trading professionally for a living now, I strongly recommend against following this path. The odds are stacked against you. If you...
Thanks for some of the responses here. I know very little of the mechanics behind trade execution but here's what I'm sensing right now: 1. I...
that's not an option for me atm..
serious replies an how to get better execution in the future are appreciated, lol
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