If you mean current events, then you need a digitalised news feed (Reuters comes to mind) and algos to read the news. It's not cheap for a retail...
@ all the previous posters, mostly agreed, especially sj8070 @ OP : Just read the paper, what these guys and I are saying is in there, plus a...
I remembered this paper too: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2255327
You can buy a VIX based ETF but it will constantly go down. It's called "Theta". Volatility as measured via VIX (or implied options...
Don't waste your time. Speaking from years of development experience. Do something useful, cut costs, and forget the dream you had that morning.
The spoo looks like it's sooooo going sideways this week... many reasons.
This was a kind of specific situation. I was watching a closed-end-fund which started trading from 1% premium to 10% in 2 days. I put the bid-ask...
The most troubling part (imho) is still the wash sales. The SEC/CFTC isn't worried about fake orders or no-bid situations since there's no real...
Sold 163.98
Bought SPY 163.25 to sell at/near the close. My second ever public trade (i think).
I didn't see FI go up across the board, only a tiny bit. Dumb money was pushing this rally, there are many funds that have to rebalance at the end...
I tend to agree. The crashtastic close was just rebalancing on equities high and bonds low. It should be a good monday unless everyone is...
Buy a dedicated server and install custom software on it that checks your positions and/or a database of safety checks you designate. It will be...
Hehe, yeah that's true, my first thought was "if it existed, there would be liquidity issues" but i would look at those separately. It's better to...
I pay my data feeds so it is not a price of nothing. I am looking for information, in the form of tickers. I don't look at historical charts, i...
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