Recent Content by doublet83

  1. Starting a fund / raising capital

    The less than 10% DD is my estimation of what the max DD was on a daily basis, although its not something I've tracked so I don't know the exact...
    Post by: doublet83, Sep 5, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Starting a fund / raising capital

    [ Naturally I would expect to realize a significant moderation from the extreme level of returns I have achieved, although I would expect the...
    Post by: doublet83, Sep 5, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Starting a fund / raising capital

    I hope to build a business out of this. There are many elements of proper investment research which I cannot employ until I achieve scale well...
    Post by: doublet83, Sep 5, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Starting a fund / raising capital

    I'm not really that familiar with the prop firm landscape, but my impression is that most of them are trash. Also, my strategy has become almost...
    Post by: doublet83, Aug 28, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Starting a fund / raising capital

    Thanks for the comments, EPIC. I have been managing some friends and family money under a managed account structure now for a bit less than 2...
    Post by: doublet83, Aug 28, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Starting a fund / raising capital

    If you have a proposal you can PM me. These results are unaudited but I will get them audited if there are reasons to justify it. Right now,...
    Post by: doublet83, May 21, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. Starting a fund / raising capital

    Ended 2013 up 179%. This year up 10% so far. My short term strategy which was 15% of profits last year is struggling this year, and is...
    Post by: doublet83, May 21, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. Mark Conway "professional stock Trading" Sentenced to 7 Years in jail

    You have the right to post whatever you want, but I have no sympathy for con men, and I have less sympathy for con men with sob stories trying to...
    Post by: doublet83, Mar 1, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. Question for all of you actually making a living trading options

    It is not clear to me that short term traders are creating any real liquidity or value, just like the high frequency fund creates a lot of volume...
    Post by: doublet83, Feb 24, 2014 in forum: Options

  10. Interactive Brokers margin loan for real estate purchase?

    Yes, I think it could makes sense for a short term construction loan. You can easily hedge out the risk of a market crash by buying deep out...
    Post by: doublet83, Jan 29, 2014 in forum: Retail Brokers

  11. Interactive Brokers margin loan for real estate purchase?

    With that much capital you could be getting 7 to 1 portfolio margin at IB, meaning that you will likely have to suffer significantly more than a...
    Post by: doublet83, Jan 29, 2014 in forum: Retail Brokers

  12. Go for CFA or not?

    I did not do well on level 1 econ, and several of the other sections as well, but level 1 is so heavily weighted towards financial statement...
    Post by: doublet83, Jan 13, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  13. Go for CFA or not?

    With a finance and accounting major, I passed level 1 with only about 10 hours of studying, as most of the material was basic accounting and...
    Post by: doublet83, Jan 10, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  14. What's The Best Way To Convert This Edge Into Money?

    Ok lets assume you have an edge. You are asking here how you can exploit that hedge, perhaps what avenues you can use to raise capital or maybe...
    Post by: doublet83, Dec 7, 2013 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. What's The Best Way To Convert This Edge Into Money?

    Can you explain again why there are only 53 trades in this sample? Given the short term nature of these trades, why can't you get a much larger...
    Post by: doublet83, Dec 5, 2013 in forum: Professional Trading