Recent Content by MichaelJ

  1. Global Macro Trading Journal

    Hi all - simple question. Everyone keeps talking about Greece defaulting and exiting the Eurozone. I'm curious about the "AND". Greece might...
    Post by: MichaelJ, May 14, 2012 in forum: Journals

  2. Is this track record good enough to attract new capital

    You should get in touch with Peter L Brandt (he has a blog - I'll PM you the link). Seems like a similar trading style to yours (Edwards & Magee...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Jun 6, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Is this track record good enough to attract new capital

    I'm not sure where I went wrong. I'm guessing you have a different measurement of the uncertainty or somehow adjust the standard deviation, such...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Jun 5, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Is this track record good enough to attract new capital

    What are we testing for here? Is the null hypothesis that the average return is zero and the alternative that the average return is significantly...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Jun 3, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Is this track record good enough to attract new capital

    Yes, I sort of agree. We can make a few basic assumptions and then it would seem that the average return is significantly higher than zero....
    Post by: MichaelJ, Jun 3, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Analysis of my trading so far

    Looking at this from a Canadian situation, I think you're a bit premature in saying that it "won't be worth it" anymore in a few years. I know...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Oct 28, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. A thought on the people that came up with global warming & evolution

    Not really. See for example: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dating.html Using two different techniques to refine a date is not circular....
    Post by: MichaelJ, Oct 14, 2010 in forum: Politics

  8. China Is ‘Bad Guy’ in Currency War: Krugman

    OK, I'll grant you that. If Krugman is referring to the Chinese govt as the "bad guy" rather than the people, then that is much better and less...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Oct 14, 2010 in forum: Economics

  9. A thought on the people that came up with global warming & evolution

    I recall reading that story in Discover a couple years back. I followed your wikipedia link and subsequently looked at one of the articles cited...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Oct 14, 2010 in forum: Politics

  10. China Is ‘Bad Guy’ in Currency War: Krugman

    it really annoys me that Krugman, who lives in what is still an incredibly rich country - and not only that, works at Princeton as a tenured prof,...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Oct 14, 2010 in forum: Economics

  11. My trading story (need advice)

    hi cl - if the institutions/funds won't hire you unless you have made $10 mill / year for another institution/fund, I would assume that they have...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Jul 23, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. Traders who win but really have no clear strategy

    I think though it is important to distinguish between what most retail traders (like ET's population) do, which is speculation, and what traders...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Sep 30, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. question re "playing market maker" on electronic options markets

    Hi all - I have a question regarding options markets. I've been mostly out of active trading for quite some time, but I like thinking about it,...
    Thread by: MichaelJ, Jul 15, 2009, 5 replies, in forum: Options

  14. Tired of being a retail Broker

    Actually, searching around the net - this is probably already obvious to most of the thread - I've learned there is another type of registration:...
    Post by: MichaelJ, Feb 12, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading