Hi, Any thoughts on how to trade the ask/bid spread on options? My platform is IB. If I understand IB correctly, there's an order...
You guys must be in a different world from me. I'm looking at a stat arb opportunity, which I believe will on average return ~2% every month...
To me, this smells like curve-fitting.
I don't know if the old rules are out the window, unless you really meant to say that it's the folks with great credentials + grades who're...
Frankly, I personally was chomping at the bits to get my first strategy concept/idea implemented, backtested, and rolled out. Now that the...
Farthest bar back in time (loaded in the current backtest/chart): Close[CurrentBar] How do you make sure it was the first 1 minute from 6...
This was 2000... $120k base, and I think $30k guaranteed bonus first year. They were the only financial firm I interviewed with, so I have no...
Can someone speak to the tax considerations here? I've heard one of the advantages of trading futures, in general, is the favorable division of...
I interviewed at D.E. Shaw out of grad school. The first question is ridiculous, and I certainly saw nothing like it. The second question (about...
His problem is being stuck in baseball-land... where hitting for a high average, even if all you do is scatter singles around, is a great...
Hi, Just curious if anyone has recommended market scanner tools. I'm especially interested in scanner tools that would also cover LIFFE-listed...
Hi, I've never played with European listed options before. But I was looking at RBS, and would like some input from others. Here's what IB...
Not trying to arb ADRs... in fact hope the market is efficient so I'm not losing too many pennies on the exchange! Re: Brazilian companies......
Never mind, checked with IB and they said this isn't supported. But I think I've found something that looks like a work-around. Say that I...
Hi, Does anyone know whether retail brokers, and specifically Interactive Brokers, supports the conversion of ADRs? That is, can I buy...
Hi there, Only thing I would really miss is back-testing, but it seems to me it shouldn't be too difficult (and probably superior in the long...
314, Could you give some pointers on navigating through QuickFIX? As mentioned, I'm currently with NT, and only using the brokers that they...
Hi, I actually use NinjaTrader, no custom executables. The hosted server gives me access, and I use it just as if I'm sitting in front of...
Dylan Ratigan is my favorite ... whatever, on-air personality... at CNBC. I actually can't stand Fast Money, since I think it's barely a step up...
I'd just get a thin client PC w/ 802.11 wireless link, and use some kind of screen capture software (Logmein? Citrix?) to see my "main" machine.
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