my 2 cents the gold mkt is not maliciously manipulated, it's manipulated in the same way any market with big players is manipulated. the day...
I'll add to this. It's not enough to back test a system in Tradestation. That only reveals the system's metrics, but not it's character. You...
Just curious, how many members of ET work part time and trade part time? This excludes those who work full time and trade after work, but...
Out of curiosity, what do you trade and what style do you trade?
Pardon my ignorance but what is the FESX?
Cutten, I thought you were going to be trading big macro moves? Russian equities are melting down. MTMS 4900 is a possibility. I'm spread a...
I don't have the stats, but I believe the answer to 1) is 13% The stats should be available from the relevant state dept
I think a passport from EU, Switzerland, Monaco, Hong Kong or Singapore would be ideal :)
Just curious, do you know if the Europeans trading from the Bahamas are able to set themselves up so they pay no taxes? Thanks!
Interesting, I didn't think about bootstrapping vol. :) Learn something new everyday. Could you perhaps sketch out the broad ideas behind a...
jansen_ja is right - skew traditionally refers to the difference in IV at one point in time over a variety of strike prices. jansen_ja is...
Just a theoretical perspective ... ... the main danger of ramping up size in a profitable system is increasing the damage of blowout when a...
Sounds good Chris. btw - I have the greatest respect for your trading skills. FWIW, the 6 peak to troughs I identified are as follows. #1...
I want to throw this out to see how realistic this sounds. $50,000 account Assume living expense are taken out of a separate account....
for those interested, here is the underlying data for the Oct 31 YTD vs Oct 31 to Dec 31 comparison of price performance in the S&P 500....
I'd love to come.
Hey, Coincidentally I did that analysis too recently and it's pinned up on my wall :) From Mar to Nov 2003, there were 6 significant peak to...
Hi there Surf (I like your work), Thought I'd drop in on your thread and mention this. I recently made the following analysis on the S&P...
.... and raised it in another thread. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=24316 :) Damn manipulators .... why can't I...
Well, this is simply not the way the capital markets work. It's clever, in a hand waving sort of way, but clever doesn't cut mustard when it...
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