Thanks for the clarification and opining a bit on the different scenarios and how they're handled. Appreciate the help as always. I'll keep your...
I think you're correct in that there's no way people will stop making markets. If I have to do 9 at 12 vs. 10 at 11 to cover my costs, that's...
Haha, I've never once done any market prognostication on this site and I'm way too young and busy to be swinging 42,000 gallons of oil as a hobby...
Good to hear from someone with similar interests. I'll share a few thoughts. 1. I'm guessing the huge loses in directional markets is a function...
Well said.
I agree with your summary of society's perception. I find their understanding of HFT to be naive, disappointingly limited, and dangerous for...
I tend to agree with this, but the whole FTT issue is concerning nonetheless. Hating on HFT because you don't understand it and it makes money is...
Well the raison d'être argument cuts both ways. All market participants are in it to win it, it's not like HFT has any less or more validity than...
As a rule, I'm unconditionally sorry I bothered every time I post something subjective or just not related to implementing trading systems on this...
Thanks, @garachen. I found the docs for COD. Obviously, this isn't the only operational risk implicit in grabbing Q, but it's perhaps the most...
Gotcha. As I'm really just preparing for the job market/screwing around looking at historical data, I'm really only concerned with that the...
Yup. The "access denied" error. Surprise surprise, it works this morning...
See, this is starting to upset me a bit. I hate excuses, but I can't open like half of the CME documentation no matter what browser I try...
If a trader has grabbed queue position on multiple levels on the same side, the way I see it, they have two major immediate risks implicit in...
Thanks for your understanding.
I'm not comfortable with sharing his or her identity and I don't know that she/he is actually the most profitable, hence the "ostensibly the most...
I'll be honest with you, you may be right that some employers and certain jobs in finance value any level of programming skills, but Google,...
...ostensibly haha.
...math isn't exactly a low paying field. I'm surviving. I'm mediocre as far as math majors at my school go and my "talents" where pretty sought...
Based on this and our previous brief talks about philosophy, I recommend you check out David Foster Wallace.
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