OK, I'll speak slowly and E-NUN-CI-ATE this time. Quality books on technical aspects of trading are expensive regardless of publisher. Again, have...
A rare case where Surf disagrees with Vic Niederhoffer -- http://dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/?p=428 .. . "The Zurich Axioms by Max Gunther is...
Was intended to be honest rather than great, but glad you enjoyed it. If you're willing to ascribe it to 'a derivatives trader' or some such, help...
Huh?.. . there are plenty of $20 hardcover books from Wiley -- take your pick: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-300834.html .. . All the...
Somewhere, back when the thread was on-topic, I posted an actual review of the book.. Is it normal for m0r0ns to foul up interesting threads with...
Which reminds me: In the book, you describe visiting SAC but don't name the firm. Gives the manuscript a bit of an (over)lawyered tone.
I read the book (thanks again for the comp!) on the plane back from Chicago last night , and here's my back-of-the envelope: I liked the book...
.. Yes, but I doubt ToS will restrain its ambitions in order to do IB a favor. TimberHill (ie, IB) is a long-time direct competitor of some of the...
Maybe the adults could continue the book discussion on another thread, and leave the children here to play?
.. I haven't had a chance to read through the uncorrected proof that Mr. Sykes graciously sent our office (thanks!) but a colleague read it and...
Darn! And I was hoping today would be the day I'd actually learn something on Elitetrader..
``I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.''
This is the sort of intelligent-sounding but content-free remark that too often surfaces in discussions of volatility/risk/derivatatives. Have you...
FWIW, I dropped by the public library of an affluent mid-sized NYC suburb over the weekend. The library has three copies of Black; all have been...
Thanks, Opt. Given IBKR's instant $11b (!) marketcap, TOS is powerfully motivated to become an across-the-board competitor of theirs. Mad...
I believe this is the only tidbit in the public record: http://google.com/search?q=%22Creditors+of+Empirica+Kurtosis%22
No worries, Surf. Mahalanobis is an excellent blog, lots of intelligent and original material -- always worth a look. One of the frequent...
.. And here's the reply on Mahalanobis http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/3842722/ .. ``Damning with faint praise: When a friend's daughter is...
Well, both Gnome and Landis make reasonable points. But the bottom line is that deviations from fair-value in SP are small and fleeting, and...
Ever heard of Eddie Lampert, "The Next Warren Buffett"? http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_47/b3909001_mz001.htm ``Then in...
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