By the way, Java, TradeStation, MetaTrader, Amibroker, or any other code type is fine (and of course .NET is great) - any of the above would get...
I am building a simple trading application (on TradeLink, C#) and want to implement some simple accumulation / distribution execution algos, by...
I'm not certain about this - I will try to check and report back. I had always assumed it was possible to log into TWS and make/close trades, but...
Again, not a lawyer, but... I'm pretty sure if you live in a state where IA registration is required for anyone charging fees for acting as a...
SMA = separately managed accounts - each investor has their $$$ segregated in an account registered in their name. They have sole access to...
I'm interested in anyone's comments on the idea I described for AUM fee resets. Using trailing performance as the guide to the future %AUM fee....
Ha, yeah I didn't take much from it but didn't think it was the waste of paper that many others seemed to find it to be
Not quite that easy for two reasons. First, the quote boards aren't terribly liquid and as a result if I place an order of even a few thousand...
I am a systems trader with a statistical arbitrage bias and primarily focus on capturing alpha through anticipating short/medium term movements of...
other people's money
Yeah, anything less than 100B really isn't interesting... Interesting post, and something I've thought about myself. I can't speak from...
Yeah, I'm not a nut about perfectly hedging, believing that it all comes out in the wash eventually, but with a pair of 3X levered ETFs and a 2%...
@churchill I did this exact trade a few years ago. logistical nightmare having to rebalance the sides daily. Profits were minimal and you're...
And to make it more confusing, the VIX futures (that drive the VXX) don't settle on an underlying calc'd the same way as the spot VIX you see...
I've been in this program for like 15 days. I trade almost exclusively hard to borrow or slightly hard to borrow stocks, both long and short, and...
Try Themarkets.com. Not cheap by any means (I'd guess a few hundred $$$s a month) but is a way to get all major sell side research in one place,...
At a high level, sure. I look for structural flaws and irrationality in the market (or with other market participants) and take the other...
@Zen, I don't take offense to your differing viewpoint - many paths, no single path is right for all. You're right I'm straight equities,...
Your post caught my attention - I am in a somewhat similar journey. I'm a former strategy consultant (quit the lifestyle about 8 yrs ago) and I...
A quick follow-up for this futures contract, which I've been watching with interest. At 4p ET today (expiration date) the January futures...
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