35 is young. You may have 30-40 productive years left. An engineering background is perfect. I switched from software engineer to trader at...
Hydroblunt knows his sh*t... this is the exact point. On low volume stocks (< 10K/day) it's often just you and the Specialist. I make at...
I find this post highly suspect. Algorithmic trading strategies as practiced on the highest level... Are developed and coded by...
You make 2 points. I completely agree with the latter... But reputable prop firms do not prey on this type of loser. As for weeding out...
I did not say the our dear Capitalist System was Evil. I just pointed out the OBVIOUS... That it is driven almost solely by profit motive......
Yes... you are correct. And you have demonstrated more capacity for "critical thinking" with one post... Than many show in a lifetime of...
You've come a fairly long way considering you are not a "professional programmer". That said... Keep in mind that it takes several years **...
My post was a simplified analysis of the leverage... ** ANY B/D ** can legally employ (if they can get it financed)... ** In the context of the...
Hey, thanks a lot, enabled ALL features... and saved me a call to Customer Support. I've been thinking about this REL order and feel it's of...
It took you only 4 hours to cook up this stupendously nonsensical statement... And prove Hydroblunt's contention... That we are dealing with "a...
I can't even get "REL" to be an option... And I've read the IB documentation 3 times... and tried many different ways of order entry. I doubt...
It does seem like a good idea... especially in concert with the API. Anybody using this feature? It must be very computer intensive to do...
The NMS "no trade-through" rule coming this spring... Will fragment the market place... and render the Specialist system obsolete. It's a...
Bright is very well capitalized. Let's say Bright has $30 million and their traders come up with ZERO. Naked common stock gets a 15%...
HamletSpeak: Someone that disagrees with you is guilty of "foolhardy thinking". rm+ :cool: :cool: :cool:
Actually I trade GM debt every day. GM preferreds have been tracking GM common since last October... So this "common before preferreds"...
I don't understand your Alice in Wonderland post. If you trade hi volume stocks... the Specialist is virtually transparent. Rest assured he's...
You PRESUME that Specialists make the market "more efficient" for a given stock. That's their Party Line. Specialists spend 99% of their...
The implementation of your strategy is so amateurish... With ** large unnecessary risk ** built-in... That is casts doubt of the entire...
It depends where the liquidity is. Many stocks trade 95% on the NYSE... and ECNs are deadsville. Virtually 100% (50-70 orders total) of my...
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