as usual, there is no definitive answer as it depends on your experience, skills, etc. but speaking from my experience, i have only hired straight...
i'll just say this... i have a fully loaded dell workstation and can't even backtest using 5min data in NT, let alone tick data. NT is great for...
seems like a waste of money to me. i'd rather just buy an ikea jerker (excellent desk btw) and use the remaining money to trade an extra car.
you've got to be kidding me... i suppose we should also handle our own legal issues and perform surgery on ourselves since we all have the...
if your system works, scrape together as much as you can and trade it. if it doesn't, then you know what to do.
no. yes.
why not trade both? afterall, countertrend and trend are just two sides of the same coin.
been buying all the way down
ummm... is your office at the university of connecticut? if not, then i call bs...
it's simple... there's no where else to put your money. take a look at the 13Fs of the largest funds and you'll see GLD in the top 5 positions...
reiser is correct. i used tradebook and tt when i was on the prop desk at a large ibank and am currently using a combination of gs redi, ms...
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