Some have said that severe drawdowns (greater than 20%) could be the 'kiss of death' for CTAs/hedge fund mangers. However looking at the iasg.com...
Reports indicate that the CME will commence trading futures on the NASDAQ Composite Index on October 27th in E-mini format. Currently only the...
For those of you who are CTAs/Fund managers or are other informed parties, how do you avoid 'hot money' investors i.e. investors who trade around...
I am curious how many traders here track their daily/monthly sharpe ratios? What are people's thoughts on hedge funds, CTAs or traders with...
ETs, It seems that despite all the renewed emphasis on due-diligence vis-a-viz thoroughly understanding a manager's trading style/strategy and...
I've traded both forex futures and spot futures (via online brokers) and I've noticed that the slippage is actually higher in the spot market than...
See below, press release from the CBOT, regrading the July 3 Mini-Dow mistrade. Frankly, I think this is nonsense. See this quote: "Contrary...
ETs, Do you think that a System can be reverse engineered just from viewing daily trades/account statements? For example, if you are a...
Where would be your pick for the best or top 5 places in the world (ex U.S.) to trade from based upon quality of life issues - weather,...
Any expereinces with RefcoFX or RefcoSPOT or GAIN Capital. RefcoSPOT is an online exotic FX option trading platform. Quite intersting. Any...
What's the best way to ensure that one can buy/sell the opening price on the 3 US exchanges? How do you account for liquidty issues? Are...
ETs, Is anyone familiar with a robust electronic trading platform that supports special order types e.g. OCO'S, MIT, AON, Trailing Stops,...
ETs, Does anyone have any information on the RQSI/Access Emerging CTA Index (ECI) Fund and their CTA Star Search program? Any and all...
ETs, I want to move to Florida - for quality of life reasons: better weather ( I need SUNSHINE!!!), water sports, lower cost of living, e.t.c....
ETs, Can anyone advise me on the best and most accurate way for calculating the current basis spread between the spot FX rates and the Futures...
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