And super recent were the first few days of VXEM when Barclay's algo was... interesting. I had some slight hope for these new security...
Seriously, those days were sweet! But so binary, could either make 50K in 2 seconds or wait overnight with like 300 cal spreads and try to hedge...
Yeah, the big problem with being fast is that there are large upfront costs and you have to move off a retail platform. Our monthly data and...
I'm not sure why you are so angry. I admit, the post deviates from the original intent which was a pathway for manual trading. I still do...
This isn't anything that can be done by the average person or firm. That's why I focused on manual trading in this post instead. I collect...
For fast time frames it will trade things that move fast: metals and energy size depends. between 10 and 100 usually depending on available...
Per person we do about 3000 contracts/day in maybe 300-400 trades. I can't really advise on that particular method. Although it's one I'm...
Good questions! Board games: For some reason I don't want to say directly or make it searchable or too obvious. The game is German. There are...
OK. I got lost reading this textbook on machine learning today. We all get lost sometimes.
I started out as pure Algo. Probably went 1.5 years without manually touching anything. But then I started to notice patterns that I couldn't...
Trading is a negative sum game. Poker is a negative some game. Starcraft 2 is a zero sum game. It is interesting that people will use the...
Very good question. To trade futures you do not need a broker. The minimum you need is a clearing company and a way to execute. Stocks are...
Kind of - in a way. We discussed letting me direct connect to the exchange or use some other execution provider and do give up clearing to...
If you have an institutional relationship you can set up a Chinese joint venture to access Chinese futures markets. It costs $$$ but your...
Main benefit is lower fees. Manifest in many ways. Commission is only part of it. There are a lot of daytrade and liquidity provider programs...
Yeah, I was originally going to say $25K. I didn't move until it was about $100K in savings which was probably too late. What killed me...
Two reasons: 1) Someone who had one good idea is more likely to come up with another good idea. It's worth keeping them around. 2) Good...
Actually, I was talking about my journey from being a reasonably successful trader and making the transition to becoming an owner of a trading...
There are probably only 5-10 people on the planet that know for a fact what they are doing. I'm not one of them so you could be right. But I...
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