The lockdown worked both ways. Traffic fatalities went way down, for example. Ok, if you ignore the antibody tests and assume that every single...
Turveyd, you've cited this 0.1% fatality rate at least three times in this thread. You're way off base. The best estimate of the fatality rate in...
Algo_Design_Kid, it seems to me that your channel lines should be drawn parallel on the log chart. Otherwise, there's not much reason to use a...
Interesting. In 1983 I had a ruptured (gangrenous) appendix... emergency surgery, a week in the hospital... total bill was just under $4,000....
Actually, one of the original Turtles did write such a book: http://www.amazon.com/Way-Turtle-Methods-Ordinary-Legendary/dp/007148664X
Anyone remember Cramer's old "Buzz Beat" columns, about a fictitious hedge fund run by Buzz Gould and Batch Hammer? He described how these...
I disagree with the statement that you *must* do out-of-sample backtesting - not that it will hurt. From hard-earned experience, here is my own...
The major stock index of the second largest economy in the world has been declining for 20 years. This is not an outlier.
If any of you are going to Jurrien Timmer's "State of the Market" presentation today at 1:30pm, perhaps I'll run into you there. Diode
Niederhoffer, in Education of a Speculator.
It's fairly well known that trend-following works in most markets... with the notable exception of equities (and equity indexes). Keith...
Chagi, The leverage is available, but no one is forcing you to use it. For example, the current minimum margin (performance bond) for...
Summarizing your excellent post: SURVIVOR BIAS.
So using the same logic, who exactly are you, that you are willing to take the time to write all these negative posts about this firm? One of...
I attended GlobalFX's original seminar back when they launched (Sept 2003), and a later seminar at their trading room at 11 Broadway. Spent a fair...
I imagine you have no clocks or calendars on your office walls, no papers on your desk - actually, who needs a desk? - no TV to follow news... and...
Oops... just went back and re-read the beginning of this thread. If Mr Engineer has access to the account statements, he presumably can see...
In the real world, positions are sometimes closed out simply because the owner of the account wants to take some money out to spend, or to invest...
I've voted Libertarian in every election since 1980. (For local offices where there is no Libertarian candidate running, I always vote for whoever...
Scientist, You might want to brush up on your German history before you tell the family story next time. German hyperinflation occurred during...
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