To think hedge funds invest up to 30% of thier revenue to technology and quants. If they only knew for 150 bucks they can locate good trading...
Option market makers are spread across several exchanges. Seperate firms have primary market maker responsibilities at these exchanges. This...
Many times it will be somebody posting a market based on the relative value of another making it look like mindless tinkering. ...greg
Exchanges mostly if not all use last sale to elect a stop order. Systems like ours depending on the strategy will use either a TWAP or bid/ask....
Heh a secret code....very funny. ....greg
Many traders get distracted by wanting to get adding liquidity rebates. Often they overlook the impact of execution cost in missing a market....
It's not easy getting around a distance problem. Being at least 25 msec away makes it a tough scalping environment. But there are shortcuts....
Market makers generally roll position to beta correlated products and will hold overnight or for days when needed. Also most maket makers are...
If the development firm you deal with is reputable and plans on staying in the financial services business a NDA will cover your risk. In my...
We've recently started using stop entries for portfolios that have gone beyond 1 standard deviation. Idea is to catch them upon their return...
Sorry, I've been absent from this venue for a while. We do this for equities. Up to 5 levels of priority to order your executions. Waves to...
Ok my original statement is still true, pick your BD very carefully. If they have to advertise and have training programs ever few months to keep...
Very good ! Just like the local groups from the trading floor. So they value retention, great. If you could get me a contact number or email....
Most prop trading firms run it as a pure dollar business and know the odds of a new trader being successful. Depressing concept but think of it...
Sounding a bit self destructive. I guess if you have yet one trade to do what would it be. The root of this posting is "Trading for a Living"....
Most technical analysis is based on what is most probable to happen next. With that in mind, I got an idea trade more products. Donât cherry...
My suggestion to anybody just off the floor is to not freeze up. On the floor you were flipping positions often based on information and or...
Reading Market Players Yes the players have changed, also more hidden identity/orders then ever before with new ATS's. Sometimes you can get...
Trading Office Setup This thread started with a comment about an office not really helping with a traders performance. I'd like to say the...
I believe the major difference between success and failure of a trader is the ability to move from one strategy to the next without emotional...
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