Some people were mentioning FL vs. CA a while back. They don't have a lot in common, I'll agree with that, but while reading the discussion on...
A ridiculous statement. It all depends on how the tax is being used. The tax money used to build the US interstate highway system, for instance,...
Glad to help, though I'm still not sure which part you're talking about. Synthetic positions as a means to adjust ('partially close out') an...
Synthetic positions aren't any more stable. Payoffs are always exactly the same (if ever they aren't, arbitrage will instantly eliminate the...
Other than lack of *nix support (I'll deal), TradeLink looks fanastic. Thanks, guys. Quick question though, how does one automatically download IB...
(Sorry for the cross post, realized this is the proper forum.) I'd like to take my data feed (preferably both historical and real time) and...
I'm tired of wrestling in vain with Interactive Brokers' API. My analytical engine is nearly complete but I have no recent fine-grained data to...
The real explanation is more fundamental. It has nothing to do with psychology. There is a fundamental asymmetry between long and short...
This echo-chamber of retardedness is too irresistible for me to quit without giving you a few hints. Like giving a troop of gorillas a rubik's...
Yeah, I monologued, because the only non-irrelevant argument I've seen so far is 'look at history', which is an argument so powerful it could be...
Hilarious. We have two people who actually address and debate the real issue, then a dozen more who blindly spout off with the same ole irrelevant...
Not since '82. But as long as people accept fiat currency, is that relevant? You keep your money fully invested in copper or some other commodity...
This is turning out to be an interesting experiment. How many replies can I get before I get one from someone who actually read my post and has...
Cliff notes for those of you who've gone off your Ritalin: The issue at hand is not gold vs. fiat paper. Gold is not behaving like other real,...
Seen some offhand comments to this effect, and I can't quite fathom what kind of rational argument could possibly back up such a theory. Gold...
This. Not saying the carnage will continue tomorrow, but that ridiculous surge after that ridiculously tame announcement (why would anyone think...
Um. Not saying we've seen significant inflation (yet), but how in the hell do you figure that 17% over one year is "not much" ?
Been a while since I researched this, though a guy in this thread provides tentative (possibly outdated) confirmation:...
Any particular reason why one couldn't form an LLC to cap the risk at -100% loss? From what I've read, sounds like at least Interactive Brokers...
FAST 1.0 came out years ago, but I can't find anyone who offers it for data feed or execution. (Well, saw somewhere a hint that Genesis might, but...
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