alexandercho, Don't worry about Sushi -- he's an example of a type of poster common on ET called a "Troll" -- one with nothing better to do...
If you declare a proposition false, then you're declaring its opposite true. Hence, in your proposed framework, all you need to do is rephrase...
You mean you have already written the code? If so, you might want to consider finding some examples from your broker and inserting it -- most...
I thought about it, and have come to the conclusion that you've got an interesting definition of "lazy", because apparently it includes living in...
Actually, does refute Sushi's "fact", which was that 100% of traders lose money overall in the long term. But I forgive you for not wanting...
I agree, nitro. Hardware and latency certainly deserve due consideration and expenditure, but obsessing over these alone (as the original blog...
Your comments might be considered a good warning for "aspiring automated traders" -- most, after all, should quit before they start. But...
Thanks for your sharing your experiences, milktruck. Very interesting, yet depressing. I wish everyone considering opening a bucket forex...
Turns out I know what that is, and that it has nothing to do with my statement or the fact that it decisively disproves yours.
Just eyeballing the numbers in the lowest level reports (several links down in the S&P site), it seems to me that the active managers may have...
dtrader98, I agree with virtually everything in your post; in fact, I think it in itself is quite a good primer for anyone wanting to apply any...
This also is absurd, any way you slice the definition of "active trader". Think about it. Or maybe you just "believe" this because it makes...
To be a "universal function generator", you need neurons => infinity which roughly implies examples => 2 ^ infinity == infinity....
Given: 1. infinite computational power 2. an infinite number of independent observations (data) Yes. But under any realistic...
If you think that's hard to believe, get this: a couple of weeks ago, I met a guy who had never heard of TRADING. His occupation was full-time...
Rabbitone, You post some of the best and most thoughtful posts on automated trading on ET. Please don't get too frustrated/confused by the OP...
I think I agree with your sentiment here -- teaching "automated trading", as an academic subject, would be very difficult, as ATS's are systems...
Definitely not symptomatic of a booming economy, but on the bright side maybe this will encourage a higher proportion of startups with a business...
In the current environment, the primary purpose of "smart routing" seems to be to "internalize" customer orders. "Internalization" means that...
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