Recent content by anvil993

'Fortune brings in some ships that are not steered' Cymbeline 4:3 Billy Shakespeare Me thinks a simple VAMI chart would explain much. Fund A starts with $500,000 makes $500,000 so its 100%, next period $5mm comes in, fund goes down 10%. So no net money has been made and we're at $5.5mm...

Time to toss a shoe at this practice, if two individuals partner to trade, its deemed a professional, if you licensed, professional is the only option. Problem begins when you start trading multiple accounts, brokers, third party software, the dude that's been there 27 years in Billing will...

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Anyone familiar with Interactive Brokers order parameters that will ensure that the order gets routed to the specialist at the open with a LOO. For example will SMART routing with NYSE as the exchange do the job. Any other values needed? Thanks!

Dimension left PHLX last year and shut down on 12/31/08. The current Dimension is a new firm that began on 01/01/09 with the CBSX. Chaos ensued Dec 2008-Mar2009 with getting traders under old entity registered under new entity, several months in many cases. Mass confusion. Traders that...

Yes, ladies and gentleman its official, the term High Frequency Trading has jumped the shark. It can now take its rightful place in the wanker lexicon hall of fame with such overused, abused, and played out terms such as: DAYTRADER SCALPER SWING TRADER EDGE VIX BackTest Quant ALGO...

Yes, it has. Mainly a few serial posters who have an uncontrollable urge to post all day, every day, on every topic. Who feel that an increasing post count somehow makes what they spew worthwhile. You find an example in this thread, the dude cant seem to just STFU.

Yes, you can, in a retail trade its called 'short against the box'. Although OP's example many not seem to make sense at first glance. Margin transactions are Type 2, short against the box is a Type 6 transaction if memory serves me right. Back when all transactions involved physical...

Thanks Hubert... perfect.

Anyone know how I might be able to make a video of what I see on my screens during the day. For example a shot of my charts, then pan to my trading platform and capture a typical trade along with the outcome. I'd like to be able to annotate, to use for training. Many thanks. PS I have no...

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