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Generally familiar with the math concept but how does it apply to trading?

It's for cold storage, you put the access keys for the coins on USB drives then store those in a safe deposit box... or, since their value has shot up so much, under a mountain. The idea is to not have the keys accessible from any computer connected to the internet so they can't be stolen by...

If there are better forums, pay or not, I am all ears.

I think most firms are going to require you to at least use a library of theirs so they can enforce risk limits.

Direct market access.

Starting capital, connectivity, access to historical data. I can start writing code, but I want to have an idea of how the property rights shake out first (e.g. a firm could require you bring nothing and code everything from scratch there). Whether I can without giving over intellectual...

I am not a lawyer, but at any software development job it is standard that you can't leave with any of the code you wrote for the company. Anything you write becomes their property. I think they can argue theft just from you merely taking it with you, even if you don't go on to use it.

I'm concerned with two scenarios: 1. I do all of the coding work, getting all of the nitpicky details right, then after a couple of years for whatever reason I have to part with the firm, and now they own my code and/or idea so I can't take it anywhere else, or I can but have to rebuild...

Do the contracts have pretty standardized terms or is it wildly variable?

I am currently trying to weigh the pros and cons of trying to trade independently versus trying to pitch a trade to established prop firms. Are there any firms that let you keep your intellectual property / code? I hate the idea of doing all the coding work to setup my trade only to have to do...