Recent content by Lucre

Big difference - they weren't regulated by the fed or sec. Refco is a case study in the difference between wall st & wacker.

Any idea if these services provide just data? I need to use their software too, right? Lucre

If you have a "great method" (ie, risk adjusted returns exceed the market's), why haven't/don't you start a hedge fund? First, there's sales groups out there that will raise all the money you could ever invest, if you have a track record (even flimsy back-testing results). Here's a couple of...

Since the Ameritrade buy, do they still upgrade that frequently? Has how they support IB data and trading been updated?

"You can't generate positive alpha without a PhD. " ... or with one?

Given this weekend's show, is there any input on alpha's? Quants, technicians, fundies, MBAs . . . anyone?

Anyone know of a reliable website that lists the audited alphas of money managers. aka: Those reporting to generate risk adjusted returns that exceed the market, aka: excessive returns? It would be interesting to have a reference for claims of consistently beating the market. Having a...

anyone know where, or if, market share (daily, weekly or monthly) for listed & otc stocks is published? nasdaq used to publish this when arca & isld were each about 25%.

can u send me the info for todays webinar?

id like to see it live. it looks like theres no price column, but otherwise is the same. http://www.eccoware.com/images/eSpeedometer-screen2-lrg.jpg

What a crazy thread. While I wait for the close, here's a (semi) related story from long ago. A couple of times, when my equity fell below 30% and I had a concentrated position, instead of getting above 30% by selling, I waited until about 4:14 and took out the paperthin offers on the PSE...

i thought that statistics explained/identified non-directional volatility (ie, std dev). how are you using that to predict direction?

40s - youll get the most money. taxes should be a variable to consider, but ive never let taxes drive buy/sell decisions. also there was some talk about premiums and leaps, arent these from an esop? if so, theres no premium. if you need the money, sell the 40s

ive tried this, and its not bad for free. are you going to keep adding brokers or start adding more functionality? i use ib for trading, and have some family accounts at ameritrade. if you add functionality, like autobreakeven, will that work for both brokers? also will it support any other...