Recent content by Maharaja

Good questions. I guess I would be looking to skim all the different schools of thought and then figure out which one I prefer. I'd like to eventually hit both micro and macro, but which one is better to start off with?

I am looking for recommendations for economics books. I have recently developed an interest in it and have essentially little formal schooling in it. I would like to find a book (or set of books) that are challenging and writing that is direct and gets to the point. Advanced math/stats are...

Is there a configuration or setting somewhere to dictate the snapshot frequency? Do you know where IB describes the details of how it is taking and forwarding these snapshots on through the API?

From "info nice": "A niceness should not be confused with a scheduling priority, which lets applications determine the order in which threads are scheduled to run. Unlike a priority, a niceness is merely advice to the scheduler, which the scheduler is free to ignore." I guess it doesn't...

Is this what you are talking about? http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/apiReleaseNotes/api9.php?ib_entity=llc "If an API application intends to make historical data requests that return more than 1000 bars, it is recommended that TWS be configured to increase the sizes...

Working with the TWS API in java I have noticed that my processing of market data in making a trading decision is fairly quick (few millis). But actually creating an IB order and placing it is taking much longer, around 3-20 millis. Has anyone experienced this type of behavior? What I mean is...

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I live+work in downtown Chicago and I'm thinking about buying a condo here. The place that I'm looking about buying is a few blocks away from a site that may have a casino built on it in the next few years. Nothing is official, but how does a casino less than a mile away affect property...

Your poll reminds of the teacher asking students to raise their hands if they are not present today... :-)

I am offering insurance based on the outcome of these events. If all these events occur I pay out 10-1. Please PM me if you would like to buy some insurance on this highly probable event.

True, but that's from a purely mathematical sense and not very practical. Like you were mentioning, the odds of you cutting your bank in half before doubling it is 1/3. The probability of that occurring 4 times in a row is (1/3)^4 = over 1%. So 1% of the time, you are left with 6.25% of your...

Just go back and see how much you would have made and your draw downs if you risked more... Its obviously a trade off with risk and reward but the best solution is whatever your comfortable with. So your risking like less than 60/10 = 6% of capital? Your not interpreting the kelly number...