Recent content by muller

Berlin wants to come up with laws to curb or totally ban high frequency trading. http://www.advancedtrading.com/algorithms/are-hfts-days-winding-down/240008125?cid=nl_at_daily&elq=14bc4afb708c4082ad852f088eb7d5c5 The germans main intend for the ftt was to destroy HFT and daytrading because...

Yes, summer can be quiet sometimes. However when I looked at those french stocks the Augusts of the years 2011 and back weren't actually that quiet. This was just a first look. I'll wait until year end. I also will check german stocks should they follow this stupid idea of a ftt. This isn't...

There are many proofs that governments won't ever learn. And the french and germans are wondering "why wouldn't Sweden join us for the greater cause?". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15123470

"For Show" is a good one. Today I checked out some those french stocks from the list subject to FTT: http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/node/1963 I wanted to see if the introduction had any impact on their daily trading volume. Most of the stocks I checked out had about 1/3rd less trading...

This is funny/strange/awkward... ? So according to http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/node/1963 the ft tax is only for stocks listed on a French regulated market or companies headquartered in France. Let's see how does that play out for those stocks. According to german news last year...

Off all politicians the uber-lefty is calling it off? Why? any link?

The best thing about the documentary is that they show that it's the politicians who rode the world into the crisis, and not us evil speculators.

I hope that institutions and traders are smart and angry enough to move out of the old country.

Somebody sold 1.4M shares all at once at 14:45. Anybody took a chance to short it? I tried. I'm so used to limit oders. And the move was so fast and went so far, I didn't get in. After 5 minutes the move was over. Instead I went long the pullback and did quite profitable.

In my not so humble opinion, anybody who calls himself a trader and is proposing for a FTT is betraying his own profession and should be punished.

nice video about algos http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html

If you're talking about the currency market then that HFT percentage is probably even higher. As for option markets the volume is so low I don't see how HFT could work there. My job as a stock trader is to look for opportunities and setups to get into a trade. Those "fake orders" whatever...

what exactly

HTT and algos are a running business. Their capital gains will be taxed after all like any other income. You destroy this business then you'll have nothing at all. And there are still more people/traders than algos trading. Stupids just blame anything for something they cannot understand...