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It's amazing to me what people are trading these days. What's going to be next? There's jet fuel, electricity, and all kinds of other stuff. Does anyone trade in one of these arcane markets? what are the advantages/drawbacks?

Files of price data, not charts. Right?

I need future data (minute)

First off you posted twice. Second, I think I can live off of 15k. I would need to find a good roomate. And probably would have to work right next to school. What exactly does a runner do? How can one go about finding a runner position? THere doesn't seem to be postings on jobboards about...

Coincidence? I was thinking of putting up a similar thread. I'm torn between two programs, one in Chicago and the other at Baruch for grad school this next year. I've already got a job lined up in New York, but I would like to find a place to at least be a trader's assistant in Chicago...

Does anyone work for a BD that is associated with the NYSE?

How's it going?

Yeah the firm I was with never dealt with sharpes. So this is new to me. I going to go back this weekend and see if I can find the sharpes in the strategies I've got.

So the sharpe ratio should be greater than 1?

You guys have to at least shoot me a question to see if I know my stuff. For the sake of the thread.

That's essentially what I'm trying to accomplish without going into something labeled a "hedge fund". From my experiences hedge funds have this stigma attached to them. That you need to be from a Ivy league school. Iwent to Florida International man. It's like Binghamton. What do you...

Yeah but then you have to move to minnesota. Is it really $30 per month?

Has no idea? Wannabe? Go ahead and ask me whatever you want? And I was already a trader. My job now is better.

I have my own java-based programs that do the backtesting. I get data from the exchanges through somebody like Tradestation or Bloomberg. Are you referring to one standard deviation of my projected annual returns? ex. Let's say I returned 12% per year. One standard deviation in my...

First I think I'm a great programmer. Second someone who wants to work 12 hr days. Return? Beats the market for sure. The backtest results beat most hedge funds. I could give a approx per year percentage but would have to look it up. Sharpe? Don't know what sharpe is. I have a screwed...

That already happened to me though.

The phone numbers to the guys that need me.

I don't have it. In a few years I see myself able to open an account, but I will still be in the same job. And would never consider trading for home. I mean hell in the future I will need the salary. What is it like 4k to margin one S&P?

too mundane. I can't do it. I've got a job with General Dynamics - programmer/analyst. I can't stand the corporate campus layout. It drives me crazy. I want to be with traders and I want to watch prices. All these superlatives are too much. And ID badge! and parking spot! I'm...

I've got strategys that are already backtested. I actually almost got hired by what I assume was a small firm, last week. Where will I ge the numbers? I've done everything : stole numbers from the NYMEX website, googled, etc. I've done crazy stuff.