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    Does this have a name?

    oh , I see , thanks
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    Lose to Win Contest--- unique idea..

    lol , all Russians names , I should of known it...I bet 64 ( or 32) people are splitting this price. :)
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    Does this have a name?

    no joking...just never heard of it
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    Does this have a name?

    what is wrangle ?
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    COGN , what is going on

    OK , thats explains it...just a rumors... http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/techsoftware/10326052.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
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    wmt selling stuff under cost amazing

    I paid 400$ for GOOG shares at WMT today , amazing cost cutting !
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    how do you quantify your performance

    I was really surprised to find it (from Taleb): "It's a scam, all of it -- Markowitz, Sharpe, it's just like astrology"
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    how do you quantify your performance

    yes , he had a fund , so this info probably available (was) somewhere. I know that everyone will disagrees with me , but I cannot understand how retail trader can use someone's else apps to quantify his own performance. Of shelf apps - one fits it all ? hmmm Take a look how IB displays VaR on...
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    how do you quantify your performance

    I would love to see Victor N's sharpe ratio right before default of 97...
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    how do you quantify your performance

    very much so , IMO
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    Iron Condor Money Management

    agree !
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    how do you quantify your performance

    YIP , I cannot answer this in dollars¢cents , because I am trading opposite strategies . But let me give you detailed example of ave vs. r/r : Lets say you trade a 1:9 r/r. because you have an "edge" ( lets not go there !) your payoff on the winning trade is 1.23 instead of b/e payoff of...
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    how do you quantify your performance

    YIP , ave gain per contract is very important , but only in the context of r/r. If your r/r is 1:50 , then 10$ per contract is not so good.
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    How much % a day is possible.

    results will be drastically skewed to positive , because only active / successful / still in biz traders will reply . ET shows about 62k registered members , if 50k of them "tryed and lost' they will not participate in this poll. Same goes for C2
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    How much % a day is possible.

    too funny...I just visited Collective2...they tracking about 3000 systems and only FEW ( with age > 52 weeks) per any type are "profitable"... Welcome to ET where everyone is profitable !
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    What strategy works like selling DOTM naked call?

    "the purpose of models that price derivatives is not to price derivatives, but to hedge them".
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    Lose to Win Contest--- unique idea..

    I don't know nothing about FX trading , which pair has a widest bid/ask spread ? In options trading , I can guarantee to lose it all in 6-8 transactions by buying on the ask and immediately selling on the bid ( certain illiquid instruments), lol
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    Rate of speed

    I'm planning to program this new function. Basically , I want to run a "what ifs" analisys based on three diff build in modes (slow , medium and fast). The inputs are "price change over "x" time " and "vols change over "x" time" , where the "time" is unknown. Can anyone that did something...
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    SPX Credit Spread Trader

    Mark , if I understand correctly , haircut is also perfect for long gamma scalping. For an owner of the long combo , any buying ( or selling) of stock is "margins free" because prop co ( like Mav's) recognizing stock as a part of delta neutral position .
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    how do you quantify your performance

    what , no replies yet ? Add word "paper" to " traders" and you will get a lot of advises...J/K , YIP , I hope someone will reply to your questions.
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