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Q http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/compliance/flash-crashes-sacred-cows-and-doing-the-right-thing/a/d-id/1264691? Since the traumatic Flash Crash of 2010 we have witnessed the implementation of circuit breakers, the elimination of stub quotes and jawboning of market makers to provide liquidity...

So, is this kind of flash crashes preventable by the exchange? If yes, ... If no, ...

Probably 5 years?

Too much conflicting information from different sources so far. Anyway, thanks for your input.

So the final direction of his executed orders is basically predetermined or decided on-the-fly?

Just found this: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1939011-why-we-are-not-ok-and-not-on-a-sustainable-trajectory

Q The same week, high-speed trading firm Virtu Financial Inc delayed its initial public offering. It had revealed on March 10 that it had just one losing trading day out of 1,238 such days in the five years ending December 31, 2013. UQ Why IPO? For what?

Impressive, basically! Think you need an equity curve to show % draw-downs for better understanding. Otherwise, points only could be a bit misleading to yourself.

We don't usually say something like this on ET, asking demonstration with real-time calls. It's just Too frank! Isn't it?

Do you really want to keep on betting the whole farm every time like this scenario?

And the opponent will start waiting only after someone bets the whole farm! lol

Sometimes for a new name who got over hundred's Likes, people would be interested in whether her/his registration was yesterday or yesteryear. Something like that!

There is something missing here, since the above reply cannot be seen below from http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?recent-activity/ Q Ditch replied to the thread UK trader arrested for May 2010 U.S. Stock market flash crash. The CME already issued a statement that gets him off the...

I don't understand whether the orders placed by those spoofing or HFT guys are directional orders. These directional orders should offset each other, naturally. That means their Net impact would be minimal. Would someone clarify the above, please?

Perhaps there should be minimum information that everyone is able to know about a poster! " Elite Trader - Error This member limits who may view their full profile. "

All are very Good questions indeed!

As far as I know, there have been some unconventional directions of New Economics, such as The Institute for New Economic Thinking http://ineteconomics.org/ . I myself only have had a very primitive touch on the 4 schools/directions below: 1. Soros -...

True! Like this one!

Just my guess: Knowing all that why you lose and never doing any of them may not change you to a profitable trader! However, knowing and doing all that why you win, even without knowing all that why you lose could probably still help you becoming a profitable trader.

Do you know why you make money in trading? Perhaps everyone would have different keys/factors/causes for why (s)he makes money in trading. Perhaps some of the keys/factors/causes are common ones to most profitable traders. Just perhaps! Feel free to post any of your relevant thoughts too!