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Share wars: how the robots are robbing you " The prevalence of computer-generated trading in the modern sharemarket has created an unpredictable, and sometimes dangerous, environment for investors. ... ROBOTS ON THE RAMPAGE ■In the Flash Crash, the US Dow Jones Industrial...

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Perhaps initially only these three: Average annual returns, Sharpe, MaxDD would be most important, imo.

Perhaps, here is a reason that notional funding would be used. http://www.futuresmag.com/2012/08/20/pfg-victims-give-trustee-f-in-communication?t=financials Q Commodity Trading Advisor Bouchard Capital LLC will be shutting its doors later this week because nearly 80% of the client and...

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Good points. I'd think your points would be quite valid and useful for retail investors. However, I'd also think notional funding should be equally valid and useful for professional/institutional investors. An example is for a strategy generating net 10% returns with 5% MaxDD, assuming...

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Thanks Eirc. I am just wondering what woud be the risks/cons to the investors using notional funds. In particular, when one of them could not meet his margin call (due to his notional funding % being too high) in a timely matter, that would seriously affect his account's performance as...

Q http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/hdi_port_margin.php Customers who maintain a balanced portfolio of hedged positions could benefit from lower margin requirements and greater leverage using IB's Portfolio Margin account. Customers who are currently approved for options...

Do you know why only 1 was hired? My guess is the survivor could be likely a contrarian trader, who can provide a negative correlation to the firm's historical performance. What the firm really want is to find talents for improving its overall beta performance, rather than general traders...

I'd guess you're quite right that a CTA approach could work fairly well, provided three things. 1. The investor's money say $900K is up to alomst 100% notional. This part is the collateral money for the CTA's trading. 2. The CTA uses up to almost 100% money say $100K for margins. This part...

"When quarterly earnings growth was less than 5% and not worse than minus 20%, the S&P 500 index (SPX) grew at an annualized average of 12.4%. This compares to an average annualized return of just 2.4% whenever earnings growth was above 20% and 6.4% when that growth rate was between 5% and...

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Very impressive results, and a great thread indeed! Just would like to know your performance stats such as Average annual returns, Sharpe, MaxDD, etc. , in addition to your backtesting and realtime charts. Thanks.

One Investor's Bet on Today's Merger Earns 5,600% Return http://www.cnbc.com/id/48401383 "According to several options market participants, one investor purchased 2,000 Aug $29 calls in Shaw Group for 25 cents a piece on Thursday. With Shaw shares hitting all-time high near $44 on Monday...