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    How could you protect sales when selling trading systems?

    How could you protect sales when selling trading systems? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=243985 " If you have an interest in selling your system, please use the classifieds section to do so. Before posting please sign up at the link posted below; and email us at...
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    Patent system needs overhaul

    Patent system needs overhaul http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/patent-system-needs-overhaul-20120830-251tb.html " Much anguish has been expressed over the Apple/Samsung patent court battle. It's not that this run of patent wars is new. They have been a feature of the technology...
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    Australian housing bubble thread

    http://www.pub.gov.sg/water/Pages/singaporewaterstory.aspx http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7371463.stm http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/In-Singapore-sewage-makes-up-30-water-supply/Article1-814432.aspx...
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    Australian housing bubble thread

    http://www.economist.com/node/21560886 "SINCE 2008 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America’s two housing-finance giants, have been on life support, spared from insolvency by an intravenous drip of taxpayer cash. Lately, however, the companies have shown signs of life: earlier this month both...
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    Share wars: how the robots are robbing you

    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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    Australian housing bubble thread

    Believe or not? Mining boom not even halfway over: Emerson http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/mining-boom-not-even-halfway-over-emerson-20120826-24u29.html Q Employment Minister Bill Shorten said his department projected another 100,000 jobs would be created in the...
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    ES Trend Following

    Perhaps initially only these three: Average annual returns, Sharpe, MaxDD would be most important, imo.
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    Does Interactive Brokers support Notionally Funded account?

    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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    Does Interactive Brokers support Notionally Funded account?

    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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    Australian housing bubble thread

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wanted-800000-workers-in-five-years/story-fn59niix-1226448737525 Q Wanted: 800,000 workers in five years by: David Crowe, National Affairs Editor From: The Australian August 13, 2012 12:00AM THE nation must find 800,000 new...
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    Does Interactive Brokers support Notionally Funded account?

    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...
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    Looking for Pro firm

    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...
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    Looking for Pro firm

    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...
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    Looking for Pro firm

    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...
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    The True Driver of Supply/Demand

    "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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    ES Trend Following

    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.
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    One Investor's Bet on Today's Merger Earns 5,600% Return

    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...
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