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    where to buy Inter-Indice spread options

    where can I buy such things like ESVSNQ notional amt spread options. or I have to be big time and call the exotic desks for it.
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    Refco/Mac Futures typical deals?

    So where can I find a shop that has APIs and allows me to trade remotely (so I can eliminate all the fees). Also let me hold up to 50K (maint requirement) worth of stuff. as long as my initial deposit (approx 20K ) stays above 0.
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    A stock trader mistakenly bought $251 million worth of stock...

    but they dont become MDs they will always start out at quater million and end with quater million
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    Prop Futures Shops in Los Angeles

    EWT ?
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    Russell 2k

    at lease 20X20
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    quick question on index option

    INDEX OPTION is cash settled right ? let say, I own RUT call with a strike price of 640 expiring in July. the settlement price is 642. The brokerage will simply credit my account with 200 bucks right ? or the brokerage will close my position for me right before the last minute ? thanks
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    Starting hedge fund

    what is the AUM threshhold to make it worthwhile ? is 2~3 million good enough ?
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    Arbitrage type strategies.

    yeah i worked at this ATS firm before. they have around 6 mill of capital and absolute leverage ratio of 100:1. day in and day out doing ETFs. they get new equipments every 3~4 months. but what they do is virtually riskless. so for retail guys, we can only assume some risk.
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    Arbitrage type strategies.

    or do some pseudo-arb then speed is not as important anymore
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    butterfly

    its cool i have also exercised my long legs. so the problem solved. i still have a bearish call spread. lets say i left my positions unattended. and my short short leg got assigned. will IB be smart enough to exercise my long leg ? both long and short are ITM.
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    my spy butterfly short legg

    my butterfly short legg got converted into actual shares. is it normal ?
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    Need help with .AVI movie

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm
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    Need help with .AVI movie

    try "media player classic" then download K-lite codec pack
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    trading long short using options

    or expand faster. i was thinking doing bearish call spread on short bullish put spread on long.
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    EMD SEP vs Cash

    seems the premium is pretty high. please enlighten me thanks
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    Too good to be true.....this bull market.

    last year after JUNE FOMC meeting. market tanked for 2 months.
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    Merger rumors, talks. etc

    where can I find the most up to date info on any Merger rumors and talks. thanks
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    is anybody using a laptop with Intel® Pentium® M Processor ?

    I am using IBM 1.7. TWS+ATS. pretty good. works well
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    Margin on new Spy Futures

    I was hoping the Inter-commodity margin between SPY ans IWM will be in the neighborhood of 200 bucks or less. It seems that they dont even have spread credit on these suckers. how disappointing
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    what is the best way to simulated tick by tick data

    if i purchase 2-sec intraday tick data from some vendors. what kinda programming setup do you guys have to backtest. file ->ATS->result ? or file ->access->ATS->result ? thanks
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