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As confirmed through today, I believe that the three net China darlings, SOHU, SINA, and NTES are going to collapse v. soon, and projects for a nice shorting/selling opportunity. Why? 3 Reasons: 1) Momentum breakdown: each stock is off its highs of the past few months and there is no...

6/20/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

Don, while I have respected your business acumen in the past, these series of posts make me wonder... ...that is because most fresh college grads, do not have $100K handy to use for day-trading, in lieu of grad school. Most people finance grad/med school through large loans taken out, and...

6/18/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

6/16/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

6/13/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

6/11/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

Q1: Correct, no stops. Just closing market price on day of change. Hopefully it would be positive. However, for example, a critical price movement would be a change from a T1 to a T4, not a T1 to a T3 (neutral) then back to T1. Q2: The criteria will be constant. It's not a...

Q1: I will try Q2: Using technical indicators like MA, Vol, RSI, Support/Resistance. Q3: The significance of the number (1 to 5) is an indicator of current prospects of future movement, higher, lower or mixed. It is similar to analyst's BUY, HOLD, SELL, but hopefully more precisent...

I am taking the simplest approach. That is from the point of a change to the end of a change. Meaning, if a stock is rated a Type 1, when its signal changes to a Type 4/5, that will be its inflection point of determination. Then I will compare the price difference between the two. And vis...

I am starting this thread to see if I can be a profitable stock picker based on two main criteria: 1) Initial stock selection picked at random (5 picks + OEX and NDX) 2) Technically based (w/ just a teeny bit using market fundamentals) However, I will not post individual trades per se...

What you have to realize is that trading is typical of most high-end sales types of positions, where there is minimal correlation between academic background/aptitude and trading skill. Although solid mathematical/CS credential will get you into quant programs, you'd be employed more for your...

Remember the quoted return is usually after all fees. So, the real returns can be as high as 42%: 1-2% mgmt fee + 20% success fee + 20% limited partner distribution returns. Some funds like SAC have gone from the low hundred million to well over a billion.

I am not an immigration lawyer, but why do you not apply for American citizenship? As to an earlier post about getting a student visa, I'd not go that route now with the security hassle given the problem of the process since 9/11.

Basically what you are saying is that if one wants to fashion oneself as a quant trader, if one do not currently possess programming skills, he'd better get them to be taken seriously. V. informative, thx! :)

Just curious, though if you have only $200K to invest (from your 1st post) how is it possible for you to set up a hedge fund/prop firm with so little cash? Unless of course you are either a marketing whiz or have a wealthy benefactor? :D

Look, I am not saying that also being able to code may not be a good thing, what I am saying is that does being a good trader also mean that you are a good programmer? Moreover, I am not referring to jobs whose primarly purpose is basically a developer/systems analyst. I would expect them to...

Again, it is not a matter of have the ideal package, but an appropriate tradeoff. I am sure that many good traders/money managers have no interest in coding, but may have good ideas, but could not get employed because they do not have a programming background. Also, I see the coder position...

Although I could understand that most prospective trading employees of a quantitative firm would be required to be both bright (aka Top university & math/sci Ph'D degree) and sharp (withstanding the stress), I do not know why they must also be able to code. Many posted jobs on sites such as...

Check out this link (http://shusterman.com/elfaq.html) It may give you more assistance/information.