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I like to get the big down days off my chest as soon as possible. Clear the decks, so to speak.

Are you, therefore, even more disturbed by the much greater drawdown and availability of tech stocks? Perhaps you think there should be new regulations to protect people from those? How about sector mutual funds? Perhaps only accredited people should be allowed into casinos? What makes you...

I found a couple trader deductions I had overlooked on the list at this site. Thanks, Saxon.

Microsoft should just pay a dividend already if they have too much cash.

Yes, definitely. Or SPY's or SPX options. Fortunately the market seems to be in duller than usual midday doldrums -- nothing's moving much. But if Globex isn't up by the end of the day, you might want to hedge going into the final hour, especially if it looks like you'll get stuck holding a...

There are four ways to get assets into your hedge fund: put in your own money ask relatives and friends have a "pedigree" from working for a respected money manager have a strong track record You need to have some money in your fund to be able to open accounts and begin trading...

How many threads are you going to post this in??

Optional777 is pretty obnoxious and flames almost everyone. He is generally critical and unconstructive. I don't think his vitriol is worth reading so I hit the ignore button on him long ago. I get the impression he must be a poor trader because he wants to drag everyone else down...

If the market is open then the bid and ask won't be the same. Supply and demand are the only thing that determines the price. Of course there are a lot of sources of supply and demand (arbitrageurs, hedgers, speculators) and they aren't easy to forecast.

Try Tickdata or C.I.S. for intraday futures data.

Is Tradestations "over 20 years of intraday futures data" finally available?

Is Susquehanna still independent? Hull is owned by Goldman Sachs and recently had a lot of layoffs.

Well said. You could just as easily have been describing a bad day of trading!

Fading trends is always tough. Good luck! I'll check back to see how it goes.

Good post, NihabaAshi. Well said.

I think I would like to be a hedge fund manager. -- unlimited upside potential -- be your own boss -- pick where to work from -- outsource as much or as little as you want -- involves lots of different skills and tasks -- good mix of quantitative and interpersonal work

Once you have your basic needs met there isn't much correlation between wealth and happiness. Although -- to be sure -- there still is some correlation between wealth and happiness. This is according to a scientific study I read about but don't recall where and can't reference. Stronger...

Thanks for posting, soho, and letting the rest of us learn from your experience. I'm not a networking expert, but it seems to me Eurex ought to be sending out every tick. Sure they do a lot of volume, but trade reports are small data packets and you can send out an awful lot of them every...

I'd rather have a competitive marketplace and neither a US nor a European monopoly/duopoly. Too bad S&P controls who can market S&P futures. At least there is no trademark on Treasurys and currencies.

The PFG Challenge is advertised as a "CTA Challenge". Startup CTA's are self employed. Perhaps "Retail Firms" would be a more appropriate forum. I suggest you discuss it with the moderator if it is important to you. It is fine with me if you want to have the thread moved.