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    The market is random

    As long as there sits a guy on the end of mouse feeling fear and greed the markets will remain non-random, as someone else stated : there is order in the apparent randomness, you just have to be willing to put in the relentless effort to see it. Indeed. :cool:
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    Pro Traders refuse to talk about this--

    my mouse gets dirty :eek:
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    Trading is a fools game - you can't win

    trade like a fool would and a light bulb should light up. step 1.
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    this market is pants ! boredom cures ?

    mildy entertaining, marginallly more entertaining than the cats link, which , like the market now, is pants.
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    this market is pants ! boredom cures ?

    i need some kind of entertainment
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    thats what i was fearing, say it aint so !
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    Zen Fire data feed in fast market

    agree with half of it , zenfire is great, ninja not so. - but to the authour : what platform is timestamping your data ./>? or is it exchanged stamped >?
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    Boycott of BP over release of mass murderer

    "Here in the United States, boycott all BP gas stations, since the money you spend there ends up in the pockets of those in the United Kingdom responsible for this travesty." this goes down as the stupidest thing i have read in August. what muppet deduced that ?
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    Don Miller...

    If I had to choose one, it would be the above, he will at least make you look at the markets in the right perspective, whether or not his students will continue to do so after the course is another thing. :eek:
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    Setting up with XTrader in Europe

    Yup, I use X trader via velocity from London UK , no probs with connectivity ..apart from today !!! as u know !
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    Hard core frugal livin' traders

    yah 10,000 hours screen time to qualify - 8hrs a day * 250 days a year * 5 years. I admit I was in some deep dark holes along the way, but being a stubborn f**ker I only learnt from my mistakes. GL !
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    Trader P/L 2009

    ooo I do like fed days :p
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    What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    slower as in CPU usuage or market latency ? I dare not slow down either :eek:
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    What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    The infrastructure is a lot cheaper now than it was, alternatives to Bloomy and Reuters are plenty, but yah still gotta do volume to make it pay -also you do however need that base chunk $ to work off. I have made the transition and run prop millsecond Algos, chuck me a pm if u wish to discuss.
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    What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    "a cake has 3 cherries on top", oh no, you couldnt be further from the truth , a cake has 4 cherries on it ! I've been a quant trader, and let me tell we dont look at the Dom or the Tick - that made me lol http://www.wilmott.com/
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    Inventory Grab Alert 4/30/09!

    I recall the sep was in backwardation trading 4 pts lower than the June including the risk free rate, so i think you shouldy be sniffing around the 872's in that case :cool:
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    What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    Physics/Engineering Phd prefearbly. Options, Futures and Other Derivatives by HULL is the beginners bible. 1. - typically OTC structured products- fixed income 95% as Equity side is saturated 2. replaces Execution trading to attain better fills based on depth and VWAP in its most basic...
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    I bet the best traders on ET do this...

    the proportion of psychological threads on this board is directly propotional to the amount of successful traders on here. if your not at least breakeven before commish u don't have that part sorted out yet, needs more work ! - we all know its 95% between the ears dont we :eek:
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    Trading, Poker... What else is there?

    get some fresh air, 2008 was fun but I don't look too healthy for it, comeback when the skys begin to bruise earlier post labour day.
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    SURVEY - What do Most ES Traders Look at?

    what most dont mostly look at :-p
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