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I would be interested to hear how you have applied game theory to trading if you are willing to share. (i'm already sold on probability and statistics) I've read only one book and while it was interesting I found it difficult to apply in a useful way to my trading. If you have a preferred...

one last tip... I've found that the fastest way to learn a new programming language is to try to solve a real problem with it... so pick a project... ideally a market related one that isn't too difficult... and dive in. maybe get some price data and research a question you've always...

Just learn any programming language. It doesn't matter which one. Once you learn one you can evolve into knowing others. I have run profitable trades written in: C++ VB C# perl python Excel I have backtested and designed profitable trades with: easylanguage CQG R (S-Plus clone...

I haven't used it but these guys have a streaming video capture program that might work for you... Applian Technologies I've used their sound capture program

oh yeah and that bill that was rejected was simply to make it easier to get patents in Europe in the future. TT has already obtained its patents under existing European law.

I think that's overstating things a bit since he has shown plenty of willingness to license the idea. The exchanges (CME and CBOT) are hiking their fees left and right by more than the licensing fees harris has proposed, are they also destroying the whole industry?

This book helped me a lot when i was trying to understand the relationship between treasury futures and the underlying cash bonds... The Treasury Bond Basis I read the second edition so i don't really know what's different in the third edition but i found it relatively readable considering...

this is all a joke right?

That's why there were so many "fires". The same thing happened after the big san francisco earthquake of 1906.

yes.

FYI TransAct and TransMarket Group are not the same company

If it has no direct correlation to profitability then it should have no effect on anybody's profits if they don't want to pay to use it... so what's the problem?

If it was a frivolous or minor innovation as you say nobody would care that it was patented. You wouldn't see people upset when it was missing because they wouldn't care. If it was frivolous or minor, it would not have been copied by every single vendor. Before MD Trader there was no way...

I'm not sure what you're trying to say? Is this in response to what I wrote?

That's the book that IB sent to it's customers...

Interesting wikipedia article detailing Brown's background... In my experience wikipedia is very good about sticking to facts and keeping liberal/conservative bias to a minimum... Michael Brown One fact i didn't know: ----------------------------- In January 2005, U.S. Rep. Robert...

"Market microstructure" covers a fair amount of ground imho. I think it is a valuable area of study but unfortunately have seen a very small number of studies that i actually found helpful. I think people use concepts from the field unknowingly all the time. For example: Consider the...

Based on private comments I have received I would like to clarify what i meant by this statement. I don't mean to imply that there is always rampant cheating when there is a lot of money at stake. A more accurate statement would be: Whenever there is a lot of money at stake, there is a...

You're welcome.

Definitely #2... Allow me to explain because there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding on this thread... XTrader is client software that TT manufactures. It talks to various servers, one for each exchange. (cme, cbot , etc...). TT calls these gateways. Both the server and client...