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    Who is considered best teacher to

    yes, i know exactly what you mean. here’s what you mean: “i’m a loser, my sentence construction is poor, i dropped out of school when i was ten. i have no skills, no talents, no day job. surfing the internet one day i came across something called elitetrader. i looked at it in more...
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    multi-member LLC adding US citizen living abroad

    your starting point should probably be - go to the secretary of state/corporations web site, where the llc is registered and send them an e-mail, look up any info on that site.
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    well said! i think the aim is then to try to become one of those few, and take from the many but again, it can only happen if you conquer your past fears and unleash inner trading energy. the mouse is your sword and you shouldn't feel subdued by the person on the other side of the trade. it's...
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    Help! FX is a jerk!

    get 'bird watching in lion country', dirk du toit. a MUST read for anyone interested in forex the usefulness of technical analysis in forex is overblown. it has some limited use, exactly the same context as in equities, no more no less. some people like to use the bollinger, moving averages...
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    Who is considered best teacher to

    does shelly recommend trading options during the weekends? powerful stuff, need to check it out
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    you're being ironic, but unfortunately you are right. i tried to do a visualization-based trade 'long DIA/short BAC' based on the huge spike in BAC (although i have to say: even though it looked huge, it was more or less within 1 daily standard deviation based on current volatility, my...
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    article on algo trading

    food for thought. i still feel like there's something going on with this limit order book thing. ok, they don't know who your are, but they do know what you, and people like you, are up to. again, it's like information asymmetry in war, you know more about your enemy, than your enemy knows...
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    article on algo trading

    what is this, brokerage english? because i don't want my thread to end with the words "mish mosh of shit" - i think we can do a little better than that, especially if we claim to be "elite traders" - let's call it zero-sum game instead and leave it at that. and yes, you need skill set...
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    That's the argument against the trade. In fact, that's exactly why it's a paper trade. The argument in favor of the trade is: A finance professor and his graduate student are walking along the street when the student spots a $100 bill and stops to pick it up. The finance professor says...
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    Who is considered best teacher to

    Mark Wolfinger. The best, in my opinion. blog.mdwoptions.com/options_for_rookies/ Written in very clear, human language and not overloaded with technical terminology. A MUST read for anyone interested in options, beginner or otherwise. In a rare move towards something that is not...
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    paper trade, visualization-based. no make look at fundamental or news detected spike in novartis on the finviz market map 'radar screen' NVS -239@$42.002 (total position $10K) Novartis, Switzerland EWL +542@$18.46 (total position $10K) Switzerland ETF rationale: 4% spike in...
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    Pair Trading Strategy Journal

    paper trade, visualization-based. no make look at fundamental or news detected spike in novartis on the finviz market map 'radar screen' NVS -239@$42.002 (total position $10K) Novartis, Switzerland EWL +542@$18.46 (total position $10K) Switzerland ETF rationale: 4% spike in...
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    simple market simulation

    if you really are a 'risktaker', shouldn't you take that risk?
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    simple market simulation

    here's a simple simulation, which shows the relationship between probability and price movement it is not make angry at the technical analysis, but show you can make look from different angle
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    think it's also important to do actual backtesting on various pairs do get a feel for max wins/losses, over various time intervals. i was thinking of getting a free trial of pairtradefinder, because they have the backtest feature (but i couldn't launch it because of some stupid problems with...
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    Is it possible for my employer to find my personal futures account

    interesting. but some of them are probably thinly traded, so be careful :D
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    article on algo trading

    we don't know how simmons is trying to play this game because he is very secretive . .. i've heard him say in his testimony to congress on hedge funds that they're basically trying to be market neutral . . . you're right, maybe they're not any better in the long run, than anyone else, who is...
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    article on algo trading

    here's an interesting article on algo trading written by professional mathematicians and the nerd leinweber. it is show how computer beat the human with algorithm by use various price analomies algo have edge because of firepower, and human overtrade and give money to broker it is also...
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    Let's discuss academic research on mean-reverting trading strategies...

    if the black swan come it kill all the cointegrations and all price analomies
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