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yay for cheap money. As I work in the industry i'd say it is nothing special about the app or the platform, it is pretty easy to architect and build something like Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram. It's the user base they are valuing. But how will they monetize it to turn out a net profit...

What are good methods for regime detection? I'm looking for a method to detect the long term trend in S&P500 with good accuracy.

Yes, with the Reverse Iron Butterfly position. It got lower breakeven points compared to the regular butterfly at the expense of capped profit potential. If it is viable on a 3 month period? it don't know, you have to test it out yourself. Reverse Iron Butterfly

No, he was talking about risk, not cost. They are two different things. The risk is zero* but cost not. * except for counter party business risk. Broker or clearing house goes belly up and closes shop.

$1000 would be enough for trading options spreads. These are directional trades with limited risk. Offers 150-200% return (~1:2 RR ratio). You can use a screener like http://www.oscreener.com/options_screener to find suitable spreads with good RR. Otherwise you could swing trade 3x leveraged...

That's an insane rate man.. high way to the poor house. Here in northern europe you get an unsecured consumption loan up to $50k for 3% APR, if you borrow against your own RE you get 1% APR. (this after 33% annual interest deduction that we got here) I would advise only pro traders that know...

"mismanage trades due to psychological issues" and "consistent profits" are mutual exclusive IMHO. I don't see to how you churn out consistent profits while being emotionally unstable. Well to answer your question. Look at max drawdown part of your CALMAR ratio and see how much more leverage...

That's odd. One should be able to interchange futures, leveraged ETF, non-leveraged ETF and get almost the exact same result. Like NQ/TQQQ/QQQ or ES/UPRO/SPY.

Min 15% annual compounded return at least, otherwise it is not worth your time. Equity peak to valley draw down should be contained within 20%. If you have DD larger than 20%, you have problems. Just calculate the hourly pay. Hours spent in a year divided by your return. If too low it is a...

An algorithm does not have to be high frequency or intraday at all. It is also distinct from automated trading. An algorithm can be written down on a piece of papper and traded manually or be semi-automated where some parts are automated and other manually handled. An algorithmic trading system...

There are literary thousands of strategies available for free, both in books and on blogs, forums, etc. The trick is finding out what do work and what do not. Some old strategies that did work well in the 80'ies and 90'ies and then stopped working may start working again in this time and age...

The broker can not auto-liquidate until there is a open market to execute orders on. Which then it's already to late as the first execution was at $11 from $2 previous day. Things like this where retail traders get squezed happen all the time. There is always some small-cap company that gaps up...

Methods/systems developed prior to joining the hedge fund is your intellectual property. Stuff developed during work hours is their IP. Stuff developed on your leisure time is your IP. If they want to use your IP during work? cut a deal with them prior to joining that they pay you a onetime...

All trading and investing is gambling. You gamble that the value or price will be higher in the future than today. Be it an house, antiquites, veteran cars, art, stocks. Even starting a new business is gambling. You are gambling that the prospective consumers will buy your products. Consumers...

Why would you trust an anonymous person on a public board that you know nothing about? How do you know he is not fabricating his trades? One single trade doesn't matter regardless if it is a winner or loser. In order to get the desired result you need to take every trade he does. How do you...

They are legit. I have been previously using the old website RapaCapIntro.com There is also BattleFin Stadium. I know people got help starting CTA or got funding through them. http://www.battlefin.com . They are located in Miami, Florida and are a part of the thriving HF/FO/CTA/Trader community...

zero risk, zero rewards :D http://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-playing-it-safe-and-taking-no-risks-is-a-shortcut-to-poverty-jordan-belfort-86-37-84.jpg

Invest? compound your trading! as long as one are trading small potatoes (ie. below $2m) one should compound the shit out of ones account so one grow the stack as speedy as possible.

Yes. If your account is big enough to allow you to buy a futures contract for the nominal price. Example an ES contract is 50 x 2000 = $100,000 In forex one can do cash exchange from account base currency to an other currency. That mean you go long that currency and short your base currency.

No one was complaining then it crashed to up side. ;) The market went up 150% or so in less than a year, that is totally crazy for a broad market index. http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/SHCOMP:IND