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>> you won't find anyone or anything valuable for obvious reasons Most likely. Worth posting the job just for the fun of watching the clueless apply.

>>Why did your strategy work in the back test but failed in real life? It doesn't work in the back test either. To cut it short, it would if I could sell higher or buy lower but darn market already prices those things more competitive than I currently can. But who knows what the future may...

>> finding the laws governing the market movements Yeah, that's the stuff that makes a difference and for which I could probably use another (hired) hand. I know some, not enough yet, but definitely making progress. As I said, I've high hopes for this iteration.

>> Being in a support function is not going to teach you anything about the stuff you want. I know. Again, been there, done that :) >> I mean work directly inside a money making group. Well, thanks for the advice but it's in about the same probability group with "go look for some flying pigs...

>> rather go work for someone for a little while Been there, done that. The quant/developer black hole, that is: http://quantjob.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-avoid-quantdeveloper-black-hole.html

I've got a backtest engine (about 30,000 LOC of Java) + PostgreSQL + historical marketdata + live data subscription. And a simple but functional auto trading app, still Java, interfacing with Interactive Brokers. And 10 years as quant developer in finance. I know it takes a lot of work :)

Here are the steps in my experience: 1) Initial know how (math, programming, financial markets). 2) Backtest system to research & develop trading strategies. 3) Live (auto) trading (even if #2 is not great, because present reality is often different from the past snapshots). 4) Analyze why...

Since noone said nothing so far I'm exercising my right of denying anything I said here has the slightest link with me tomorrow after I'm sobering up. EOM.

Problem's I, like you, have dozens of small minded but bodily gifted hunks who can put up with not 12, but 16, 18, 48 hours, without complaining, provided you get them a 5 hour break in between. And on the other hand think of me like Stephen Hawking. I've got some similar disease but gotta...

Come on, bash me. For telling things what they are, that is my 12 hour day (while only 8 of it at best is counted as work) being a "Gulag". And everyone except for my brother telling me I should be ashamed for not keeping up with it but even thinking about complaining. He's on the other hand...

Is the next rhyme after "When you are long and nothing is wrong".

Software developer. Mostly doing bugfixing and maintenance since by nature of this field new development is a scarce resource and/thus fought for through politics. And when changing jobs, the default place for you is there at the bottom, shoveling shit. New development is not just good for...

>> You got to really love the game to keep going. Can't say I dislike it, I'm doing it since long enough to figure if I were to quit I would have done it already. Besides if I quit trading it's not like I'll live happily ever after, I still have to push through my day job whose nature is that...

>> Is there a job that you can take which pays the same and does not require a 3 hour commute? It's called security services, in short SS.

Sorry but I have to part. There's possibly a job for me where I'm asking an absurd figure for an absurd problem. Just today at work one guy noticed a newspaper I'm reading and he really thought it was from like 1992 or something. No, it was from last week. There are problems in this world that...

I do both. Interesting that you noticed, actually not interesting since from now on billions of troglodytes will follow what I do and you thought about. Except for Cola, thanks God for Cola. If you don't drink it you'll pass out (on duties) when you get home. Drink too much (Like 10 cans of it)...

>> trading is not something you do part time, unless it is a hobby Trading exists because millions of troglodytes like me believe in it as their only means of redemption. And it's a hobby, of course, which I can drop anyday in the Gulag and start something else. Like my own Konzentrationslager...

Well, Overnight, you've got the right name. You probably missed the "3 hours commute" part from my OP, but that's an interesting idea nevertheless.

It's almost a year now since I started working on both my job and my trading software during the same day. Several lessons I learned: 1) There's never going to be a better time than exhaustion after 12 hours of day job (8 hrs regular time, 1 hour lunch break, 3 hours commute). If you rest, you...

It's probably Delphi. In this case my fee is $250 / hour. PM or mail me for details.