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You indeed posted a lot of useless stuff in this thread. Given the apparent general confusion about "quant", how come you couldn't put in something decent about it? Are we to take it that "quant" is some kind of Soho slang term? :D

cn, Better go back to your MM goodies and option stuff. How come you forgot about these and became now one of Jack's little butlers? Anything to do with your reading "A FAMISHED FOX" after years of only looking at ripe black grapes? Courteously tell your honorable master to start trading...

Indeed nbates, you're bringing up something sensible now. Lots of (old?) boys in this thread merely swinging their weight around and boasting about their 20+ years tinkering with lots of stuff. Today, of not much help in choosing the "best language for quantative finance". BTW, is .NET a...

(1) I'm not a "quant". I've always wondered what that beast looks like; (2) My conclusion was arrived at on the basis of what I learned about "quants" in this thread.

wow! what was your capital at the beginning of May? what did you trade?

If you look at the internal buildup of numpy and numarray, you will discover that a large part had been existing as C/C++ libraries and another part as Fortran libraries. The writing of such a comprehensive mathematics package requires indeed many years, nay 10-20 years before it is...

mrtwo, I feel that I did more than my "job" here. In fact, there is a lot more required to get started: GUI, DB interface, IDE, libraries. I explained all this a couple of times over during the last 12 months or so. Make some effort yourself and do a little search at ET. You'll find what you...

I understand your objection. As a language, Python is indeed very much different. I meant to say that Python was written using the internal code constructs of the C++ language. This fact though is of much benefit as it greatly facilitates passing from Python to C/C++ as needed. If you want...

www.python.org That's for me like putting the clock back for some years. I never had the need for this. In my 2 year Python experience I mostly wrote new code - exclusively for trading and charting. If you want to explore this further, look at the above url. Searching...

Where does the word "insurgent" come from? (LATIN) insurgere: to rise up insurgens, (gen: insurgentis): present participle

Very good answer. Always keep your money at work. PS: In doing this, you don't always have to buy, you could short as well. Only make sure you make money fast!

Indeed, C++ is the best. That's why Python stuck VERY CLOSE to it. If you don't know any better, by all means use C/C++. If you know better, use both but only C/C++ when you really have to (almost never).

Exactly like with any other crappy "system". :( ________________________ If ya have to gaze for the trend, ya don't have a system. nononsense's axiom #5

I meant "zone" as priorly defined by you in: I tried to convey that you only scratched the surface of the problem. The remaining part is a very tough nut to crack. Don't believe old-wive tales coming from self-styled guru's. I tried to give you some highly competent advice.

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How was Jack's record for May? :D

That's all the better "quants" are sometimes capable of. Making money is altogether a different problem.

You're almost there. Start working now on predicting the transitions from one "zone" to another. If everything goes well, this might require you only 5 to 10 years. PS: don't get sidetracked by "Trend" guru's & addicts.

ya must be a guru :)

New Research Tool Predicts Landslide for Gore in 2008, Defeat for Clinton Not that I like any of the above, but couldn't we jazz up a bit your "New Research Tool" in order to squeeze some money out of the market? nononsense