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Think the "probation period" or "referral" ideas are great ones! The latest spammer - the cracked DVD guy - just keeps signing up under new names every other day or so.

Thanks for the info and links, MoMoney!

Perhaps this belongs under a political heading, but the topic is not politics per se, so thougt it might be interesting to get ideas here. Here's the (hypothetical, of course) situation: Let's say you've decided you've had enough of the world's governments and their actions, policies, and...

At the risk of repeating myself, this has become a great thread, and I want to thank evryone who's contributed! Just for fun, I'd like to see some C++ program examples, too - again, just to see what this is like. I've begun working through a text entitled Modeling Financial Markets that...

Taleb has a paper on his website: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com It discusses the whole "slow bleed vs blow-up" that contrasts his and Niederhoffer's strategies. It's called something like Why Assymetric Payoffs are Preferred. I'm not one to comment on the math in this discussion...

Please note that I did not say anything about "learning C++ in 21 days," or any other such thing. My question was simply what progression might one take (certainly there is more than one) in order to learn programming and modeling. That learing these might actually take some time (as in...

I want to thank you all for yuor great suggestions, and insight! Still interested in any further comments, but wanted to say thanks for those you've all taken the time to write!

Thank you all for your help and suggestions! Someone asked about background: Degree in management/finance (early 90's) Stockbroker ('86-87) Futures floor trader (mid-late 90's) I'm coming back to trading after several years pursuing something else, and am looking at all sorts of things...

Not sure this is the right forum, but here goes: Let's say ssomeone with no programming experience wants to begin learning how to construct quantitative models for trading. What wolud be a good progression in learning programming languages? How about starting with something like...

Just who would provide this certification and training? Governments? Their interest is in power, control, and compliance - this is the Series 7 which teaches absolutely nothing about how to trade successfully. Academic institutions? Their models such as CAPM and those used by LTCM have...

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There are several counting schemes you can use - they differ in the value assigned to various cards. In addition, you have to normalize the count for the number of decks in the shoe. So, if you're playing, say, a six deck shoe, and 30 cards are out, your count will be multiplied by some...

Trader273, I should've read your excellent post first - I could've saved myself some typing LOL! Sosa, Right on the money!

Actually, "eating big," as in 5000 calories a day, is completely unnecessary unless you are 6' 6" and weigh over 300 lbs. High levels of protein will intraconvert in the liver to triglycerides. Digestion is an enzyme-mediated, transport-dependant mechanism. It is fairly easy to overdo the...

I'll admit right up front that this is new to me, but my recent discussions with one of ET's most worthwhile contributors have piqued my curiosity. So...can anyone recommend some good books for gaining an understanding of automated trading, trading with bots, automated systems development and...

In the "Where Have All the Traders Gone" thread below, someone mentioned Darknets. Can anyone tell me a bit more about these? General info is great, but also specifically: How they are found relative to a particular topic (i.e. trading)? How they might be joined? Thanks!

Seriouscoin, I love it! Yep, if some white kid named after a bag of candy can do it, why not?

Just click on Don's name in one of his responses, and a window will open. In it, you'll see a bit of info about Don, and some options for sending him an e-mail or Private Message (PM) through the ET site here.

Great reply as always, FF - thanks! If you don't mind, how long have you been trading? Is it equities?

Ok, guys, now we're at the bottom of the third page of this forum. Let's see if we can get rolling again. Bit, FF, bill, and anyone else who'd like to chime in, would you be interested in sharing your story - how you got started, what you'd do diffeently knowing what you know now, what you...