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never had any problems with Redi here; I know the NYSE order matching engine had some problems this year.

It's going to be weird without it....

NO, shit doesn't happen like that with brokerages; that kind of activity is wreckless and costly.....you'll be hard pressed to ever have that type of problem thru GSEC, Credit Suisse, or Lime Brokerage.

"Simplified regulatory environment to promote fair, efficient markets? :D

There are many prop firms out there that can help out; the most important thing is to make sure that they have some form of mentor program for you. These (http://www.pairtrading.com/index.php) guys were pretty good in terms of training. I went to their class several years back and enjoyed it.

maybe you should try a different brokerage if there is that type of reliable issues?

day4night, if you want the real bean action x9/x0.....

Thats far from hidden in the industry; most i-banks and prop shops have quite large dispersion desks that do that and similar things in the options market. Pretty much any system that bets on implied and realized correlation aka dispersion has been done to death but there are some unique...

Alright, familiarze yourself with quickFIX (http://www.quickfixengine.org/) and pick up a few books on quantitative finance and computational finance. Paul Wilmott, Daniel Duffy, and Nassim Taleb have some books on Amazon.com that would be a good start for you. You should pick a niche...

Not quite a pair trade but close.....have you ever tried index replication by baskets? Its very similar to what you are doing.

Gotta love complex event processing(ex: http://esper.codehaus.org/) as it has single handedly allowed developers in this field to prosper. I would answer this as less than 5 minute lately in the commodities markets.

Goldman, http://gset.gs.com/

Futures aren't a bad place to start; what causes your bias to start with stocks....risk aversion, leverage? It is hard to say if most prop/arcades firms are the best place for training. The ES is not a good place to start on the other hand; a highly correlated futures spread market would be a...

But additionally they should have to adhere to some form of risk management other than % capital utilized.

You will be a prop/arcade shop. You should put some business structure in place to protect yourself from any risk/liabilities on your personal assets that may arise during the course of business operations. This is especially necessary for having new hires with unknown trading ability...

lol.

I checked out the link you posted and it is pretty funny that everyone will blindly follow a system without some knowledge of the market their trading (read the posts on the link!).....I am unfamiliar with Jack Hershey's "system"...what is the risk management involved with it aka when do you cut...

Use the attached spreadsheet and chart the payoff function and break even points.....this should help you.

I've been asking myself these things ever since I read "Fooled by Randomness" by Taleb. I don't recommend it if you worry too much already nor do I recommend Black Swan in that case.

Let me know how if you still need it done; sounds pretty easy....I can put you in touch with some programmers depending on the language you desire.