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Interesting article. What would be very interesting to me would be an overlay of HFT trading percentage (average order size, average hold time) versus the profitability of large hedge funds. So many people have stated that there is no effect on large sophisticated Hedge Funds. As average order...

Reading this post was associated with her theme song .... the little old lady from pasadena .....LOL

Revenue Anticipation Bonds ..... I love it.... is that what is funding the social security anticipation as the number of retirees grows relentlessly? As for the Ukraine situation, it is always important to know one's enemies. Russia, Nato and Europe are certainly not angels but I am reminded...

If one believes that the FED is out of bullets and that the world GDP is dropping, then the taper exit plan for the is problematic, doing nothing is problematic, pulling back all the stimulus money is problematic, continuing with QE is problematic, etc. etc. etc. A sudden market drop...

The FBI, SEC, Goldman Sachs, and I all look forward to seeing your paper. It's about time someone exposed that rascal! For those keeping score: Ridiculous claims 18 Facts 0

Its the "tasty trade" fund. Perhaps VN would be best advised to let a professional handle his money? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?t=282097 Seriously though, it is the nature of trading and the nature of human response to indeterminate systems that causes urban legends to pop up...

LOL- shouldn't this be "are for loosers"?

+1 ... A classic. LOL.

Is it Karen?

Very true but there is a deeper problem than this even. There is something wrong with the basic mathematics of probability. This has been shown in many different ways, but a couple of examples: there are 100 year floods more often than they should occur and no Virginia it is not due to...

Latency arbitrage and political clout?

Canada's tax collection department is closed during its busy season: http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/04/09/canada_revenue_agency_shuts_down_online_services_over_security_fears.html Interestingly enough the American side is supposed to be working still.

This statement is one of the only things drownpruf and I will agree with. LOL.

I solved the problem by buying a new MAC, disconnecting my XP from the home network, and deleting all WIFI connections. I will restore point and use the old computer as my travel computer with a few modifications. (I did some research on google for "how to protect xp after april 2014") and I...

Pay attention to SIUYA. I wonder if you may think you know what he is saying but not quite grasping it. We all have blind spots so if a respected contributor says something, perhaps one should think about precisely what they mean. I have sometimes realized something key when some poster words...

This is getting comical. Here is a related followup story: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-07/1215095-flash-boys-mystery-solved From that story: "With that Tradeworx – Thesys – Manoj – Midas – NASDAQ context, watch Narang tell Bloomberg Television that speed matters less in...

Are you saying that Lewis front ran you and skimmed off the cream! OMG!

I have a great memory of 1987. In 1987, I was just starting out learning and held a single Bond Fund as luck would have it. It went up almost 4 times in one day if I recall and I tried to get through to my broker who didn't return my calls until a few days later. When he got back to me, he...

Volume drops because arbitrage is self-limiting in a free market system. Volatility drops because that is what they basically trade - each other. So the HFT arms race destroys the integrity of the market since they will not stop a severe market fall, they will turn off their systems. It is fake...

This graph makes me wonder what happened that one particular day - did they spill coffee on the keyboard or something? Was that day of the flash crash thus proving their liquidity argument is nonsense?