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This is a truly moronic analysis. Problems are endless: (1) Using 2 data points to extrapolate "dominance cycle contraction". (2) Total lack of "software engineer" level expertise... Which results in Tunnel Vision on search... When, in fact, GOOG is not a "search engine"... But...

How much do you trade every day? How much would it cost you... If your security token was lost, broken, or down for one day? From your attitude... obviously not very much. I can go along with the withdrawal token... But if a token is required for trading... I can almost guarantee that...

(1) You have a near perfect background to be a highly computerized trader someday. (2) But remember one thing... Automation only increases the productivity of existing manual work. So you must have a consistently profitable quantitative, market neutral, "risk arb" strategy that works...

Exactly. Staying ahead of a curve that changes faster and faster. All the Algo Players are watching each other very closely. Note the Computer Science degree... which is what I have. But forget about the AI... These systems are not very "intelligent" at all... Just very well designed...

Actually... You missed the point of the article... which was repeated about 10 times. The point of the article is that you have NO legal protection... Other than the goodwill of your broker. If you broker simply ignores you... You're only recourse is a costly, multi-year legal battle...

Reversing the question is a great device. >> I'm a trader who made 400K in 3 years. How do I switch to trading and duplicate my success? >> Actually... It's a lot harder going from poker to trading... Then going from trading to poker. About 18 months ago I set out to learn how to...

5Pillars is a certified crackpot. He believes and promotes every conspiracy theory out there on ET... So he clearly does not have a grasp of Basic Logic... Which is the absolute minimum starting prerequisite for a successful trading career.

I disagree. Only a very talented, experienced pro... Can do 30% over the long run... And outperform the market by 20% over the long run. Soros did about 35%/year over 30 years... So your position that any disciplined retail trader can match Soros... Is not worthy of discussion. You...

Congratulations on the poker. It should be fairly easy for you to go sideways into trading. But if you get caught up in the TA scam... You will dead end yourself... And it will take 10 years to figure out that it's worthless because of high variance. Educate yourself on quantitative...

By far the best indicator of bankruptcy risk... Is the price level of a company's bonds... And Ford bonds are 10-20% higher today than 6 months ago.

I am currently testing the HotBrick LB-2. Best looking router I have. Zero heat... not even warm after 24 hours. However... The router/browser would not work with my DSL (but pinging worked). Until I lowered the MTU from 1496 to 1400... Because Magma/Primus tech support suggested this as...

I think you are correct. I rarely set routing for orders... Because I feel that SMART does a very good job. Since SMART's efficiency is directly related to IB profits... I'm sure they have their top 2-3 engineers assigned to the SMART routing algorithm. It's "Non-Smart Routed API...

This is true. There is no breakdown. Hard to believe. Since this thread made me nervous... I compared my December 1st daily statement versus January 3rd. 95% NYSE and 5% AMEX December 1, 2006. 105,500 shares traded, $432.88 commission January 3, 2007. 109,600 shares traded...

I started getting NYSE Listed IDEAL fills in early November. Roughly 2% of my fills are IDEAL. I believe we have no choice in routing... with "unbundled" one can only use SMART. How do you know that the cost is higher? I do not get any sort of breakdown of transaction costs... Since...

I like that. I only post on ET when naked anyway. Spiritual growth should allow one to cast most inhibitions aside. It's counterintuitive... And impossible to understand unless one has gone down that Hard Road... But through Submission one achieves Liberation. Both Christianity and...

You comment is really about FAITH... Which, by definition, means "belief that does not rest on logical proof". Religions are not meant to be "provable"... And reward only those that have FAITH and persevere for many years. Also... At the core of all religions is TOTAL SUBMISSION...

A healthy, stable hedge fund company trades at 15-20 times earnings. This one would be low end... say 15... probably less... say 12. A 30% return for only 5 years (not a full market cycle)... With a relatively modest Sharpe Ratio of 2.0 Is actually very volatile... And could be produced...

Which thread is "the one"? There's a big IB "portfolio margin" thread... but no posts from you there.

New ECNs have been coming and going... for 10 years. So don't get too caught up in the hype. But the key is always reaching "critical mass liquidity" which is roughly 10-15% market share... Before you burn through your cash... And BATS will likely achieve that.

People miss the point of CNBC. It is a pure PROPAGANDA organ for the Securities Industry. They put on the Propaganda Ministers from the NYSE and every Major Firm... Then Liz lobs softball questions at them while they stare at her boobs. 30% of the content is extremely manipulative Broker...