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    Best for Portfolio Testing - Amibroker or Ninja Trader?

    Amibroker can test 5000 equities back 20 yrs in 2 minutes with EOD data on an average new PC. The look forward is used for indicators and such... I believe you get a warning during backtesting telling you REFERENCING FUTURE BAR.. so its not like it's a secret thats hidden from you.
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    Any drug to help make u a better trader?

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-07/ex-sac-capital-manager-tells-jury-he-traded-on-tips-18-times-1-.html Mushrooms and Marijuana - according this this former SAC trader
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    Engineer looking to make a career change into trading (PART II)

    ucf student - Nassim Taleb says the same thing about financial engineers - they'll sit there and run their model off a cliff because "the model should work"
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    Engineer looking to make a career change into trading (PART II)

    You wouldn't get on a rollercoaster while it was running would you? Wait for the rollercoaster to at least slow down... then get on. People on here don't seem to differentiate the fact that certain times in the Market offer an opportunity to build a career, get rich, etc... but they are...
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    Anyone know when QE3 will get announced?

    QE2 is a portfolio allocation strategy- it forces people who would have otherwise bought bonds to buy risky assets instead - in the short term.. the effect in the financial Markets is "inflation". But in the longer term.. QE is actually deflationary, as the interest that the public would have...
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    Router recommendations

    I'm very happy with my Netgear wireless router... N300 I believe.
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    had lunch with some HFT traders

    Does KDB run on Linux?
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    Groupon

    I'm waiting for Groupon to make their own ad: GROUPON STOCK - $400 VALUE - ONLY $60 - 85% OFF!!!
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    Inspiring video for traders!

    What is this Ad? Haven't they seen what a degenerate Daytrader looks like? He ain't no investment banker...
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    Dr. Brett Steenbarger

    He's on facebook.
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    Mindtraps: Unlocking the Key to Investment Success

    http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1177251318&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dmindtraps%26x%3D0%26y%3D0 Thats the cheapest I could find online.. none of the normal torrent sites have it in pdf.
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    How Goldmans cost Gaddafi a $1.3bn fortune

    One thing that did occur to me.. if an investment bank or investment banks together... were storing any Libyan foreign wealth - bonds, gold, etc.. they could have created a forged document enabling them to trade in whatever instrument and used the stuff they held as collateral and then proceeded...
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    heard bank traders are selling vol and delta hedging...

    I bought this book the other day - it takes a while to get across its point, and it wasn't written by a trader, but a commentator / research consultant.. pretty good book though. Might address you're question better.. http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=263152 http://thevegafactor.com/
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    Australia GDP falls most in 20 years!!!

    Does this mean Steve Keen is right!?!
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    How Goldmans cost Gaddafi a $1.3bn fortune

    I can see it now - "Don't pay me in USD, pay me in Silver ETF's"
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    How Goldmans cost Gaddafi a $1.3bn fortune

    Shit, he can't even afford a new pair of sunglasses. Sounds like bribe money though... not sure who he was trying to buy....
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    Economics Basic Questions need help with them

    I could give you some answers.. but somehow I can guarantee you that a classically trained economist would say all my answers were false..
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    Mobius: Another financial crisis is around the corner

    Hes invested in every bubble country on earth..
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    German Nuclear Plants to Close.

    Doesn't this woman have like an approval rating of 23% right now? Maybe we can use her for fuel - all that hot air.
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    When Faith In U.S. Dollars And U.S. Debt Is Dead The Game Is Over

    The problem isn't necessarily just people losing faith in dollars.... What if they lose faith in the economy itself? What do you think is happening around the world... people are losing faith in their governments, their fellow co-workers, and their future prospects. Replacing those negative...
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