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America car companies in bed with the petroleum industry? Not true. I don't like antedotes.

I would like America to reduce its' dependence on oil.

Agreed. Sarah Palin is a dumbass of the highest order, but I don't necessarily disagree with her on this one. The biggest reason for this oil disaster is not the fact that they were drilling, but apparently there was very little regulation from the federal government. From what I've read...

I would push for "all of the above" solutions... The energy requirements of this country is going up and continues to go up. We have to continue to find new sources of energy and that includes drilling, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal currents, etc.

Agreed, we need better technology.

Get in line... :)

The energy requirements of this country is going up and continues to go up. We have to continue to find new sources of energy and that includes drilling, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal currents, etc.

These guys look like they're doing some pretty cool things with the data feeds. http://www.tradingphysics.com/ Their order-flow indicators look intriguing.

A big mystery seller of futures contracts during the market meltdown last week was not a hedge fund or a high frequency trader as many have suspected, but money manger Waddell & Reed Financial Inc, according to a document obtained by Reuters. Waddell sold on May 6 a large order of e-mini...

Actually, that IS what they want to hear from you. They want to see if you know the difference. They want to hear you explain all the various factors that contribute to the execution times. There's no perfect answer.

That doesn't work. Latency from the data center to you and me will always be different. How will you control the latency so that you and I will get it at the same time? You can't. Latency from the you and me to the data center will be always be different. Again, how will you control the...

Agree +100

What's your definition of investor versus trader? That would be very hard to define and hard to enforce. To me, I would prefer that PRICE-TIME be enforced regardless of who sends the order. There should be no order that can jump ahead of the ordering queue. There should be no API that...

According to their comments, Tradeworx agrees that "Jumping ahead of an order that was placed earlier at the same price by another trader is an UNFAIR practice, because it undermines the principle of PRICE-TIME priority on which our equity markets are premised" (pg. 17) The ability to jump...

The SEC is asking for public comments as they explore market structure issues including high-frequency trading, colocation and dark pools. You'll find several letters from many HFT firms, mutual funds (Vanguard, T. Rowe Price), Bright Trading, etc...

http://www.hrg.net/index.php/job_post/listing/32 Ultra High Frequency Traders NYC to $10,000,000 Established prop trading firm seeks ultra high frequency traders with proven strategies in equities, equity options or FX. Traders with demonstrated (over one year of trading) ultra high...

Sungard already owns Asset. http://www.sungard.com/financialsystems/brands/assent.aspx

This is not the CIA. We don't monitor "chatter".

My gut reaction? Dumb. I'm just sayin'