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    High Frequency Trading

    In the old days, they do it manually (front run/trading leveraged indices futures orders) then call each other (pension funds, mutual fund, hedge fund, etc) first before buying/selling in Huge collaborated amount of stocks to push the indices futures already bought/sold ahead at the same time...
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    Trading Lessons/Insights From Coin Flipping

    Because I prefer to bitch than be a slut.:)
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    Trading Lessons/Insights From Coin Flipping

    Coin toss enthusiasts, Check this out! http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503375&goto=newpost
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    I am not comparing fast food type restaurants to programming services .:p
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    I wish but normal 9to5 working programmers do not get paid by hour or even overtime scratching my butt like good attitude free enterprise professionals.:)
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Yea, CONsulting like scratching butt for an hour and spending an hour coding but charging for 2 hours.This is not like lawyer, doctor or psychic meeting session.
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Time is $ for others too, that's a typical coder self-centred point of view and the code can cost the trader if the coder is quietly not satisfied with agreed price giving a working compiled program and delivering a different decompiled version.
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Yea, like going for interview and demanding salary in advance. Even restaurants do not request payment until new clients have eaten, or any other skilled services like doctors,dentists, etc. and they have offices.
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Well spoken. Common goal makes sense.
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Fact or ... Experience? then they should not take up the deal unless they already lost first and need to gather any payment asap to top up their own margin.:)
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Good suggestion. Hope that name list is not from the same class of interns/students refering to each other or for their prof/boss:p
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    Any fees for using this and who decides the job is done correctly?
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    So I will be paying 50% for an attempt to do something...like a cohort of students/interns assigned by some prof or IT boss to generate cash flow? Think not :cool:
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    Programmers think they are like 007

    "Mr Bond, your reputation precedes you" ----- Original Message ----- because my reputation is good On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:38 PM, I wrote: How do I know you will code the ea completely&correctly after Payment? Coder wrote: sorry, but my policy is that I can start working...
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    Dumb and Dumber

    http://www.dailyfx.com/forex_market_news/videos/ Can you picture yourself as one of them presenting a fx video?:p
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    Are there any trading companies that offers work permit?

    Sounds bad. Not even when you bring your own capital? Any alternative to legally work in states? Or as an associate/senior intern in financial firms?
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    Are there any trading companies that offers work permit?

    If a foreigner wants to join a prop/trading firm in US, does the company have to apply US H1or2B visa for that person or can they apply in person themselves?
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    Basket trading system+Equity Curve Trade Management

    Does anyone here apply automated trailing stop to equity changes as a whole in a single account for basket/portfolio trading systems? Or jumping stops i.e. when entire account reaches a certain % increase, reduce accordingly in equal proportion the whole basket/porfolio of stocks/etf...
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    Low risks 'set & forget' options strategies

    If futures,say s&p index,expires towards cash value and option on futures premium decays, can an almost equal delta spread trade be created in opposite directions by selling call/put options and buying/selling futures so that you keep some premium at expiration? Or if futures premium does not...
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    Low risks 'set & forget' options strategies

    I have heard of option traders mentioning low risk methods (maxDD ~8%) they use in options strategies where they get a fixed return ~5% every month/quarter by setting up a number of combo option spreads and leaving it on their own...Is this true? Are they refering to both covered call + cover...
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