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Hi all, Please recommend good books for option trading. At this moment, I am a retail/individual level option trader. I am looking for good practical option trading books for my level. I have read about those option combinations, such as straddle, etc. I am not sure if they are really...

Sure! I fully admit my ignorance. Thanks for your reminder. On the other hand, I was trying to explain my aspiration as to the previous question of why bother asking about 200K vs. 250K stupidly.

Very informative. Thanks a lot for your valuable inputs! Quants can go to stat-arb, or high frequency shops. The stat-arb guys research on finance literature and design trading strategies, which can be fun too. The high frequency guys are essentially market-making, using speed as an...

come on, the goal is not 200K vs 250K. The goal should be 20B vs. 100B in the future and then look backwards, which direction and skill-set now should lead the maximal investment gain and fun in the future...

Good call! Yet seriously, I am gradually building my skill-sets to launch my own fund in the future. So although I am a retail trader right now, and I have a full-time day job as a PhD student, I am thinking and reading along the lines of a full-blown hedgefund manager... Any more thoughts?

Could you please elaborate? Is it a waste of time on the sell side?

Hi all, What are the skillsets that will be developed from starting my career as a trader on the equity option trading floor in a bank? And what are the exit opportunities in the future for further career developments? I aspire to be a successful hedgefund manager/owner in the future...

Thanks TraderGreg. You've asked a good question. What should I remember about Market Wizards book? I read the two books a few years ago. And now don't remember a single sentence from book. Anybody can help?

Hi all, Please recommend some good books about hedgefund and trading strategies? I am also looking for books that interview successful hedgefund managers and talk about their background and how their background link to their success in fund management. Ideally, these will be the hedgefund...

Don't complain too much. That's life. The reality is that for this piece of data, it is impossible to export to Excel. There is no Excel command for that. They told me that. Now back to the simplicity, we just need to find a way to simulate human key strokes/clicks, and repeat for 10000...

Hey folks, Anybody knows of a user forum or newsgroup (like elitetrader) for Bloomberg? I am trying to obtain some data from Bloomberg terminal. They told me for this specific block of data, it's impossible to export it to Excel. I have to copy and paste these data for each date and for...

Could somebody mention a few good reputable trading contests out there? Thanks a lot!

that's why I seek recommendations of GOOD readings...

Really? Any articles? Readers should of course read with cautious...

Even articles, no? These thoughts about future directions will be helpful in deciding which trading business to dive into as one starts a career in trading, which trading style of hedge funds, which style of prop trading, fundamental vs. quantitative, etc.

Are there books pointing out the changes in our trading environment post crisis? Hi all, Other than Soros' book, could anybody recommend more books analyzing what the economic/financial environment would look like after all these turmoils? Especially I am interested in seeing how our...

Are there books pointing out the change in our trading environment post crisis? Hi all, Other than Soros' book, could anybody recommend more books analyzing what the economic/financial environment would look like after all these turmoils? Especially I am interested in seeing how our...

Nothing wrong with EE. I just desire to be an economist/financier more than being an engineer. It's not all about money. Btw, to save everybody's time, let's don't drag this thread to stray away to discuss EE vs. Finance. Also, I am asking about choosing a good direction for myself. Bad...

Are there free analyst reports around? Thanks!

Again on the IB side, the Prop Traders don't like me either. They are PhDs and one of them (an EE PhD) told me I wasted my time by switching from EE to Econ/Finance (my undergraduate was in EE). He said my school path didn't make sense to him. I guess he doesn't think doing Econ/Finance for...