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I lived and traded from Cozumel for a year and it was excellent. Good internet high speed connection and reliable. i rented a 2 bedroom condo on the beach for $700/month-- although that was 3 years ago. One thing that was expensive was electricity, after running the a/c and computers and tv...

to the crapper... barring any major Fed rate cuts between now and Sept.

WTF??? Money market funds sinking below $1/share? If invested in one of these funds, do you have any recourse? These funds are billed as "savings accounts", although they're not FDIC insured. If these banks have invested in risky instruments (although not considered risky at the time) do...

Its laughable to think that all of these guys could be in the same trade and no one is expecting to lose. For someone to win, someone has to lose. Quants live in a bubble... while these strategies look great on paper, you have to realize that the simpliest of economic factors, supply and...

The problem with the Fed's action is that it will merely encourage the same kind of behavior which got the banks and funds into this mess in the first place. There's no liquidity? My ass. There's no liquidity at the prices (unrealistic) that people still want. No market for sub prime...

Or you could follow the plan of a guy that I started with and is now VERY successful. 1. Save up enough cash for the minimum deposit at a prop shop. 2. Conveneiently get yourself fired from your current job, and collect unemployment checks for the next six months. 3. Move to the west...

Wow. Sick swings and reversals. I had just closed out my short position and was kicking myself as it went lower then BAM! Jumped 4 pts in seconds. I shorted it on the way back up and was able to average in to only have a small loss, before it went higher again. Got long YM @ 13411 and...

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So basically I should plan on having my system stolen, unless I can somehow manage to build all of the infrastructure myself, self-clear my trades, and use my own money. As soon as I use an I-bank for any of these things I am done. Does that sound about right? Does anyone have any...

The point of this thread wasn't to tell you how great my system is or that I'd like to raise OPM or whatever, the point was how to protect my system IF that is the route I decide to go. So basically what I've gathered from this thread is that I can trademark but not patent my system, and...

Agreed Thunderdog. That's what I am trying to figure out. What is it that keeps every I-bank from stealing automated programs from their creators once you start using their systems, money, clearing, etc.? These are the things I am trying to figure out. I do not plan on giving out the...

Yeah, I figured as much about the lawyer part, although I'm trying to prolong that agony. I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience (good or bad) to share with marketing automated systems to institutional money. How did you protect yourself? I'm definitely not up for the Dr...

Thanks for the replies fellas. I do plan on trading it, not marketing it out. What I'd like to do is pick up some institutional money and run it as a fund. I've spoken with some money guys and they tell me they'd be interested if they could have apiece of it, provided it works as well as...

After tooling around with some different ideas, i came up with an indicator that I like to use in my trading. I have automated it, and it is applicable to many different securities. I have checked around, and I haven't seen anything else like it. My question is: what do I do now? Can I...

what are "all of the usual databases"? Are you referring to the collective2-type websites or is there something else that I'm missing? Thanks

If you were a stalker, you could join Reebok Sports club at w. 67th st. and show up around 5:30pm and watch her work out. I'm just sayin'....

I bet it becomes a gay bar. Kind of hard to get away from all of the ass-raping that takes place there.

Did a quick search and didn't find much but was wondering what other traders use to get news? I am now trading remotely (as opposed to a prop shop) and find myself pretty clueless as to whats going on throughout the trading day. News is not essential to my trading strategies, but it would be...

just saw that tidbit, thanks. buying op?

Why the apparent sell off in tobacco stocks pre-market this am? I can't find any news on it.