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I've skimmed some of it. PM me and I may be able to direct you to an electronic copy. And yes, it's very bad. Not worth your money, certainly.

-261.50 Was doing fine until I started getting stupid.

I may be stating the obvious, but you can figure this for yourself by looking at an SPX chart and the NFV values that nitro has posted periodically in this thread.

There are hundreds of very talented people who never "make it" through no fault of their own; conversely many less-than-talented people become pop stars due to something they may not have had much control over, like their good looks or sex appeal. Conversely anyone can become a good trader if...

+419.00 Decent day.

+1156.50 Great day! ES is getting back into my good graces. :)

Do you always begin conversations this way?

+429.00 Finished for the day!

I did my part.

I'm not even disagreeing with you, necessarily, much less trying a "game" on anyone. The implicit "you're one of THEM" might carry more weight if you didn't use it whenever someone tries to dialog with you. As I see that such attempts are fruitless, I will indeed be heading elsewhere. Have...

You never did address the colocation question. How close is too close, any why? (By why, I mean: what moral principle dictates that "any closer than *this*" should be illegal?) If all you mean when you say "HFT" is "jumping ahead of natural buyers and sellers" using "super computers", then...

Not sure I understand this. Do you mean colocation at the exchanges, or colocation in the sense that someone like Lime provides? How close is too close?

Overboard? Our government?!

Cramer raises a valid point. I haven't watched the whole video yet, but he's right, there *are* more and more machines pingin' each other.

I get the impression that the people who know these things aren't telling, because they want to continue using the edges they've found to make money. Quite logical. The people attending that HFT conference are all grudgingly rubbing shoulders with others who know the secrets -- they just all...

Also true.

MM = market maker

Thanks for the reply. Could you elaborate on how this could hypothetically be used to screw someone out of their money?

Could someone explain *how* a flash order can reveal hidden liquidity?

Drinking game starts now, IMO.