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They were, and if I recall correctly from Lowenstien's book, it was the only part of the fund that was still profitable when they finally broke it up. The book said they were big in RD-SC, among others.

The subject has been heavily discussed in this thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8052&highlight=trade+etfs

Welcome back bro. I agree with the above comments that arb opportunities exist, especially if you are willing to look at things from a different angle than the rest of the crowd, and you put in the work. Personally, I find that my trading is going more and more toward pure arbitrage...

If you want some info on the other side of your trade, read some of the work of Bill Flekenstien, who writes a column for realmoney.com. He's been very bullish on NEM for some time now and just recently said he has now accumulated his full position in the stock. I haven't really paid too much...

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I agree 100%, I have the same problem. I want to trade off nyse filtered data, but if I want a daily chart, I have to use all the ecn prints which I don't want. Esignal, please fix this. Also please fix the problem where you can't input a number into a spread. This makes your product...

You can also assign a name to cell C1, then just reference the name in your formulas.

Dave, I look at the same information and have reached the same conclusions as you. A large indication and I make a note of it, but don't adjust my orders.

You also have to consider what you could do with the money elsewere. Trade instruments not offered by your prop firm, invest in real estate, etc. They're basically letting you use their money for free, why not do that and diversify and grow your money elsewhere as well? If you hold...

One thing you get with a squawk you can't see on the mini chart is "no bid, no bid!!!" Then you really get agressive with the selling. Remember the guys in the pit can read the fear on the faces of other locals, so it's not just a numbers interpretation game, they're seeing more at ground...

For writing scans and viewing daily charts, I've found tc2000 to be a great tool for swing trading. Pretty affordable too. www.worden.com

By hedged I mean pairs, not options or other derivitives. I'm not always 100% neutral, sometimes I'll favor longs or shorts, but generally not more than about 60/40. I started my account with $15k.

Holding positions overnight IS NOT the same as investing. I think you'd have a hard time finding others to agree with you on that one. And btw, I trade with Assent and am leveraged 20:1 or more every day of the month, most positions are fully hedged though. I also know for a fact that...

Uh....what? I wasn't commenting on my trading, I was agreeing with Dustin's comment that some strategies can indeed be proprietary and that if they are made publicly available, the strategy can lose it's edge. I used arbitrage as an example, because it's particularly susceptible to being...

If you think there's a big move coming one way or the other, don't you want to be long volatility, mabye with some straddles or something? Vol is cheap right now.

Yes, the generalities of a strategy are not knew, but the subtleties of how someone trades it can be proprietary. For example, arbitrage is not new, but the instruments traded or the way they are traded can be someone's edge. When those details are coded into software and put for sale on the...

Ok, I'm getting close, but still can't make it work. The cash component of this spread is causing a problem. How do you incorporate a number into the spread calculation? 07-23-03 02:03 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from lescor...

Since becoming a full time trader, I'm very risk averse and longevity in the business is something I always think about. For me, my number one goal is to eliminate all debt, including my mortgage. If I hit a long dry spell and can't or don't want to draw funds out of my trading accounts...

And what do you think are the chances that if there was a major terrorist attack, the ones who profited the most from these contracts would get a visit from their friendly neighborhood CIA agent? Futures trading run by the pentagon? hmmmm......

I trade multiple strategies, all very different from one another. opening orders- in 10-15 positions at once, out within 30 minutes. very short term scalping based on a filter that streams symbols all day- 100+ trades a day, in positions 5-10 seconds. long term pair trades- based on...