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There has been other discussions on the kelly formula here. The conclusion is in general, risk 1/6 the kelly ratio for your system, for the reason that expectancy one week or month can be totally different than it was a month before. i.e a long-only system might have a win rate of 30% and...

What about satellite internet?

probably picking positions that are uncorrelated to each other in an attempt to reduce volatility so they can use more leverage. until the black swan event comes along and wipes them all out...

http://www.borsaitaliana.reuters.it/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=fundsNewsUK&storyID=2006-07-21T095517Z_01_NOA135713_RTRUKOC_0_FINANCIAL-HEDGE-RISK.xml&archived=False

wow, I think I need a new board. ( actually I know I do) That is kindergarten quality intellectualism.

Many billion dollar hedge funds are now going long only due to the inability to obtain shares for shorting in quantity, among other structural reasons not to be short in this environment. Lone Pine Capital, Caxton, Maverick among others...

They do they that every time they go for stops

How do they make money? As I understand it, Pokerstars and such dont charge a rake or any fees. I dont see ads on their service either. But they can afford to advertise and pay top players to wear all their stuff. Unless they just collect clean wire transfer money from the u. s and mix...

russia is more a story than a country.

Amibroker does portfolio level backtesting, $200 U.S

gbos, you ever go to perissa beach? I had many a good time there.

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Biotechnology- RNA Interference. ALNY, RNAI are public stocks. Atugen, Calando pharmaceuticals are developing delivery technology to deliver these drugs. My opinion is $10 billion in 10 years.

Excellent article!

Read up Soros view of the Japanese Carry Trade. http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/jun/14soros.htm Although he says it doesnt affect the Japanese Markets, I'm assuming that their are traders large and small borrowing for zero interest rates and trading on the Tokyo Exchange. I'd watch out...

Maybe you should discuss the validity of his methods with him on your radio show or website Surfer.

When I used to race mountain bikes seriously, it was a 2-3 hour a day commitment. I raced for years moving up the ranks to elite. When I got there I realized there was a whole level beyond where I was at. I didnt go around pretending I was bigger or better than rider XYZ, a 5 lap race will sort...

Not many daytraders are billionaires either...

alisa other than the market wizards interview, you can check out sec.gov and see the quarterly holdings of SAC. It doesnt make too much sense though, that you would earn 50% or whatever it is annually with no volatility when most of the money is in altria stock and such.

Well Toryj, Seykota, Henry, Dunn, Campbell all built trading systems that generated billions of dollars using trend following principles. Whether its garbage or not, I'll leave that to the never ending trend following is dead threads appearing on here daily.