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Can anyone tell me if the SEC does not require reporting of short positions every quarter? All I see are long positions, and calls and puts.

I recall Simons saying that certain non-random patterns in the markets exist which can be identified and used to generate profitable trades. Thats about the extent of it from an interview I read. I imagine hes found such patterns in all timeframes on all underlying stocks and contracts...

Interestingly enough, I have been waiting for a post like this. Congratulations on your ability to be able to attend med school in the U.S. My next door neighbors daughter was unable to get into a U.S school for medicine and is currently in the bahamas studying for $60 K U.S a year...

Buy a 70 call 3 months out

How does a system developer of an Emini or commodity system backtest for scalability? % of contract volume on entry? I see alot of these systems posted for trading Bonds on Futures Truth, with track records of 100% for the past 5 years or so. ATS 3200 comes to mind. I just have issues...

I guess Jim Simons at Renaissance must be trading manually his $6 billion dollar fund earning 50% a year just because Don can't grasp the fact that systems make money.

1/2 of your historical annual return. If you earn 100% a year, a rare 50% drawdown (once every 5 years) is fine. This is more directed to systems traders than discretionary traders who have a little more conscious control and tend to avoid a 50% drawdown. For a discretionary trader, I'd say...

a529 for any market traded look at the Average True Range for the period being traded and position size in accordance to that. Chances are the position size will be way below your kelly criterion. Position Size in $ = (.01 * Equity) * BuyPrice / (3 * ATR(10));

there are other alternatives for traders The power of now by Eckhart Tolle ( more spiritual but worthwhile ) Make up your mind once and for all by Peter Alan Armstrong The Trading Tribe by Ed Seykota

1) meditate for 20 minutes in your bed before you fall asleep. 2) get a hobby aside from trading 3) drink sleepytime 4) switch to decaf during the day

Hes a marketer not an investor. Alot of tech marketers followed his book inside the tornado.

I saw Andrew Priston interviewed on Report On Business back in February, and when asked what he looks for in potential traders, he responded that he looks for those who are competitive athletes.

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Try the complete guide to option pricing formulas, by espen gaarder haug, and all about derivatives by michael durbin It's better to browse haug's book and read through all about derivatives ( it's simple ) than it is to try and figure out options while you trade. A $50-75 investment could...

In some cases, with SAC Capital, I've read that 5% of trades accounted for all profits. This was in Ken Grant's book "Trading Risk"

ecritt is the author of the trend following on stocks paper, he may have forgotten to mention that. I tested it myself and found using basic rules like he did, that the drawdown was higher than suggested. I contacted him and then determined that certain proprietary details were missing , and...

nbates, I've heard of a Dr. John Bates from the U.K, developer of Apama for Real Time event processing. Are you this person?

The best deal is probably wiring a few mill to the best fund managers in the U.S. Cohen or Simons to start. It does however sound like your trying to borrow money to do whatever it is you intend to do seeing your risk aversion...

I got INTP, does that = NT in the Myers Briggs Ratings?

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