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    Jerome Kerviel Resume

    <img src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/graphics/2008/01/24/bcnjerome125big.gif">
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    Why doesn't MSFT buy YHOO thru the stockmarket?

    It would have taken them years to buy up all the shares and takeover YHOO probably bring the stock price to ~40
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    Yahoo

    Yeah good move for MSFT
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    $5000 of my $$$ at Dimension Capital

    Floor traders dont exist anymore man if you want to work for a IB on a desk you need to come with proper paper ie. MBA from University of Chicago or Wharton.
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    CNBC broadcast on a 7 second delay

    What's the big deal?
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    Societe Generale 'Rogue trader' free

    If he's smart he should probably start his own risk management firm consulting to HedgeFunds and Investment Banks.
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    33 Trades in a blink

    Very good article I wish they would focus more on the core technologies than all the fluff its kinda cool to brag about how fast you are but if dont plan on giving any insight why do companies even brag?
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    How to begin building a FIX ATS

    You guys are a bit nieve if you think FIX works across all brokers without many changes and testing. Yes FIX is a standard but many brokers implement FIX in their own way and its up to you to confirm to their FIX engine many implement a variety of custom tags and behaviors. Also there are...
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    Question about automated Options pricing.

    I'm very new to options and options pricing overall and have a pretty basic question about beating the system. If the underlier of the option or derivate changes is there any indicators that can be modeled in real time ie. the quote data being received that can be used to give an investor...
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    when does an order get rejeted?

    There are hundreds of situations on why an order can be rejected are you looking for anything specific?
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    How to self clear

    Nitro take a look at Shadow Financial's ShadoSuite. Self-clearing can be cost effective, there are plenty of obstacles to overcome like establishing appropriate credit and banking relationships, meeting clearinghouse requirements and having sufficient operational staff. Yes there are...
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    Compensation on Wall St.

    What's keeping his comp down is no prior financial experience if he came from another IB they would have shelled out more coin. He can make substantially more if he decides to stay ~3 years or leave after 2 years to another IB. If he wants a career in finance his offer isnt that bad for...
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    Questions about joining a startup financial service firm?

    Has anyone here ever worked for a startup? I'm just seeking some career advice. I have a really cushy job at a top tier IB in New York and recently got an offer to join a startup to help build out and manage a block trading options ECN. What are your thoughts about the whole block...
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    Subprime Exec Jumps 2 Death; Wife's Body Found @ Home

    She was definitly fucking Julio the Mexican pool boy, after the lost of his business he probably started spending more time at home and the facts finally hit him. Sad but hey she's 1/2 his age the blow jobs must have been awesome!!
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    NYSE Euronext to Acquire the American Stock Exchange

    NYSE Euronext to Acquire the American Stock Exchange &#9679; Strategic Transaction Creates Value for Customers and Shareholders; Accretive in 2009 &#9679; Underscores NYSE Euronext’s Continued Leadership in Global Consolidation &#9679; Strengthens Company’s U.S. Options, ETF and...
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    IB SMART router is screwing up ETF orders

    Pardon my ignorance but I does smart order routing work like DMA access? Are you sending ISO orders? cant you just specify an ExDestionation in your order?
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    is statistical arbitrage viable for individuals ?

    I would like to comment here currently we have Quad core servers located directly at all major exchanges NYSE, NASDAQ etc.. with infiniband DMA connections between application components we utilize in memory databases and slew of other technologies that gurantees us sub millisecond execution...
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    Algorithmic Trading - CEP

    Get some investors to believe in your idea and help you with funding build your team and complete your system. Less than 1% ET could possibly help you with this and of that 1% I doubt any will respond. Best of luck.
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