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CEF is my favorite. Pure exposure to Gold and Silver reserves.

These guys are fantastic. I just spoke to Iavor last week at that same address.

Any idea if they offer an API for external analysis or autotrading? I'm unfamiliar with this product but I am attracted to the speed of the underlying connection.

Thanks for the definition jem. I feel like I need a better word of the day calendar to keep up with you guys. :)

jem, You've mentioned your model in other discussions. Sounds like you've got something. What is the penumbra?

Don't rule Sornette out completely. Yes the S&P seems to be deviating from its anti-bubble type path. What you probably don't realize is his models calling the runup in China over the few three months. He hit that on the nose when the index was bottoming. Wish I had found that paper as soon...

The situation in Gold is elusive. This article gives some excellent metrics for analyzing the precious metal: http://www.thestreet.com/_htmlopt/options/futuresshocktsc/10141302.html

Word. For those who haven't seen it the movie deals with having to go to jail. I'm deathly afraid of jail. I'm too pretty to go to jail I like to say. That's why I don't commit crimes among other reasons. I don't know why more people don't jump bail. Could you imagine being innocent and...

Anyone see the Spike Lee "joint", 25th Hour? For some reason this guy reminds me of the big time prop trader character. Probably because both of them are cocky as hell. There were some excellent lines in that trading room scene.

While we are on the topic of Detroit I was wondering if any of you would care to share your favorite places in the metro area. Serious, fun, expensive, cheap, it doesn't matter. Anywhere that you feel is a gem in this town please post it. I always feel like there is a lot that gets overlooked...

Shelby Twp. in the house - Represent the 586! There are a lot of traders in Detroit. Do a thread search for Detroit. We tried to organize something a year ago but it never panned out.

http://www.nyse.com/about/1047054054472.html Thanks for the heads up on the paper Vlad. I'll have to read it soon. How are you doing these days vladiator? As I remember you had quite a unique strategy that you were trading successfully, possibly with some backers from the academic world...

Yeah that's great. Keep it up. Real good idea. It's like Gekko says "Do you know why most fund managers can't beat the market? Cause they throw darts at a board. I don't throw darts at a board sport. I bet on sure things." Try to bet on sure things, or at least surer things than...

Think in terms of limit orders stored in the book and market orders eating the limit orders. Then think of different market participants patience and impatience levels. You'll find your answers. Ok speaking of answers and market depth, has anyone's Market Depth from IB been halting lately...

Full paper is here: http://www.santafe.edu/~jdf/papers/science2.pdf

Also check IEF and TLT. These are ETF's which follow the 7-10 year and 20 year Treasury Bonds respectively. Careful these have the inverse relation.

Nitro and CalTrader, Thank you for extending the discussion of Chaitin. Both of your replies have given me much to think about. As I understand it Nitro is proposing that we can use compression factors as sort of a proxy for randomness or non randomness in the markets. This sounds like an...

Could you explain the indicator? It has a curious name.

I was at a Chaitin lecture about a year ago. The man is obviously brilliant and a good speaker. His main topic was information theory and distinguishing randomness. His test for randomness was whether or not the information could be compressed into a smaller informational space. For example...

Contrarian Indicator Indeed. Check out this humorous post I made a long time back concerning another indicator from the alternate ideas section this time concerning cocoa: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=135552#post135552 On a more serious point waggie945 has an...