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I hope this was a joke. The languages I proposed for simple tasks are simple to learn. If you know how to program already you could easily type into google "how to get a file using simple_lang_x" "how to parse file in simple_lang_x" and be done in few lines of code in a short period of time...

some firms are hedging or putting on positions and do not care about a few ticks of slippage where as the automated programs are capturing those ticks 24/7

why would anyone use C to download lists, or do historical data work? python, perl, ruby etc is the right tool fo rthe job in those situations. Here's a C task for you matlab zeromq interface

isnt the benefit of an LLC if you get personally sued the LLC assets cannot be touched?

i have various baskets of stocks that are related to each other by one or two stocks 1) A,B,C 2) C,D,E 3) E,F,G 4) E,G,H whats the best structure or structures to keep track of them so when a price comes in for C i reprice basket 1 and 2, when a price comes in for E i reprice 2,3,4

I had a paper that mentioned a true mid price. I forgot where I placed it. It was something like bid*askqty / ask*bidty but cannot remember. Anyone familiar with this?

I use python a lot and R when I need a library. revolution analytics version of R is faster but not free. As far as matlab, I am all ears in wondering what's so great about it; aside from a new gui and lapack it's the same as 20+ years ago

backspread or collar

why would a quant write in dotnet or a jvm language? from my experience, they use matlab,python, R or something simlar. i do like c# or java as a language but linux over windows as an environment even more.

so when are you going to tell us "How to build an automated system"

perl regular expressions and mechanize library I am sure there's similar library's in ruby python ...

I appreciate his efforts too. I am more interested in the implemented techniques; anything new.

how about posting some working code

Just about any firm in chicago would listen to your idea. You wouldn't need to go into detail; they would know if it makes sense.

I am a huge fan of simple. So I use R and python. If I need more speed I use java, c#, cython. SIDENOTE: If c# worked on linux it would blow java away. As another sidenote, I have been working with matlab recently... wow:mad: , they must have great sales people.

for pure lifestyle. I would go with a warm cheap place. texas florida, louisiana. If you need to hire auxiliary staff (programmer) dependent on your investing style that may be an issue. In my experience, Chicago has a lot of realtime talent; silicon valley has a lot of big data talent.

how would you do it?

from where to where are they measuring the latency that needs to be under 20 micro?

that might have been the case years ago but now the two are closer than you think at least for anything automated. As for anyone who cannot quantify there system properly its probably because they shoot from the hip.

google corporate actions and see whats out there