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    How to manage this beast?

    Easy solution, buy 18,000 spyders and be done with it.
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    Is IB designed to just feed liquidity to Timber Hill?

    I am reasonably satisfied with the current way that smart operates. However, there are some exchanges that pay me to take their liquidity like CBOE. When I use a marketable order, I would like to take that liquidity first as preference. I would like to take that liquidity even before routed...
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    a trading problem for mathematicians

    " New number of all trades = (A gives signal and wins) INTERSECTION (B gives signal and wins) +(A gives signal and loses) INTERSECTION (B gives signal and loses) = N x P(A gives signal) x P(A wins) x P(B gives signal) x P(B wins) + N x P(A gives signal) x P(A loses) x P(B gives signal) x...
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    a trading problem for mathematicians

    Lets say there is a 500 loose quarters on the floor. It is known that quarters made in the year 1998 flip heads 60% of the time. It is also known that quarters made in the Philadelphia mint flip heads 60% of the time. You find a coin made in Philadelphia in 1998. What is the probability that...
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    a trading problem for mathematicians

    Not enough info, but I'd say 60%
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    Simultaneous calculations, programmatic question

    yes, nvidia gpus offer massive parallel calculations.
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    A Question For HFT Insiders

    $10mil is enough to start. Maybe another 3 mil for hiring and infrastructure. You can churn 100 lots on 100 different stocks with no leverage, thousands of times. Thats what pros do anyways.
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    Can your broker Fxxk u in stop loss order?

    I lost $2000 once on a nonexecuted hard stop on ES futures at IB once. The price went to my stop, IBKR did not execute. The price violently went threw it and I had to close it manually an hour later. I was not in front of the screen at the time.
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    Tradeworx' defense of their HFT strategies

    I'm interested in if more people have the exact same experiences as the one listed above. I use interactive brokers. Use both limit orders and hidden orders. During the runup last year, I placed buy orders two cents below the prevailing market in numerous stocks and got filled less than 5...
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    worst 1-minute return on S&P500?

    In Nov 2008, When ES futures went one tic below 800 it was the biggest instant move I've seen. 10 handles in a microsecond.
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    How does a person succeed in the United States of America?

    I don't know, but your booberator just made my job obsolete.
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    IB stop loss triggered AND executed outside of trading range

    I took a $1500 loss at IB from an unexecuted stopmarket order in march 2007, one of the worst days in my life.
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    Gold on Fire Thanks To THIS GUY...

    I probably should have photoshopped this.
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    Austrian economics = faulty due to paradox

    scriabinop23 said ... *** = my comment, not the be-all end-all Austrians don't like government intervention, banking multipliers (leverage). ***mainly true, leverage through debt is OK if done without gov backing*** They like pure and free markets. ***true as long as nobody's rights are...
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    Austrian economics = faulty due to paradox

    regarding all this talk of gold. Austrian economists don't even support a government forced gold currency, they instead promote a market currency. That is whatever currency the unfettered market prefers. This would likely result in electronic/paper gold or commodity baskets. The arguments...
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    IB quotes blow today

    I'm also surprised. The bid/ask lagged like crazy after the Fed.
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    Gas true cost $.65 gal wholesale 6/10/08

    You are pretty dumb if you believe that you can buy gasoline in the US for 65c.
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    Judge orders banks to fund Clear Channel deal

    These banks are so full of it. They sign contracts saying they will provide financing even if debt markets deteriorate, then they want to reneg because they will lose money. Sorry about your loss dude-deal goes through. America shouldn't throw all its laws and contracts in the garbage to...
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    Trading in Israel

    I've been to Israel. It is fairly safe if you live in Tel Aviv or any area not bordering the Pals. The falafels are pretty good too. I would be very concerned with trading in Israel for latency issues. Especially if you are a scalper. Longer-term or not time-intensive trading would be...
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