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Be careful.... Hang Seng Index has already risen a lot in anticipation of the revaluation. So it may be the time to sell when it is finalized. Maybe better wait and see before taking action...

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/outrageous_desktops?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd too bad this deal is just for US delivery.... In Hongkong, just the display costs $1154...

I just use MarketWatch. Normally it delays no more than 1 minute for major news. Completely free of charge. After all, I don't really need real-time news since I would rather give my focus to the charts instead. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/default.asp?scid=1&siteid=mktw

So if I long ES at 1200 and buy a ES put at 1100. It still doesn't guarantee that I will lose 100 pt at most UNLESS the option premium totally reflect the underlying assets value. Can the exchanges simply offer some futures that hv built-in loss limit? I think many traders will prefer them.

Actually, would someone pls advise whether this is really a solid insurance? In a free-falling market, sometimes the futures drop much faster than the shares. So will the futures and their options be out of sync too in a rapidly moving market. If this is true, then getting an option...

Would someone pls explain what it means? Does it mean 70% for the trader if the profits for the yr is over $1M??

Is anyone using the SOBI method as described in this paper? Basically, it is comparing VWAPs of both the buy and sell order books with the last price to see whether the buy-side support or sell-side pressure is larger. I am using eSignal but I can't get the values of the entire order book...

Some articles by Richard Olsen on high-freq finance http://www.olsen.ch/research/working_papers.html I believe what is being applied in Ren. Tech. or DE Shaw are out of reach from us. But I believe some very basic TA we are using actually hv roots in high-freq finance. ... So what I...

It is interesting to see the argument of different ppl here. Just like the market there are up and down.... Anyone has any advice on how an avg joe can apply it in a simple but profitable way. Personally, I use LSMA and EMA in different time frames to spot the trend and the different S/R...

I googled the web and found this website: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/sttimser.html The chart really gives me a shock. Even though I believe time series work in some extent, I at least though that the real world is more noisy and thus it is difficult to spot the pattern... You must...

sKaLpZ, I hv followed your thread. But the pt here is whether James Simons can apply time-series analysis to such a huge amt and still make it. I hv heard that even the FED is applying this method and if their target object is the entire US economy maybe it is a matter that works for...

BTW, does anyone know who else is applying high-freq finance/time-series analysis in his fund? I remember a few mathematicians even get Nobel Prize of Economics for their research in this area. Is there a good book out there on this topic?

Renaissance's Man: James Simons Does The Math on Fund By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 1, 2005; Page C1 It is getting harder for hedge-fund managers to generate above-average returns when their funds grow too big, right? Tell that to James Simons...

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no problem here..

There is also an "IG Index" in Britain.... I believe housing derivatives will be hot if they are offered on the better known exchanges like CME/eCBOT... http://www.economist.com/intelligentlife/wealth/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3908979 A life hedged about John Smutniak From Intelligent...

New exchange forecasts home prices New York market may drop in second quarter, data shows By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch Last Update: 6:57 PM ET June 8, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Homeowners and...

$100-150M in 2004.... anyone knows more about this guy? http://www.traderdaily.com/magazine/article/466.html

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Day-trading retirees? They're blowing bubbles Irrational exuberance is back and 'I'm mad as hell!' By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch Last Update: 6:31 PM ET June 5, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------- ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Remember...