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Q ....of academic scepticism culminating in a belief in the efficient markets or random walk hypothesis. As evidence has increased that markets are less efficient than was originally believed academics have only recently begun to make serious attempts to study the assumptions behind technical...

Perhaps this link would be relevant: http://www.miapavia.it/homes/ik2hlb/timef.htm :confused:

Q It is only by knowledge of the subject matter, possibly aided by further experiments to cover a wider range of conditions, that one may decide, with a risk of being wrong, whether the environmental conditions of the future will be near enough the same as those of today to permit use of...

20 cents - Actually the topic can be a very interesting one, and very roughly: For stock quantity-wise, surely the stock market is a zero-sum game of which the price dynamics would be more likely subject to supply and demand dynamics, because within a certain time span the total number of...

Another 20 cents: I would think our individual conclusions/ opinions would be greatly affected by the boundary, time span, etc. of the subject matter (as a dynamical complex system). :confused:

Not quite sure about the futures markets for such commodities as gold and others!? :confused:

20 cents: Perhaps trading in the financial markets would be basically already a non-zero-sum game: When majority of traders are making even small profits, then who is going to support not only the very large sum and operational costs that are to support a number of firms (exchages...

I would think the preseration of capital is critical, if not the most important, principle in trading. Without any actual risks to the trader, the money whatsoever is really not real enough! :confused: :D

Thanks for the info! :)

The ad of tradepipe says "50 traders chosen quarterly to trade $100,000 each", and "Apply online - Deadline 15th day of month before each calendar quarter". I wonder trading with paper-money would be an issue. :confused:

I noticed the contest (1st prize $15,000) on Futures September 2003 issue, together with www.robbinstrading.com and www.worldcupadvisor.com . Are they all designed for marketing/ promotion of some sort? :confused:

Q A better description of the world is the Taguchi loss function in which there is minimum loss at the nominal value, and an ever-increasing loss with departure either way from the nominal value. --- Out of the Criisis (W. Edward Deming) Page 141 UQ

Just 2 cents: As probably stated by Deming, there is no any substitutions to knowledge (for management or improvements). I would think what we need is the proper knowledge required for when/ how to apply different probability distributions ( http://ftp.arl.mil/random/random.pdf ) to...

Australian Broadband News/ Forum http://whirlpool.net.au/ Other than incrediblecharts forum, you may post (rather than PM) to the other hook up thread as well, as some posters from the thread (once receiving your post) might respond to your questions, I would guess. :confused:

Perhaps try: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22421 http://www.incrediblecharts.com/forums/messages/board-topics.html :confused:

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York http://www.ny.frb.org/education/fx/print.html (The Basics of Foreign Trade and Exchange) Q The FX market is fast paced, volatile and enormous—it is the largest market in the world. In 2001 on average, an estimated $1,210 billion was traded each...

Quote Today, Bruce Kovner may well be the world's largest trader in the interbank currency and futures markets. ... Question: When you trade currencies, do you use the interbank market or the futures market? Answer (Kovner): I only use the interbank market, unless I am doing an...

A trader can be only as good as his last trade!? :confused:

I like this idea, as I always wish I can see only the profitable signals! :confused: :D

The higher price is set for the book, the more people would be curious and buy these articles through free promotion - what a nice marketing strategy! :confused: :D