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Sounds like equity value investing - most positions are held for 3 years. Parker wants the firm to "grow thoughtfully and slowly." Parker said "Risks are managed through concentrated portfolios, limited leverage and investing in business."...

Well penny jumping orders and paying for order flow as the biggest predatory HFT sure pays well.

Sounds like he is simply trading around a core position. This keeps you engaged with the prevailing trend with larger size while also taking smaller positions on the counter moves.

Overnight risk? Is no larger versus intra-day if you are using sound risk/trade mgmt. Besides , there is a 5% limit up/down on the major US stock indexes after hours, the day session limits go to 20%. Overnight risk? What about the potential profits your leaving on the table when the...

With retail traders most that are trading futures are far from sophisticated, seems like most are in futures because they don't have enough to trade stocks and look only at the upside with futures - big leverage/pure greed. With derivatives you have a few winners and a lot of losers. I think...

Prior swing highs/lows are magnets for the markets to probe for orders - if you see this during the regular session chance are its natural market behavior. On individual stocks you can have the lunch hour stop gunning, usually its a market maker maker loading up on inventory. If it happens...

California's power problem was caused by deregulation & market manipulation. Had the FERC done its job, there would have been no crisis. Enron was Bush's largest campaign contributor. CEO, Ken Lay, was a long time friend of Bush. Enron alumni also fill prominent slots in the Bush...

Speaking of electricity traders, remember Enron?

"I’m convinced 98% of ET traders trade 5 figures or less. This guy is is in the 2%. Looking forward to this." There is no shortage of day traders trying to make a living on ridiculously small accts and ludacris expectations, this crowd is the fish food. It seems that plenty on here work full...

That test was done in 2005 and is severely flawed. The test subjects were given $20 and flipped coins - if they won they made $2.50. No skin in the game & coin flips - really? Seems like the researchers have brain damage. "Some neuroscientists believe good investors may be exceptionally...

If you want tick data you can get it from TradeStation going back 6 months on CME futures, stocks & indexes, forex, & options. It hardly takes much $ these days to open broker accts. Plus you get all that pretty charting & live market data with no monthly fees as long as your balance stays...

Location truly is everything. Those living in the U.S. or other rich nations have a far easier life - there is no doubt about that. Now lets hope that the applicants don't end up doing the IRS phone scams which are estimated to have made the scamming call centers hundreds of millions by...

Here are some of my old notes - a study done by the Casino industry insiders on pro gamblers. Risk mgmt for trading was derived from pro gamblers. Gambling and trading are two entirely different birds, although there sure are plenty of speculators/traders/investors that are compulsive...

1.5Mb is adequate for running your typical trading platform. In fact because it is DSL it has a fixed rate - which makes it faster and far more secure than your typical cable T.V. Internet.

Having worked for Telco's/ISPs this is what I think - I may be wrong, just an educated guess. Because of the whole numbers 1.5Mb on your line & 3Mb on your neighbors it sound like they set their edge router traffic shaping on your line to be different from your neighbors. This is not so...

What is Your Trading Resolution This Year? 1920x1080 resolution as usual.

We compare the U.S. to other industrialized nations, not the most dangerous, poorest, least political stable countries on the planet.

Trump and his admin are completely insane. All we have is a long overdue orderly sell off like you see on all bull markets at some point. They are going to create a bigger sell off by implying the market needs plunge protection. The big/smart $ in Asia & Europe is not buying into this -...

Fidelity has DMA to ECNs ARCA/NSDQ/NYSE/SuperDot they don't have it to the IEX. Per the 606 report non-directed orders are sent to predatory HFTs: Citadel/Virtu/G1. You can set up your trade ticket so that it routes to the ECNs you choose instead of the HFTs. Go to settings/direct trade in ATP...

Futures & Forex has their own pros & cons. Pro currency traders often use both depending on the trade at hand. I have seen just as much if not more thuggery on the futures market - HFT's making wild swings during lower liquid times to run stops, while spot was not effected. Or the occasional...