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    Hedge Fund Industry

    Extremely low taxes (There's really no such thing as "no taxes") in tax havens are only part of why hedge funds are located offshore. As a manager, another favorable part of going offshore is the "fund friendly" regulations in offshore centers. Meaning, if you cover the basic factors of...
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    Hedge Fund Industry

    Yes, I'm a bit bored so I'm only wasting time while my computers are occupied during tests... Anyways... there are definite changes in thehedge fund industry. Recently, I'm seeing news on hedge funds frequently than ever. Looking back like 3-5 years ago, there were limited information...
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    ... I'm starting another thread... I get the idea about the valuation of hedge funds.
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    Instead of the $125K/yr... how about I pay you 125K pesos... Would I get hold of you if I call and mention about you on QVC?
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    Our Commodore 64 clusters are working great! We clean the floppy disk drives every day so that the program won't crash. Code??? What code??? Troubled times??? We can always run to the brokers office and trade directly!!! We don't have bathrooms in our office. We take a dump out the...
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    As I mentioned, this is just for discussion purposes. No one is selling there fund. There's Citadel issuing bonds, there's Hedge Fund IPOs going around. All this hype about Hedge Fund managers getting news reminds me of the .COM companies back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Being one...
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    Wow... I actually started this thread for discussion purposes. No one is selling their own hedge fund in here. I'm talking in terms of hypothetical terms. And... I do a lot of the work around my fund... In reality, I have more work than I was trading my own money. - Working longer...
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    The working staff, developing the trading models, integrating the IT, and keeping the fund's compliance in line are still there. The quality of the fund wouldn't be affected.
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    Hedge Fund for sale.

    I keep on reading about newbs trying to sell their "spectacular" system to people. So... I'm selling my hedge fund. - Office located in the NYC, US. - Fund is in Cayman Islands. - $100M under management - Fund trades US Equities and Futures. - Diversified trading models. - Annual...
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    How would I do this?

    Well, it's good to experience external pressure for newbie. Going through OPM stress for the first time, later on your career takes more time to adjust. Also, I can guarantee that it will affect the way you trade / develop models. Some perform better if they have outside influences pushing...
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    What Does it Take to Make it Big?

    So how many are entitled to answer it??? I'm still not BIG enough to answer it.
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    Who's from Chicago?

    Stop infesting my thread!!! It's mine, mine, mine!!! :p :p :p Anyways... lotta shit has changed since this thread started. Before: nitro = Chicago ET Meeting's top trader. resinate = A long haired bachelor. Had xx girlfriends. CBK = Living in his parent's basement. saxon =...
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    Technical Analysis, from a Quant's Perspective

    TA is subjective. If not go ahead and try writing a code that defines a Reversal Patterns (Head and Shoulder, x2/x3 Bottom, Cup & Handle... etc.) and Continuation Patterns (Flags, Triangles and etc.). Let's see if we all can agree on the indications. How about duplicating a technical...
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    I wish Playstation 3 is shortable...

    Start a forward deal on Ebay. Tell them you'll send a PS3 to the highest bidder... "within 6 months" in very small letters. Some 16 year old yanker will take your bid... :D
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    Poll: Harder making $$$ daytrading at a prop firm year over year 2001-2006?

    So where's your mistress??? :D :D :D Don't bother answering that... it's irrelevant:D
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    Poll: Harder making $$$ daytrading at a prop firm year over year 2001-2006?

    Basically, 12/24 aren't improving as traders... or they're trading capability is too rigid.
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    Poll: Harder making $$$ daytrading at a prop firm year over year 2001-2006?

    Depends on what type of trading style you prefer. Momentum did well during the early 2000s... it stopped working and I'm hearing stories the old momo traders are back... Scalpers did well for a while but I haven't heard anything about them coming back... Rebate trading was around around...
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    Doublea's Journal

    doublea... Are you sure you want to be posting stuff that goes on in the fund? Be very careful with what you post about your internship job... Compliance.
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    Stats on Bright Trading

    One note: I've never traded for/with Bright. I'm a former Andover/Assent trader.
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    Nico Trading in Chi

    If you just take the test, don't write anything about the test. Quite a few traders follow ET... You don't want potential cut-offs...
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