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I used to think that. But you have to remember that people represent the worst of the following characteristics amongst the retail public: 1) cynical (so what who cares, I have no money to invest) 2) lazy (they could care less) 3) disbelieving & critical (they think you are trying to...

People over 70 don't usually lie.

Google shows me: http://www.ingram-mayet.com/ Brevan Howard- best Macro fund this past year up over 17+% YTD Winton Capital - one of the best managed futures (trend followers) over 12+% YTD http://www.reuters.com/article/hedgeFundsNews/idUSNOA03375120080310

Main Entry: dour Pronunciation: \ˈdu̇r, ˈdau̇(-ə)r\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin durus hard — more at during Date: 14th century 1 : stern, harsh 2 : obstinate, unyielding 3 : gloomy, sullen

I understand that it is a very interpretative area and a bit of an artform to create the right contracts. Probably better just getting historical backadjusted contracts from a market data provider. Some data providers will sell a disk of 20 years of continuous contracts on various...

In what state is a $50k minimum allowed? News to me. Last I checked you can't invest with anyone in your home state unless they are qualified ( isn't it $2 million + liquid net worth) and in NYC most people have a $500k minimum in their home state. (Last I checked was 2005). Did you get...

Sorry Alex, that was written by Adrienne Toghraie. You can download that particular ebook for about $10. Probably alot cheaper than louise therapy would cost :) :)

Exerpt from Trading on target.com EBook I observed in this first trader what I have seen repeated over and over again - most people are looking for a magical, technical formula for success. Trading appeals to several different groups of individuals: probably the largest group is composed...

As for Fishman - I guess selling put options on TRY is some kind of convergence trade. Something only VN could aspire too... funny.

I use Amiquote from Amibroker (www.amibroker.com) to get all my free Yahoo data for the US equity Market. Fundamentals appear on my screen along with the price charts. The only downside is you can only view the most current fundamentals, not how they have changed. Services like...

Must be Jerome Kerviel's new hedge fund. - Tabernacle Capital Management

TPI X Scalability (meaning Liquidity) = Comparable Number to compare various strategies

I wonder what the relationship between a system with high SRs to those with Low SRs in terms of their likelihood of blowing up. It seems that all the big money that disappeared in the trading world was from high SR blow ups. - LTCM for one

Sharpe Ratio has nothing to do with Profit Factor. SR is based on the volatility. SR = Return / Volatility It sounds like you mean - "how do I determine the robustness of a trading system" Trend Follower David Druz has written articles on such a topic in Stocks and Commodities...

Why doesn't this person try and become independent from the 9-5 Circuit Design job that he has by asking for a flexible contract or finding a good company with flex hours. Seems this is the logical step before taking on 3 years of learning how to trade fulltime. Check out Adrienne Toghraie's...

Centaurus?

you could always buy amibroker, download 20 years of yahoo free data and run your own scan at the end of each trading day.

Susil ask them how important their position sizing is in their trading. Would love to hear their answer(s).

TRY is overbought and overvalued. Technically and fundamentally, the lira is in a position to correct at least 5-8% in the coming months. Obviously many funds are running a carry trade, and so I have read that a carry trade can enforce stability of a currency on occasion, thus limiting the...

BAT - Read Adriennes Toghraie's books. They are the best on this type of issue.