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First at all, how do the investors know whether a fund is really carrying out the daily trading activities it says? Q http://www.cftc.gov/opa/enf06/opa5226-06.htm As alleged in the complaint, the defendants accepted money from individual customers and placed the money in an account in...

Thanks. In one word: Overtrading!

Too many options of options! :) Q http://www.corporates.abnamro.com/corporates/docs/product/FM_RatesOptions_products.jsp The range of products offered by the group is expanding on an almost daily basis. Exotic FX Options * Long dated FX options * Quanto FX options *...

Are there any technical/ quantitative analysis to back this huge loss that we could learn a valuable lesson? How about the technical/ quantitative analysis based on the model/ strategy you're currently using/ developing when applying it to this scenario? I would be quite intrigued to know...

Do we know where the $5 billion money has gone (within the week)? If we know of that for sure, we could make some money by wisely investing to the right places right now. :cool:

Probably there's a fundamental problem with Hunter's trading model/ strategy. Q This week's implosion was not the first for Hunter, says Kuntz. "He had a previous blowup at Deutsche Bank that the CEO of Amaranth told us they were quite aware of when they hired him. They said they ran the...

In one week?

How do you lose $5 billion in one week? http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CNBC/TVReports/HedgeFundDropsFiveBillionDollars.aspx Q Amaranth Advisors has violated a cardinal rule of investing: Never make a trade that could put you out of business. The Greenwich, Conn.-based...

Are there any traders using this ABN platform? Any further comments? Q Interest on account balances marketindex currently pays 1% interest on all customer account balances denominated in Euros. This interest is calculated continuously on a second-by-second basis and posted daily to your...

As the firm has already placed some trust in your system by putting certain resources of programming, administration and venture negotiation time to your invention, probably the firm would be quite willing to allocate a small amount of risk money for you to trade their account to be managed by...

How much do I have to pay for watching an annual contest among all ET gurus: All the big names on ET we know? :cool:

Here is an opinion from a newbie, I guess perhaps we need first to develop a valid/ proper back-testing methodlogy which is able to verify/ prove whatever whoesoever telling us about trading. :confused:

"Mental break-down from TA?" Newbies say: What? Elder says: Good, buy my books! Vendors say: No, never, TA's perfect. Loser traders say: Bad really. Breakeven traders say: OK, fine with us. Winner traders say: Don't worry, just keep doing. :D

Not a good idea - A Newbie forum would only have posters of Real newbies and Vendors. A really very good idea - All Real traders would encounter the vendors no more, hopefully.

What's that? I'm here to learn. Bye! :confused: "walther" http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30920&highlight=walt%2A

Obviously you don't have a good answer. :D

LOL. Perhaps you expect too much from others. :D

Month > Growth By 100.00% 0 > $100,000 1 > $200,000 2 > $400,000 3 > $800,000 4 > $1,600,000 5 > $3,200,000 6 > $6,400,000 7 > $12,800,000 8 > $25,600,000 9 > $51,200,000 10 > $102,400,000 11 > $204,800,000 12 > $409,600,000 13 > $819,200,000 :D

Looks like TT has done a very good thing to many vendors alike. :D

Take your time. :)