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    Hedge Fund Strategies

    Since you did not hear the first time, I will repeat: Yes. First, they get rid of technical analysis. Then they create the automated system. What, you though they huddled together, programming moving averages and MACDs??? I worked for two investment banks. They did not sit around the...
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    Hedge Fund Strategies

    arbs, and many other complex strategies that require a lot of computational power and proprietary methods. You are not going to find your Holy Grail down this path. (BTW, I will not have more to offer if you keep digging)
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    Hedge Fund Strategies

    Yes. First, they get rid of technical analysis. Then they create the automated system. What, you though they huddled together, programming moving averages and MACDs??? I worked for two investment banks. They did not sit around the tables, plotting the length of RSI to use...
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    Got System Cocked, Where Do I Shoot?

    Even more bizarre than your previous thread you abandoned.
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    Market Profile chat rooms

    well, thank heavens we get an endorsement from someone with 1 whole post!!! But a one-day try-out for only "$25" is not very enticing either. I am sure you wouldn't mind pointing to where he gets his trades audited, so we can verify.
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    bigfoot found???

    News report said the remains were opossum DNA... Stay tuned!
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    98% of Traders Fail? Says Who...?

    I would liken trading to this: 1) John reads two books on successful gambling. 2) John takes $5000 to Vegas. 3) John starts playing at various games 4) The house has the edge. [as is the case with the market VS. new traders. Part of it is commissions, slippage, data/other feeds...
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    98% of Traders Fail? Says Who...?

    Trading 101 BM2: The tighter the stop, the more losses there are. There is NO free lunch. I agree with the previous poster; you are in for serious trouble with such a simplistic understanding....
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    No China ETF commercial during Olympics

    Terrified. Now I won't sleep tonight...
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    Can I do this?

    Get rid of volume, and you will be ahead
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    Utility of Approach - Guidance

    On the contrary, technical analysis and indicators are the focus of a huge amount of belief and opinion. When studied, they tend to fall apart. Hopefully, in a year or so, you will understand, after tech indicators have eaten up a lot of your time, hope and money. It is a shame you are...
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    Pure Tick - Last Day for Trading Alerts

    I am sure you have already researched supplements and foods, but I extracted this from a reliable site. Blueberries Their high antioxidant properties have moved the tiny fruit from muffin filler to health food favorite. Anthocyanin, the pigment which colors the berry, provides much of its...
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    Pure Tick - Last Day for Trading Alerts

    It is more likely that most of Alex's paying customers bail after observing that he is full of it. That is why he needs to keep searching for fresh meat. It is also why he avoids audited results like the plague. Successful rooms rarely need to advertise.
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    Utility of Approach - Guidance

    Stop trying to string together indicators and stop depending on backtests. They rarely walk going forward. If you want to trade profitably, you have to decide whether you are willing to put in the screen time to learn how markets work and move. it is called "Price Action" If you bury...
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    Photos of Israel's Georgian war - horrors

    So True. If Islam disappeared tomorrow, more than half the world's dangerous events would evaporate.
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    TWS using Dial Up Internet

    Most areas can get satellite internet also.l http://www.business.com/directory/telecommunications/satellite_communications/satellite_internet_providers/
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    Will The Futures Market Kill The Options Golden Goose?

    What does the title: "Will The Futures Market Kill The Options Golden Goose?" have to do with explosive growth? If it no longer grows rapidly, they still have a lot of options trading. This article is inane. It makes it sound like rapid growth will halt all options trading.
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    Utility of Approach - Guidance

    A backtest and 5 dollars will get you a cup of coffee...
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    Prime Brokerage vs. Synthetic Prime Brokerage

    I googled: "Sometimes, trading through equity swaps is referred to as `synthetic prime brokerage' - with the swap contract deployed as a substitute for borrowing stock to achieve a short position, or equity finance to achieve leverage on the long side."
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    POLL: Are Fibonacci numbers a worthless or expensive crutch when it comes to trading?

    Why do people keep saying stupid things like this? "self-fulfilling, etc." Lots of people used witch doctors. Does that mean he cured their cancer? Lots of people play the lottery. Does that mean most of them win? If most people want to be long, doesn't that mean more buyers than...
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