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    The Best Trading Proverbs

    You don't have to make money to make money
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    Where do you find these stats/graphs??

    gold mine
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    Where do you find these stats/graphs??

    what stuff are you looking for? you can get data from quandl and play import pandas as pd import Quandl df= Quandl.get('YAHOO/INDEX_GSPC') df['pct'] = df['Adjusted Close'].pct_change() df['dt'] = df.index df['cumdiff']= df['dt'].where(df['pct']< -.02) df.cumdiff =...
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    Create a SQL database from csv files

    I have no clue about access but you could loop over each file and import the data into sqlite appending to a table http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14431646/how-to-write-pandas-dataframe-to-sqlite-with-index
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    Introduction to ATS

    start here and incorporate trading logic
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    Using CQG API for C#

    optioncity
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    How to compile data

    they have excel good luck
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    Using CQG API for C#

    yes I used c#. docs are fine. the new way to subscribe to instruments seems to fix a problem of subscribing but never getting data for an instrument.
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    Using CQG API for C#

    I used it in the past. No additional cost that I am aware of. One gotcha is that there is a message limit of around 15/second
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    Becoming a market maker

    you need to find a good market to make markets in. enough volume and liquidity, wide enough spread, access to orderflow, barriers to entry, clubby. So if I make markets in WTF options I want to be one of a few market makers, want the underlying to be very liquid, want it to be a call around...
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    hedge/ spread ratios

    heres some spread ratios, pca loadings, etc. The formulas used you can get off wikipedia or google them
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    Operating System Choice

    nasdaq runs linux http://lwn.net/Articles/411064/
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    Yet Another Prop Firm Hiring

    I dont know what T3 is and dont know anything about prop shops that are unlike those in Chicago. If you have to put money up then I consider it a brokerage firm, not a trading firm.
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    Yet Another Prop Firm Hiring

    I agree with maverick. I am in Chicago too, have worked for a few trading firms, and dont know any that require someone to put up money. The 800 resumes for 2 positions is a bit steep (what firms was that for?). You definitely need a degree the more technical and more prestigious the better but...
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    Genetic Programming, C project

    good luck. these projects never get off the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if 100% of projects posted here never go beyond the post itself.
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    Yet Another Prop Firm Hiring

    I was referring to the original poster. This Bulls On Wall Street firm seems to make money off a course. they are an education firm.
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    Here's a bare bones order status execution reporter you can run from commandline. You can run it, hit 'm' key and enter, place orders, see those orders in command prompt. maybe your problem was that you need to use reqAutoOpenOrders() and have clientID=0
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    IB API HOWTOs and Guidelines - For Beginners

    This approach will send order status through the orderStatus() method whenever it changes. No registering callbacks just simple subclassing
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    Yet Another Prop Firm Hiring

    there are many firms like that here. you get backed and get % of pnl. I dont know about training programs other than with options focused firms.
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    Look for a good intro database book

    I dont think I have ever seen 1000s of positions on a single underlying but more than 20 yes. I dont think it would be viable as a commercial product; just useful to someone who has positions up/down a curve, strikes, etc
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