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  1. MarkBrown

    mark brown said he found the holy grail.

    we didn't have any luck with any of the trading platforms out there because they were all geared towards retail operations. so we broke down and did our own. i really can't suggest any software that i know of for retail automation. we keep developing tradevec meanwhile. i will say that i...
  2. MarkBrown

    mark brown said he found the holy grail.

    That would be funny if it weren't so true! I have several friends tat lost everything. Those F0CKING regulator a$$holes, they come and audit you - tell me they didn't know? Bullcrap!
  3. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    peter aan comes to my mind he trades this way and has been very successful for a very long time. it works you have to have a certain emotional ability and i admire that trait. if you can do this then you probably will never have a problem implementing new and different ideas with that...
  4. MarkBrown

    WE are the 95%!

    EXPERIENCE
  5. MarkBrown

    WE are the 95%!

    yea but lets say higher education concerning actual trading intellect not: 1.) i am a doctor and im hot shit so 2.) i am a engineer and im hot shit so 3.) my daddy is a senator and im hot shit so 4.) my mommy is head of ebay and im hot shit so 5.) my mommy is head of hp and im hot shit...
  6. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    I SHOULD ALSO SAY ABOUT TIP 1.) that your chosen setting should also have a good steady sloping equity curve. the look of the equity curve is very important. if you have a downward hook right at the the end of the optimization discard that results. in the old days we wanted a system to...
  7. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    here here we are of kindred blood that agree 55 and i mostly like the pf to be 1.25 or greater but when i see it to big i worry it's just mush. i am happier with less performance and on close orders. but i don't trade those types systems anymore. im doing something different now other than...
  8. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    i would like to share on hint well a couple. 1.) when you find a system that works make sure that it has at least a variety of profitable settings that will all work. example settings 1-20 all make money then instead of taking he most profitable setting use the middle like setting 10. my...
  9. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    like jack is the answer? whats worst than a system over optimized? a work your ass off method that leave everything subject to interpretation? best of two evils 1.) follow jack heresy and his crew of idiots? 2.) follow a system which is over optimized? at least the optimized...
  10. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    spoken just like someone who can't so they run down those who can. whine whine whine i knew that once jack showed up his band of idiots would follow to destroy any decent thread on this fucked up board of jack cultist. m
  11. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    Adam Carolla eviscerates the Occupy Wall-street Movement
  12. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    this is true for all humans whether traders or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpXybTnGVg envy = give me what you have cause i don't want to work for it. you don't play fair bla bla bla. well my personal plan is to wipe out all the small little traders who don't have the money...
  13. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    we are a bd for many years and trade thru prime banks. we think we are definitively off the hook as far as technology. we monitor latency globally. also we have a retail software product that hopefully will become it's own virtual global exchange.
  14. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    yea it was real easy we just ported over our code from our outdated virtex-5 ;) what do i have a ( LISP ) when i talk lol m - the guy with the v-7 farm floating in the atlantic - you know i just realized i might be talking to my competition are you just on the equities side?
  15. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    how about a virtex-7 floating out in the middle of the atlantic for lowering latency? ;)
  16. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    thanks for the rare kind words, it's guys like Winston that make me work so hard. I admire them and want to help them but deep down think about those western movies I grew up on where they come gunning for you. You have to respect that. m
  17. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    you don't know about me obviously - i am kind ancient. just think of me as the trading version of cyrus the great ... or at the very least i am teispes. our trading goes 24/7 x 250 days x 5 markets in just one division. i work off a single 15" i7 macbookpro - any guess why? ""my...
  18. MarkBrown

    WE are the 95%!

    you guys are 99.99999 percenters imho
  19. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    ok step outside your body and minute and become mechanical. think what you said - spoken like - a democx, loser, jealous, commie, ignorant, wannabe, educated therefore entitled, get the picture. i was just like you and part of me still is i was brought up with that kind of thinking and one...
  20. MarkBrown

    How much does a HFT trader typically make?

    just myself and partner - the profits and frequency depends on the profit per trade we try and accomplish. well over 90% wins, i know it sounds crazy to the average trader. but i was working with a cray in the early 80's thru the mid 90's this is not an overnight success. it's a 25 year...
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