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I remember when I was trading full time, vacations were hard. I was an independent option MM so I always had inventory. I had to reduce my risk for 2 to 3 trading days, then not make money for a week and the cost of the vacation. When it was slow, the last thing I wanted to do was not make money...

That is a good question, but I do not have a line, it is more of an over all comfort level I get.

Since I has to google for what they are, no they are no metrics I look at.

Unfortunately, for those of us that did not take that path, that Bio gets you in the door to make your pitch.

I do not know any on the equity side that has those.

You are all correct on the performance fee, my bad. Sorry about that.

One more quick comment for those that are looking to start a hedge fund. If I'm a great home cook and can make awesome food for my family and friends, that does not mean I can do the same for a restaurant feeding 200 to 300 people per meal with front of the room and back of the room staff. Just...

That is not the way it works. There are no guarantees. If I put up $100,000 to invest in a hedge fund my money is at risk and those risks are on the disclosures. The 2% often just covers employees, accountants, Admins, office space etc. If they do not make money, most hedge funds General...

I would not invest with a manager that does not have "skin in the game." Most do.

It is a matter of direction and scale. If you choose to go it on your own and can make the money you want to make on your own, then that is your path. If your goals or expectations are larger, you need scale. "Small" hedge funds manage $5mm to $50mm. Yes, that is my opinion. Some say small is...

That is a hard question to answer, as I do not know your strategy or target investor. If you are going to target wealthy investors vs allocators, I'd say the minimum for futures would be $100K and the minimum for Equity/Options is $250,000, but they are not hard numbers. The less access you have...

The question was , what is the next step? If you do not have an interesting strategy with acceptable risk reward, that is the end of your journey. We work with a number of small hedge funds that have formed their LP and LLC and only use their funds or an angel investor to build that track...

I agree 100% with SunTrader. A minimum of 12 months of trading just that strategy and then get it verified.

Different software for futures.

Futures?

Most companies, on their website, offer the ability to sign up for news updates under investor relations.

Thank you. Is it also fair to say that for live data, this is more of an Institutional offering and not for the retail market? and, the back testing data and futures live and back testing data might be more apt to be targeting both retail and Institutional clients from a cost stand point?

Sophia-Can we assume your live streaming data is subject to non-display fees for equities, option and futures?

I have and will respond to any question here as long as it is a response that compliance allows. Remember, I work for a regulated broker dealer.