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The Wolf of Wall Street. DiCapro and Scorsese are releasing a movie this year. Read the book before the movie comes out. Other great reads, Marty Schwartz's book, Pit Bull. Fiasco, bad ass derivatives trader "ripping" their clients

Ackman ain't stupid. By this point, he's probably sold out a bunch for a profit or hedged himself.

I know what you are talking about. If you actually ever been in a real event during market hours, most of the time, all the stops will get blown through but they will get hit. Talking about the indices like the TF.

Nah, dude. When you are actively watching the markets and can hit the "close position" button at any moment, a stop-limit is fine. In terms of execution, it's probably faster since being on the exchange, you are first in queue. Away from the market, using a a regular stop loss is better.

It seems that if a market event occurs during the market hours, a stop-limit will get it at that price. But if say the disaster hits when the exchange is offline like Sunday, I would think your stop-limit will get bypassed. Never had that happened to me.

Stop-limit is supported at the exchange. Stop are simulated by IB. I always use stop-limit. Might be ur cause.

Don't know what you are talking about. I regularly trade the TF during regular session. My stops don't slip much or at all. Even after hours. I use IB

Hmmm, he mentions the possibility of a second book, detailing his horses. I hope he does write another on.

Yeah, his book was really enjoyable. The one thing I would be interested in knowing is how he would fare today. Could his methods hold up? So many changes since the 80s, it would probably be tough for him to make it today.

Look up ETL. Something like Microsoft SSIS is probably what you are looking for. Not sure if there is an open source alternative. It's a 4GL tool that allows you to visually program your data load. 4GL simply means its graphically. I really think tools like SSIS and Ab Initio are a big...

The guy with the stop loss gets hit for a (relatively) small loss. The guy without a stop loss endures the plunge and is CURSING the diaster that just happened. Luckily he will recover if he didn't panic and sell at the bottom. Now what if it really was an actual bombing event like the...

Dammit! Didn't have my newsfeed up. By the time I found out the cause, markets were back up. :mad:

AP Twitter feed hacked. False report of White House bomb explosion.

Ouch, why would you do this? The verdict on House of Cards ($100 million endeavour) was going to be a mover for this stock, whether up or down. By the way, love the series. Watch the entire thing in almost a straight session. Good shyt :D

He didn't do anything fraudulent. He just SUCKED. :p

It's unfortunate. Zaky was SO spot-on as Apple kept climbing. It's the classic case of falling in love with a company. When he opened the hedge fund, he did try shorting it at certain highs but it goes to show you when you have REAL money on the line, the pressure can cloud your...

There's a torrent of R goodies for those you are into that kind of thing. Just do a search.

Typically volatility is lower on a Friday, especially towards the close. There are exceptions like triple witching. But usually there is enough action in the morning to do something. Plus as an equities trader, your window of opportunity is 9-4 M-F, which is less than a standard 9-5 job...

I didn't answer. They called twice, left message, asked if I was coming to the event.

First time I've ever been cold-called by the Expo. They must be pretty desperate. The simple fact is that there isn't anything worthwhile to see anymore.