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    Dark Pool / Spead B/Ds ? (for stat arb)

    Hmm... I looked at the FIX specs for BATS and there isn't any restriction for sending a BATS DarkScan (18=z) with TIF = IOC (59=3)
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    Dark Pool / Spead B/Ds ? (for stat arb)

    What's BATSDS? I googled it with no luck... do you mean BATS Dark?
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    What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    Hi, In an effort to turn the thread from the good ole love-jack hate-jack quarrel, let's add a bit of content. I've found a few articles by advancetrading magazine that deal with the top quant school programs from the street's perspective...
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    The 30 most costly trading errors

    "27. Trading a deliverable contract without having delivery capacity" This one could be interesting... specially when you get a call regarding when you're gonna go by to pick up your 12,000 heads of live cattle...
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    What are they going to do with the FAZ?

    once it's trading in the pennies then it's pretty much the same as buying a put option... just that you don't really know the strike price... or the expiration date... :)
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    Starting a new prop firm

    Does any of these firms (besides swift) have it's own proprietary software, or are they all trading off sterling?
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    Anyone interview with Optiver?

    try this one :) 1, 1, 8, 3125, 262144, 62748617, 37822859361
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    Title Trading

    Jeje... I don't work for Tittle... I work @ swift. :) but I keep an eye on the competition... and them charging a markup/markdown is the kind of stuff I notice...
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    Title Trading

    As far as I know Title doesn't apply markups... they make their money from the traders who make money, not from the ones who fail...
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    Anyone interview with Optiver?

    Any one knows what kind of trading platform is Optiver using? Bloomberg?
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    Financial Statement Analysis

    Try "Investing With Giants" by Linda Mead. It's a great book that takes you through some 100 years of stock history while analyzing how the information found on the company statements reflected on their long term price. Hope it helps. :)
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    Swifttrade Interview

    What more reason do you need to learn French? :)
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    Regulated Prop Firms

    As long as the felony conviction happened > 10 years ago... you're not subject to statutory disqualification. :)
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    Swifttrade Interview

    Well yeah, you might be right on that. But my experience is that I've seen really smart guys, including guys who hold series 7, 63, 55... try for months and fail to adapt to the risk system... And I've seen pretty dumb guys who think they're trading Intel when they're looking at INTL... and...
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    Swifttrade Interview

    Well... the dumb guys usually don't last too long and they're gone in a matter of weeks, or months at the most. But the guys who get the grip of the risk system, they're able to make good money for themselves. There isn't much trading provided at Swift offices cause there's no substitute for...
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    EWT, why halted?

    This came out yesterday around 3:30... iShares Taiwan Fund (EWT) options activity rose to 150X the usual. 59,000 contracts traded and call volume representing 59 percent of the activity. http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/unusualactivity/?id=2226
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    Put-Call Arbitrage in Practice

    Can you expand on the "combination screen" please? thanks, Eusdaiki
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    Arbex Trading

    hmm Maybe Bright trading?
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    Geithner: Citibank still in distress, bailout funds not really working...

    Interesting... the bear might have a roar or 2 left... I've said it before and I say it again... No one can hold the market... not even the US gov...
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    Advice for a recent college grad - Global Trading Institute?

    If you trade with their capital all you have to lose is your time...
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