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    where to find coding gigs for traders?

    here's 2 gigs for you. I have a c# wpf gui and I need it refactored to use caliburn.micro mvvm. Also, I need the intellij erlang plugin to use rebar3 insterad of rebar.
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    Long and Short ATM Straddles are Dead Money - But a very accurate indicator of future stock movement

    I guess I didn't understand why you think a straddle is dead money. You can buy/sell a straddle with 6+ months to maturity for a volatility play and exit a few days/weeks after you enter.
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    ETFs and corporate actions - Trading the un-tradable.

    there's a component "cash in lieu" of delivering shares. also, your broker most likely will give a large haircut if you 95% balanced
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    Long and Short ATM Straddles are Dead Money - But a very accurate indicator of future stock movement

    you don't have to hold the straddle until expiration. and you don't have to hold short maturity straddles
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    ETFs and corporate actions - Trading the un-tradable.

    you do not need the entire constituent basket to create/redeem.
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    Backtesting is sooo confusing , anyone got a good guide to learn how to do one?

    most do not use excel for this. Since you can code then program it. get data timeseries iterate over it on each iteration execute your logic calculate position/pnl/risk ...
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    Robots could replace workers in new S.F. burger joint

    automate chipotle. whenever I see a line of more than 2 people I go somewhere else
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    How do financial reporters find quotes?

    reporters call people up and ask for a quote. more likely, the "quoter" calls up the reporter for marketing purposes. Give it a try yourself: call some reporter, give a nonsensical quote, and see if it will be published ...(jerky boys)
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    Short ES Put Spread

    I see it trading 13.5/13.75
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    MCD is in big trouble. May not exist in 5 years

    MCD is taking over oprah studios as its new headquarters
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    Critique my Brexit option play

    1x2
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    What does Brexit mean for the stock market?

    buy the dip
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    Does any Android app have Mobile Notifications for Trailing Stops?

    almost all brokers provide text alerts for a trailing stop.
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    What Programming Language For Trading Jobs ?

    no you would not need to learn another language. as a finance student you would probably come across as an idiot if you said (or thought) you knew java or c++
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    What Programming Language For Trading Jobs ?

    since you're a finance student just learn python. you dont even really need to know python that well just learn this library and you can do a lot: http://pandas.pydata.org/
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    Realtime list of top advancing and declining stock symbols (US)

    cheapest would be to open an IB account and listen for top 50 advancers/decliners. Downloading a realtime stream doesnt make sense. maybe a snapshot is what you're thinking
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    What happens when a company gets bought and you are caught short?

    if you're short you lose money. yes, there's enough liquidity at a new level.
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    So, what happened here while I was gone?

    https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2016/comp-pr2016-98.pdf :cool:
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    What makes Successful Traders?

    no. orderflow meaning taking the other side of a flow of orders... marketmaking
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    What makes Successful Traders?

    orderflow
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