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    Nassim Taleb-Advised Universa Tail Fund Returned 3,600% in March

    I recall reading a different story. But it does not matter. Huge congrats to them for doing fabulous.
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    Nassim Taleb-Advised Universa Tail Fund Returned 3,600% in March

    Taleb own fund called Emperica had to close doors in 2006 or 2007 after bleeding money for 4-5 years in a row. Wonder when this guy started. Imagine he started 10 years ago.
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    Best Economists in History?

    Milton Friedman is another name worth the title.
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    IB Margin requirements rising as VIX falls, reaching nonsense levels

    We had gold trades today. I could not believe my eyes, Initial margin on 1 gold futures contract was almost $24,000. We were testing higher margin level of our account size during night and early morning. We wired more money today, just in case for next week. I am like 24K - WTF.
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    Bernie Sander dropped out+ oil opec cut = bullish

    these guys do not understand that trading involves actual trades and can be verified. Similar to him claiming shorting spy at 340. It never traded this high.
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    Another super green day....

    You and Dozuu act as such great contrarians recently.
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    Another super green day....

    Official you are either idiot or troll.
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    Thinking of hiring a programmer... Help very welcomed

    Spot on. It took us 2 years to iron out most bugs in our algos. That is why I asked how much money he manages. if it is not in 10s of millions, the uplift costs to get it properly working will be too big, and standard solution mix is the best way. Plus the question about cost would requires...
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    11 year bull mkt. 4 week bear mkt. Up 26% in 2 weeks for a new bull mkt . Life's great !

    Why tomorrow, tonight markets are open.
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    What's the best back testing program?

    In the funds where public is allowed. He said it himself more than few times, that those funds are nothing like medalion, but people obviously did not listen.
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    Gotta love ZERO RISK in the SP500 = $$$

    In reality these numbers mean shit.
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    Any recommendation for IB alternative?

    Jesse welcome to the forum. IB strength is their technology to execute trades, breadth of markets and financial stability. They are not great at charts or data. There are plenty of people who advertise here you can also try.
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    What's the best back testing program?

    Tell it to Jim Simmons and his colleagues running Medallion. While we are no where near them, not even close, following their footsteps so to speak, and got some confirmations from the book. Some things in the book can only be grasped by those who doing it. Like I said, your whole style depends...
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    11 year bull mkt. 4 week bear mkt. Up 26% in 2 weeks for a new bull mkt . Life's great !

    Indeed, but it is wishful thinking at this point since no one has any idea how this all unfolds for the rest of the year, plus this is election year on top of things.
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    What's the best back testing program?

    this sentence alone will make anyone who trades for a while smile.
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    What's the best back testing program?

    no idea what you talking about. Are you using their backtest wizard???? You could be using is wrong. I coded my own completely and it is spot on. I have been using Ninja for over 14 years, and used other systems as well. Ninja is the best value for the money without a doubt. It does have...
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    11 year bull mkt. 4 week bear mkt. Up 26% in 2 weeks for a new bull mkt . Life's great !

    let’s hope for our society sake you are correct. If all we ended up with is 1 month bear market amid world being shut down, I would say it is f...ckn spectacular.
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    Thinking of hiring a programmer... Help very welcomed

    Nothing you mentioned is impossible. Hope you have a large bankroll as it will cost you. To develop, test, launch and provide post go live support. I am both trader and programmer, that is why I can say it with certainty. My advice, find someone good, it will save you money in long run. it all...
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    What's the best back testing program?

    Please elaborate. Ninja 7 had few flaws performance related, Ninja 8 uses multi-core and is fantastic. TradeStation is for retail, so is Ninja of course, but Ninja has full power of c# where TradeStation uses a scripting language. You can not automated with that anything serious. You need to...
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