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  1. syswizard

    Language for automated trading system

    It's not really the data, it's the trading PLATFORM and the features it supports. The language is irrelevant. Anyone attempting to build their own trading platform is really undertaking a monumental project IMHO. Even having the IB API is just a starting point. There is no doubt that...
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    Is Trading Just Guessing?

    Perfect. Ask John Paulson who did a lot of homework before going "all in" before the subprime debacle became front-page material. That's the key....anticipation. That being said, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Paulson has now made a bad bet...
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    Check out this video interview

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/occupy-movement-a-collective-vague-effort-2011-10-08?pagenumber=2 US now a 3rd world nation. We have not yet hit bottom. Banks and Cities to go bust.
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    Auto Trading Idea

    This makes sense....and of course leaves you with a really small sample size of backtested trades. And this is not good in forward tests which may be live (real money). I think you've got to optimize the number of trade opportunities with a cut-off at the low end. Too many trades = high...
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    Tomorrows Stock Picks (Shorts)

    IMHO: NO. Reason: these companies still have mombo strong FUNDAMENTALS...and what's this: Earning's season coming up ! You could be standing in front of a freight train.
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    Epiphany Trading Is Dead -> Let's Get Some Money Back, And Put This Criminal In Jail!

    Exactly. Epiphany's likely NOT bankrupt....they just took the money and RAN ! If enough traders are involved, this is still definitely pursuable via FINRA.
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    Epiphany Trading Is Dead -> Let's Get Some Money Back, And Put This Criminal In Jail!

    Better move fast. I hear he is moving to Panama.
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    IB insufficient for more serious option trading

    Not recommended unless IB tech support has endorsed this release. Even minor release changes in Java can reek havok on an application. I've always felt this way about Java: the release the application was COMPILED ON should match the release it is RUNNING. Compile version = runtime version...
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    Account Destruction.

    All of this delta adjustment comes at a hefty price of commissions. And don't forget, you could really get whipsawed with this approach and have to adjust almost daily in a volatile market. This safety of course will penalize your profitability....and confirms the capital market theory of the...
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    Account Destruction.

    This is just another Niederhoffer-like story of selling premium. It's GREAT till it bites you. That being said, at least you weren't naked, and that would explain why you still have an account. Funny as it seems, getting a menial job at this point just might be your best remedy. After 6...
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    TBT long play

    This morning TBT bounced like a super-ball off of 18-even...despite the rout in equities. This could be "the sign". Of course, that was a 52 week low.....
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    Cassie's Pictorium

    She does look like Jessica Alba, no ? (I'm great visually with face recognition)
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    TBT long play

    15 would be a new worldwide recession coupled with a Greek default. Not saying it cannot happen. I definitely could.
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    Cassie's Pictorium

    Wait ! is that last pic on page 435 Jessica Alba...or a look alike ? Whew.....
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    Ray Dalio of Bridgewater

    Good question and it was likely only because he could afford to go there. Apparently this guy has a pattern of thinking that is contrary.....and that is why he can garnish those huge returns.
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    Ray Dalio of Bridgewater

    He is one wild-assed character !!
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    TBT long play

    Well guys, Friday's rout of equities ONCE AGAIN had TBT cratering as money poured into Treasuries. Is this the last "hurrah" for bonds ? I think so. All of the bond shorties have been so "smoked"....and that is a great precursor to the move up in interest rates from all-time historic lows...
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    Ray Dalio of Bridgewater

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-hedge-fund-mixes-ayn-rand-behavioral-psych-2011-09-27?pagenumber=1 After reading the above story, he's quite a character, no ? In a March 2011 Barron's interview...
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    Momentum Traders' Construction of Price

    A few comments, but first, back to market basics: 1) Current price reflects all known information; there is no systemic mis-pricing. 2) no one trader can significantly affect market prices in the long run. That being said, everyone thinks the algos have proven the capital market theory as...
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    TOS/TDA down again. :(

    That's an interesting thought. In the early days of Java, some programmers had created de-compilers that effectively produced Java source code from Class files. I don't think there is something out there like that today though. And even if you had the Java source for TOS, it would still need...
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