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    "Art of the Arb" Book for Sale

    Looking for a copy of Rob Friesen's book "Art of the Arb" hard or digital copy pm me please with offers
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    Currency Strength Meter Trading as therapy for ex control freaks

    plenty of fx dealers willing to market the next wiz-bang wiglet to their clients .... get a good lawyer tho..... ;)
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    Currency Strength Meter Trading as therapy for ex control freaks

    Teach it to the computer, backtest, forward test - then license the technology.... ;)
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    IB Hong Kong based accounts transferred to newly formed IB HK

    Actually the victims of both MFG & Lehmans had their lives severely disrupted & only after many years of stress did some of them get even a partial repayment of their own money it is unlikely that any will ever be made whole let alone compensated. Apparently ( according to IB staff ) there...
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    NYSE Kills ‘Land Mine’ Order Type Some Blame for August Mayhem

    Insurance costs money - the only real stop is a long put / call & that maybe about to get a whole lot more expensive What was not mentioned above is that BOTH Nasdaq & NYSE are ending GTC orders as well as stops. ? anyone smell something burning - like a meltdown about to happen?
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    IB Hong Kong based accounts transferred to newly formed IB HK

    IMHO Sounds like IB may be ring fencing its risk & getting ready for a possible meltdown. Shifting risk away from account protection & dumping it on clients & the incompetence of the hk authorities - who ALWAYS side with big business interests anyway. -) ( I may be wrong - come on IB come up...
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    Lets say we really default past the 17th. how does this impact joe six pack?

    Consider this The entire financial & business world relies ( foolishly?) on the borrower of 1st resort ie Treasury debt to back their operations & stow their cash IF the faith in the T debt is shaken or they do default, how do you see the banks, brokers, clearing houses, pension companies...
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    Masters in Financial Engineering

    OK, Sure there is no easy answers, however here is the rub, markets are getting more & more computer traded, meanwhile access to facilities & meaningful computational power is increasing, so how does a manual trader learn the skills to evolve, compete & survive? btw its an old problem...
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    Masters in Financial Engineering

    Has anyone here actually done an MFE ? If so did it help in the real world of trading? ie can you make real & consistent money in the markets from what you learnt (as opposed to salary & bonus etc) ? Be interested to hear your experiences
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    Yep I am 12 yrs old (several times over) no am naive , have lived in many countries around the world & in my experience if you mind your own business & do not offend people & try to fit in with the locals you will be fine wherever you go. however being an expat is not for the faint...
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    Taxes are such an important issue in profitability & flexibility so other places to consider would include Brunei, UAE, Qatar, Vanuatu, & anywhere else that has the basic good manners to keep their hands out of my pockets. ? Why kowtow to thieves? - there is a choice! :cool: btw There are...
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    Hong Kong - Asia's Word City 1) Zero tax for personal investments, 2) Great infrastructure & access to international news & markets, 3) Very central to most of East Asia making a lot of fantastic getaways just a few hours (air)bus ride away Of course there are lots of good...
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    Comissions should be percentage based ONLY on winning trades

    Has anyone thought why do we still need brokers & why the exchanges have not simply cut the middle man out of the deal in this electronic world - the exchanges already self clear, it would only be another step to manage the increased numbers of customers & / merge with a large broker to create a...
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    IB and Java

    has anyone managed to get tws working with an externally hosted java server - say on another machine on the lan?
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    ProfitSource software

    has anyone got a genuine but unregistered copy of this for sale?
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    News Scanning Software

    http://www.marketnewsanalyzer.com/
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    News Scanning Software

    http://www.marketnewsanalyzer.com/
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    Crazy Names for Complex Options

    on the start page, strategy wizard, advanced, tlj backspread - just testing at the mo, but it seems to produce several andidates for further analysis - yet to follow the end results.
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    Crazy Names for Complex Options

    OOPS!! :eek: Yes it should read; in oct stock @ 81.xx sell 3 jan 60 puts buy 5 apr 62.5 puts sell 3 jan 120 calls buy 5 apr 120 CALLS BTW Optiongear has a scan for tlj spreads. & Hey the view from the mountain is great!:cool: OK, Back to meditation @ the monastery!:)
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    Crazy Names for Complex Options

    TLJ Backspread: Known as the "Tarzan Loves Jane" trade due to the risk graph looking like a combination of swinging vines. It combines the best of strikes, months to expiration, and ratios of buys to sells while exploiting volatility. This type of trade is very sensitive to changes in implied...
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