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Yes, the outcome is known immediately after the event. Just think of a coin flipping game... I just wonder if this can be insured and how much would/should the insurance cost. Of course this is just theory, but it could be helpful in some price model developments.

Oops sorry I forgot that. Let's say it is the same amount. Ie. $100 brings either $100 profit, or one loses the invested $100.

Yes, you can PM me. Thanks.

Let's say an event with 2 possible outcomes (for example up/down) has a 50% probability for each. If you 'invest' (ie. bet) $100 into this event and want insure your bet against a loss, then how much should the insurance cost? Can this be calculated?

Let's say I buy 1000 shares of XYZ for $10/share. At the same time I buy 10 married put contracts for $20 each, totalling $200. The put option will protect the shares against losses. Now, is there a way to also protect ("insure") the $200 amount paid for the options against losses? Or am I...

Not to forget the meteor which is expected to hit the earth 3 minutes later...

Tomorrow Black Friday? (I personally don't think so, but I guess many have such fears for tomorrow because of the developments this week; ie. terror warnings, soaring oil prices etc.)

Another way of daytrading with less than 25K is what Serge of Genesis (www.gndt.com) once told me that one also can join/create an LLC account, or several people can create a joint account.

Found at fnance.yahoo.com: 1:26PM Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang establishes 10b5-1 Plan (YHOO) 30.79 +0.23: According to today's 8-K, co-founder Jerry Yang has established a Rule 10b5-1 plan for the trading of YHOO stock. Under the plan, Yang transferred 8 mln shares of YHOO to a "blind...

Ok, I had used the following schema: 3.95 + the usual ECN rebates + charges. I applied rebates only to half of the tickets, meaning half of the tickets do add liquidity (gets rebate), the other half take liquidity. When I ran the same backtests RMLtrading produced the least commissions...

Is there a web link to info on the API?

Jay, can this satellite feed of DTN be used also in Europe? BTW, can DTN also be contacted via email instead of phone? (because the phone nbr doesn't work if called from abroad).

For daytrading stocks with an average daily volume > 1 million, can a formula be formulated for the "right positionsize" if the following data is known: AvgDailyVolume for the past 10 days (example: 5 million) YesterdaysClosePrice (example: 25.00) YesterdaysVolume (eample: 5,250,000)...

Here's some interessting info about Richard Dennis: http://www.streetstories.com/rd_finan_trader.html Anyone know how he did/does since 1998?

Here are the links to the API of RMLtrading: API documentation: http://206.129.170.17/FrontEndServer/Front%20End%20Server%20Protocol.pdf API info and download links: http://www.rmltrading.com/tools/tradestream/default.asp http://www.tradestreamglobal.com/data_sites/download.html

Trade small, trade often, trade automatic --> daytrade using automatic program trading. Of course everything must be very well tested before. The development of such an automatic method can take about 6 mo or even more.

The following methods of Trout are typical for a daytrader: Risk Management Techniques Employed Loss limit of 1.5% on every single trade; will liquidate trade if breached. Loss limit of 4% of total equity on every day; will liquidate all positions and stop trading for the rest of the day...

Just take a look at Paul Tudor Jones, Monroe Trout and many others: http://www.streetstories.com/stt.html

TraderBrat is peanuts.

Here's the reason: A strategy gives with sub-penny usage: 154% without sub-penny usage: only 34% So, these gangsters know exactly how to rip the masses! Sub-pennywise! The volume makes it... And: the rounding effect eats up all ECN rebates, even x-fold! Forget INET!