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    Mathematical expectation

    Open excel, put all your trades in a workbook in dollar win-loss. Take average, standard deviation. To get Pr(win) just do this for your winners (ie. trades with P&L >0) the opposite for Pr(loss) (ie. trades with P&L < 0) Once you have that use z-score formula to figure out the probability...
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    How do you calculate your return if you sell a currency and buy back later

    (Close In Ticks * TickValue - Open In Ticks * TickValue)/(Margin Used)
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    CL move today

    Consider seasonal strips and spreads within those strips; Summer, Winter, Fall and Spring. Also consider that sometimes participants must "buy / sell", regardless of price, to re-balance. I think you're smart enough to figure out the rest.
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    FX SCAM

    happens in every market
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    Question about selling a strategy

    This might help you out: https://www.topsteptrader.com/challenge
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    Question about selling a strategy

    Haha yea, ET'ers all about the easy money / do no work / show no value and demand to be paid. The individual who busted their ass for 3-months is now trading full-time. Go figure. If you're selling a system, chances are, it probably sucks. (just like the 'news app' which is just a RSS reader...
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    Question about selling a strategy

    I bid $0.01
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    Realistically suing the Federal Reserve in a class action lawsuit

    Dude weren't you the same guy trying to get money from every single lawyer? Did you manage to get any damages? are you cookoo for coco puffs?
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    Charting software that plots spreads

    CQG does this. So does tradingview.com
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    Windows tablet for futures trading

    lenovo x220 tablet -- or any lenovo thinkpad tablet
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    From $10,000 to $100,000 in 6 months.

    Another ambitious journal; ruined by the usual suspects
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    Look for a good intro database book

    :confused: commonly used format? WHAT format? -- (spoiler: there is no commonly used format) You should start by learning what a database is; and the components to a database, like tables, table entry types (string, bigint, boolean, etc), how to add/remove entries, drop tables, etc...
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    TT Algo Design Lab

    It's pretty straightforward with the exception of a few features that are not as intuitive. Just call up their dev team and you can usually have someone make a quick template that you can try to dissect and learn from.
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    The Holy Grail Of Trading Has Been Found: HFT Firm Reveals 1 Losing Trading Day In 12

    'Thievery' is a far fetched claim; whats more likely is that you can't/don't know how to compete. if you put out a limit order, you are providing liquidity. does not matter if its manual, automated or HFT
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    100% Guaranteed Way to Blow Up ANY System

    100% guaranteed way to blow up any system.
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    server hosting near CME

    VPS at CBOT building. Enjoy. http://fdcservers.net/virtual_servers.php
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    HFT Pays: CEO Of Firm Selling His NY Mansion For $114 Million

    what a bunch of haters
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    Visual Studio c++ API sample code

    Try XTRADER API or CQG API. Stop being blatantly lazy
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    Balance between trading and career

    Couldn't have said it better. I think this is a common struggle in the process of becoming a better trader. The need (or desire? but probably out boredom) to be IN a trade and/or simply being impatient for the next signal to arrive. Coupled with becoming too lose and becoming less systematic...
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    Is a HFT account subject to day trading regulation?

    Yes. whats the difference? how does it change just because you have an automated strategy?
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