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    Due to different intricacies the strategies I have traded for a Hedge Fund based in Chicago have...

    Due to different intricacies the strategies I have traded for a Hedge Fund based in Chicago have stopped working (at least in the original form) so I would love to find a new game and the way you describe PairTrading really excites me. Anyway please let me know if you are interested in...
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    I have read your posts regarding PairTrading with great attention and would love to talk to you...

    I have read your posts regarding PairTrading with great attention and would love to talk to you about this way of trading. The reason this approach resonates with me is that I have been a futures trader for nearly 10 years in London and the approach taken as well as the factors we used to...
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    Ping and Latency

    i trade futures (mainly fixed income), no stocks. have changed the clearer and will see how things work out there in the new year...
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    Ping and Latency

    that´s what i suspect. I´m actually going to switch to a different clearer and see how things work out. is there anything i can test/check/ask ahead of starting to trade? I´m thinking of number of connected remote traders for example or other things that could impact performance...
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    Ping and Latency

    I´ve traded in arcades for years and have tried to switch to home trading a few months back. Have a 100 mg fiber-optic line and ping time to my clearer´s server of around 40ms. Most of the time the connection was quite good and I didn´t notice any differnence vs. what I was used...
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    French central bank president attacks UK: Britain should be downgraded

    Agree on aircraft engines, can't really say much about the educational system and regarding pharma... In my previous professional life I used to look at some of the big pharma companies and their patent situation at the time looked dire (expiring patents vs. newly registered). Could have...
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    French central bank president attacks UK: Britain should be downgraded

    Don't want to spoil the party but what does the UK produce that the commonwealth contries can't get cheaper (China) or better (Germany) somewhere else...
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    Crisis in Europe -Who´s fault is it? Debtor´s or creditor´s?

    I don´t disagree with your view that politicians are at fault. The problem is that the democratic system is designed in a way to make spending public money the "best bet" for any politician in the world. It´s a classical problem of the right mixture between incentives and punishment. Now if...
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    Crisis in Europe -Who´s fault is it? Debtor´s or creditor´s?

    The pensioners are certainly one factor in the equation and I believe that they should take some of the heat too. If you think about it, a (civil?) war is unlikely to result from the anger of the silver generation. Now the frustrated un(der)employed youth could easily...
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    Crisis in Europe -Who´s fault is it? Debtor´s or creditor´s?

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjXl61uKq8c Like to lurke in here but seldomly post anything. As I have seen so many "upholders of moral standards" on this site lately I thought this video may make a few of them rethink their quick assessment that the current economic problems are ALL the...
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    Performance tracking software/platform

    Hey there, posted this question in another thread but without getting any reply... so once again. Can you guys recommend any good/reputable performance tracking software/platform? The intention is, obviously, to use the tracked results to try to raise capital down the line. Thanks.
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    My experiences as a Hedge Fund Startup

    my apologies in advance if it has already bean mentioned/listed somewhere earlier in this thread but could you guys please tell me a few credible performance tracking sites / platforms for the purpose of later raising capital from hedge funds / venture capitalists? thanks.
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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    I think it was invertedCurve who mentioned that correlations (obviously historical ones) have not been working at all lately. Having been successfully trading for a couple of years now several of my correlation-based strategies are struggling big time (actually I know for a fact that I am...
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    Marbella

    Take it easy man. I am not selling any tax advice or anything the like. My primary objective was to find other traders willing to share an office in the area. In the process I mentioned that there my be some efficient tax-solutions for the individuals depending on the specific...
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    Marbella

    The best option I came across is Hepps but that is just worth the effort if you make enough. There are a few more exotic structures but these are, as far as I can tell and I am not an expert, more grayish.
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    Marbella

    Well I am going to relocate there soon. As I honestly believe that the days of an arcade giving you any kind of edge have long evaporated (having been there for years now) I would like to rent an office space and share it with other traders (not to keen about trading from home). The exact...
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    Marbella

    Anyone trading from Marbella? I know there is the alternative of commuting to Gibraltar but just wondering if anybody is currently (or interested in) trading from an office in Marbella instead?
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    Equity Prop Shops / Arcades in Europe?

    Having been successful in the trading business for more than 5 years now (futures) I have started looking closer at cash equities (mainly because the bread and butter trade has, temporarly(?), been %^&* recently) but have not been able to find any prop shops (similar ones to Echo or Bright in...
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    Market Makers

    Previous reply is a bit chaotic (following the market, two blogs and replying here seems to much for my brain)... but the point I was trying to make with the last sentence is that perhaps the reality in Europe and the US are different. Our market makers also seem to make a lot more $ as the...
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    Market Makers

    Thank you guys for all your answers. For the time being I am not really interested in joining an options trading team as it would obviously take some time learning the ins and out of the trade and also because I am probably too old for it anyway. On top I am earning an excellent living as...
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