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    What do you think about Shark Traders

    How does one get the takion platform for their firm?
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    Takion

    that contact doesn't work... they don't respond.
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    Takion

    I'm trying to obtain Takion for our prop firm and I can't get in contact with Takion. Any idea why they are not responding to emails from companies trying to use their product??
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    Bond pricing and leveraged bond questions

    So I'm trying to understand bond pricing and leveraged bonds. Could you help me a few questions? 1) When rates go up, how do bond prices go down? What's the mechanism here? If rates go up... I guess existing bond prices go down because they are only paying the older, lower rate? So if a bond...
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    Vega question

    This made sense to me.
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    Vega question

    Can someone provide me an intuitive explanation for why vega is highest for options ATM and why it gets lower for options OTM and ITM. Why do deep options have lower vega than the ATM counterparts???? I read this: http://www.theoptionsguide.com/vega.aspx and Natenberg... but the...
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    Equity-only firms vs equity derivative firms.

    But what about the equity-only shops that charge a fee (somewhere between $3 to $5 per 1000 shares) that do not require capital contribution? Is their hopes that you're gross positive, regardless of whether or not you're net positive? Do they just teach low-profitability strategies that may not...
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    Equity-only firms vs equity derivative firms.

    No you are totally right. A lot of these equity only firms have low fees... some of them are as low as 50% per 1k shares (Kershner), others are like $6-8 per share (Quad and FNY). But the theme is the same... throw a bunch of college kids into the fire and see what happens. It seems like they...
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    Equity-only firms vs equity derivative firms.

    So, in general, what do people think of firms like T3, Kershner, Chimera, WTS, Trillium, FNY vs other equity derivative firms like SIG, Jane St, Wolverine, Optiver, Bluefin etc. It seems like at the latter firms, the training is better (you at least learn about options), the methods are still...
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    Kershner Trading/SMB

    Yeah, what do people think of this? What do people know of either firm? How are they doing? What's their tech like?
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    The Dunning-Kruger effect

    I highly recommend McRaney's "you are not so smart" btw.
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    The Dunning-Kruger effect

    I thought Dunning-Kruger effect was more related to the overconfidence in ones knowledge of abilities in early stages of learning vs the skepticism of the more knowledgeable due to their understanding of the subject's complexity. The assumption seems to be that since most tasks are complex...
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    Bluefin trading vs other options mkt making firms?

    Not to give details or antagonize the firm, but it just wasn't the place for me.
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    Bluefin trading vs other options mkt making firms?

    Opinion on the firm? What other options market making firms are in NYC? Toro? Tower? Optiver in Chicago? Recommendations?
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    Back after several years...

    false.
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    Trading Rewind?

    Hi all, I basically want to know if there is a trading rewind data software? I'm trying to find rewind information on NLY and AGNC on 7/1/12 and VVUS of last year. Does anyone know of any software or rewind tool that allows me to watch the level 2 in rewind fashion? I basically want to know...
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    prop firm fees

    So wait, why do some firms in NYC like FNY get to charge $6 per 1000 shares with a 50/50 profit split or Quad get away with charging fees of $8 per 1000 shares and get a 50/50 profit share. How do firms like that even get traders to join? The support, training, trading team can't be worth that...
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    prop firm fees

    Really? I was under the impression (wrongly, by my former firm) that $3 per 1000 and a 55/45 P&L split was decent. How wrong is this? What kind of fee + profit split is a good one given that there is no training or real technology. Which firms offer $2 per 1000?
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    prop firm fees

    What does no split mean? Where do you get $3 per 1000 shares traded fee rates?
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