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This is the reason why I think it could be a good investment- but then a Government can do what they want (well, maybe in the US!). I cant see them making it illegal to own gold in Europe/UK. Gold is also used in electronics (motherboards etc). Have any of you guys ever looked at the "real...

The thing which really puts me off heavily investing in gold (as opposed to silver) is that you can't really do anything with gold. Silver has industrial usages. In other words, if people got the idea "ooooo isnt that gold pretty!" out of their heads, gold wouldn't have any value to it? what...

Ah ok- algo is a subset of HF :)

Hi, I know a little about the markets (not a massive deal, but more than a notive) and i am interested in making money from this hobby via gold and silver. Before I begin "trading" (either spread betting, mining stocks or bullionvault) I wanted to try and increase my knowledge to minimize the...

Hi, In "All about High Frequency Trading", by Michael Durbin, he seems to imply that HF and algo trading are completely different and that HF is more about arbitrage/market-making whereas algo trading is about stat arb. Can anybody advise on this?