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the interviews will be about maths and not much trading depth.. these guys basically do stat arb..and have some bright graduates around,... but no seasoned traders.

Hi, I am looking for a mentor to train with and willing to listen and learn . I am interested in equities and commodities and would really appreciate if anybody knows of a professsional or a retired profeesional that really knows how to trade. please pvt me if anyone can help

hi all , does anyone know where i can get the system called Anticipation for the S&P. thanks Tomcat

I understand your point and have taken it on board. i see you are a tape reader from you comments. i like to see the bar jump the resistance completely as confirmation together with other signals i look for. however, for this idea i have i am not interested in the the building up to the...

my defintion is simplefied into a vanilla form. 1. Breakout- Move over Previous H Move belowr Previous L Move over day High move over day Close 2. Retracement. a pullback from a H/L to another price level(supp/rst). I would like to know generally the odds on these plays. I also...

All, i was wondering whether anyone knows the odds or where i can find out the the stats for various tradng setups . i would like to know if any one can answer what are the odds of the following setups 1. breakouts 2, retracements 3. swing plays of Supp/res 4.hammers 5. MA cross's 6. hooks

and me too.... work aborad but back in leicester at weekends.

Would be intersting to here peoples view on reducing risk together with probabilties of reward.

All the expenses are a risk in my view, but its a buisness risk and not a market risk. keep the low is all we can do ...

Because people inherently do not like to confront naked risk, they are at first drawn towards black box trading and mechanical trading as the risk decision is taken from their hands, even though they may have designed the mechanical system themselves. The move away from mechanical trading to...

So everyone has there own definition of risk, but how to quanify it is another matter. The fact is there is a risk but what variable define the risk, what is the impact of the risk, how to measure the risk. we will all come up with different answers but it would be interesting to see how other...

Thanks ...I have just bought this.. Tomcat.

Hi, Can anyone recommend any books on risk mgt and VAR? Thanks, Tomcat

i trade this one alot... too soon to short... there are a couple of signs of weakness as it hits a resistance area, but there has been some buying today.. so i would wait abit for confirmation.

Mixing.. is a both causative and consequential occuring on the same bar.