[Chicago] traders vs coders

[Joshua Herman]

I wonder if we can get someone from the Chicago mercantile exchange . I
think that would be interesting

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 5:58 PM Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Never read any of this stuff.  Putting on a haircut or buying chunks on
> the way or selling chuncks on the way down was about as much fun as I could
> stand.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Arbitrage-An-Investors-Guide/dp/0471248843
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Jason Wirth <wirth.jason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Depending on whether or not you think the market is efficient there's
>> other opportunities.
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 5:29 PM Jon Sudlow <jsudlow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for the insights gentleman.
>>>
>>> The first company I worked for was a prop trading company and I did
>>> experience the burn and churn. I was greener than a lime back then.
>>>
>>> Your correct about the latency issue. They want you to be super familiar
>>> with it because if they could prove the trade didn't execute fast enough
>>> they could get their money back on un favorable trades.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your tips - really informative
>>>
>>> -Jon
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Randy Baxley <randy7771026 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 4, 5 and 12 are just fun reading even if you do not plan to trade.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.stocktrader.com/investing-books/
>>>> .
>>>> I have not read 10 but would say skimming it and the other charting
>>>> book would be a good idea unless someone has some good recommendation for a
>>>> charting book.
>>>>
>>>> I am fond of neural networks myself and finding models that fit a
>>>> traders sensbilities to velocity and drawdowns.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Jon Sudlow <jsudlow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any books or references about the development of
>>>>> computerized trading systems that will shoot straight with you and not
>>>>> attempt to sell you a 5 step system? How would you train for a job like
>>>>> this? Looks really cool.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Jimmy Calahorrano via Chicago <
>>>>> chicago at python.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> worth to share!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why Goldman Sachs is replacing traders with coders
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/why-goldman-sachs-is-replacing-traders-with-coders-10503906.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason we should bring someone from GS to the finance meetup ;)
>>>>>>
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