Have you missed the point here? It was a simple one not requiring your detailed reply; Wall st and The City used the huge salary mark up to attract some of the best and brightest, there's many real life stories of brilliant quants being under used ...

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Why trade CFDs? Honestly look at emini. Not like you're undercapitalised is it? That's the biggest barrier to entry. You'll be trading on a regulated exchange.

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Nicely done, but it doesn't really affect the prollys over an extended period. Martingale has been used effectively on dog tracks for years and these type of Qs are often used in interviews to separate thinkers and doers. We've all asked and ...

Goldman Sachs Takes One Of Its Interview Questions From An 18th Century French Betting Game

6 month baptism of fire, not making the cut but with GS on your cv ain't too shabby tbh.

Goldman Sachs Takes One Of Its Interview Questions From An 18th Century French Betting Game

Agreed, particularly if he follows his own advice...

2 Common Strategies for Trading FX

Because like many on this thread he can't take the blinkers off and probably hasn't even read the article. Moreover like many he sees the industry he wants to be operating on the fringes of and can't bear the thought that it may shrink. The further ...

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Weird that you ask that specific question as this is a discussion I've had many times and IMO the HFT/-algo space creates very defined swing trading opportunities on FX, it increases the opportunities exponentially IMO, you have to remember most ...

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Hey, on ocassions I get to use the whip

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Please make it stop it's almost too painful to read.

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Ellioticians are the equivalent of flat earthers or creationist nutters. And price action is no more reliable than using a cluster of one of each from the four main groups of indicators.

Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board

In my rarely humble opinion the vast majority should give up trading FX and trade emini only. But it requires a bit more of an account size...

FX Traders Facing Extinction as Computers Replace Humans

Given that you have no proof of this and it's just your theory try putting IMHO at the end of the post in future.

Fed to shed light on frozen U.S. economy

That's a poisonous and incorrect view, but a popular myth put out by a right wing swivel eyed mainstream media, there has been no flood of immigrants, it's in fact a trickle. The vast majority of immigrants that come to the uk from that area have ...

The European Debt Crisis Visualized

Love the final paragraph. I couldn't possibly embellish on it given its a perfect summation. Brevity, clarity and relevance. Bravo. Nicely done.

The European Debt Crisis Visualized

I spent a bit of time with a CEO of a mid ranking but quality FX brokerage last summer, his opinion? "The customers are mostly gamblers, we do all the 'bells and whistles' but only because we kinda have to be seen to, but its pointless lip service ...

ECB On Hold Until Mid-2015; EUR At 1.40 Coming Months - Goldman Sachs

It's the lack of objectivity that I find strange, particularly in being patriotic towards something inanimate that won't 'reward' that patriotism. Our American cousins have real issues on here wrt this strange phenomena.

ECB On Hold Until Mid-2015; EUR At 1.40 Coming Months - Goldman Sachs

Moving aside accusations of manipulation this 5.2 trn t/o a day business always finds the right level. Currency pairs are exactly where they should be on the basis of fundamental policy decisions and high impact news event affecting macro and micro ...

ECB On Hold Until Mid-2015; EUR At 1.40 Coming Months - Goldman Sachs

Good analysis, despite the self fulfilling prophecy nature of fibs I use them for vague targets, I also see that 3 year high being tested this year. Lose that irrational and emotional connection, what we do is engage in the abstract. As an aside I'm ...

ECB On Hold Until Mid-2015; EUR At 1.40 Coming Months - Goldman Sachs

And yet the uk msm did cartwheels when the uk escaped recession and is only showing 0.7-0.8% QoQ growth now.

Celebrating 0.3% growth shows eurozone's diminished expectations

When do you see 14000?

ECB On Hold Until Mid-2015; EUR At 1.40 Coming Months - Goldman Sachs