HockeyPlayer

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by HockeyPlayer 9y ago
While it sounds like the op is joking, a friend of mine recently researched online banks and recommends Goldman Sachs Retail Bank as a good choice. Similar offerings as Ally.
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by HockeyPlayer 9y ago
But if targeting a small exit doesn't allow for investors that means individuals trying for small exits won't find investment.
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by HockeyPlayer 9y ago
> one trade with <5% slippage 5% slippage is huge. That is $50k on this $1m trade.
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by HockeyPlayer 9y ago
Vanguard index funds & Berkshire Hathaway LP real estate investing AngelList and VC If you are new I'd recommend Arcten's Three-fund approach and don't forget to rebalance annually.
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by HockeyPlayer 9y ago
I run a quant/hft trading group. We need to know what the margin impact of our position will be. We use a tool from CME called PC-SPAN. The various factors that impact margin change during the day as prices change. I'd pay for
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
Not the GP, but it isn't uncommon for a large donor to have an opinion about a staff hiring decision. They could easily say, "I'll pay that salary if you hire X"
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
Can you tell us more about the training and experience required to be delivery crew?
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
As far I understand it, FPGAs are used in trading for their low-latency response. It is hard to respond in software much faster than 5 us, even using kernel bypass, etc.
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Ask HN: FPGAs for a small trading group?
2 points by HockeyPlayer 10y ago|3 comments
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
Our low-latency trading group uses regression widely. We have experimented with more complex models but haven't found a compelling use for them yet.
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
I've invested in a number of companies via AngelList and I'm disappointed with the communication from most. I know I'm a small investor and I don't want anything personalized but I'd like to see yearly updates and
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
Top speed of the 2015 Mustang GT is 164 mph. 200+ would require pretty serious modifications.
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How not to squander your startup's new funding(fastcompany.com)
1 points by HockeyPlayer 10y ago|0 comments
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
www.c0dereview3rs.com (I mangled this to avoid having this comment associated with the domain). Boutique consultancy providing professional code reviews. Could be run by a coder who likes to do reviews and writes well or by a project mana
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Artic: High performance datastore for time series and tick data(github.com)
2 points by HockeyPlayer 10y ago|0 comments
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
Depends on the release, but generally the numbers are released in a consistent machine-readable format.
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
I'm surprised your structure could already sell Twilio shares. I believe most investors were locked up for 6 months.
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Ask HN: I own a VC fund that bought Twilio in the early rounds. Now what?
7 points by HockeyPlayer 10y ago|6 comments
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
I invested in a VC fund that bought Twilio in the early rounds. Will I get shares? When will they arrive? Can I short the stock or buy puts in the meantime?
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
I'm at a Denver based HFT firm, we are all Java. We do options market making, triangles on currency futures, calendar spreads, etc.
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by HockeyPlayer 10y ago
> its dangerous to short the incumbants on the thesis that new tech will immediately replace them, the old guard can be very sticky. Helpful. I keep waiting for electronically quoted options structures to eliminate the brokers, but it d
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
Use https://konekt.io/
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
The introductory videos from PyCon are very accessible to anyone with a little programming knowledge, no math needed: https://github.com/jakevdp/sklearn_pycon2015
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Morgan Stanley's richest clients are getting a piece of Uber(businessinsider.com)
1 points by HockeyPlayer 11y ago|0 comments
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Virtu: Almost Perfect Market Makers(futuresmag.com)
2 points by HockeyPlayer 11y ago|0 comments
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
The introductory videos from PyCon are very accessible to anyone with a little programming knowledge, no math needed: https://github.com/jakevdp/sklearn_pycon2015 You aren't going to be an expert without math, but
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
You may enjoy The Master Algorithm: http://www.amazon.com/Master-Algorithm-Ultimate-Learning-Mac...
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
Can anyone recommend a MOOC that covers using KDB+ on financial time-series?
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
Anyone experienced with machine learning want to try this out on some high frequency trading data? I'm in the processing of preparing a data set for more traditional analysis and would be willing to share. We are in Colorado, but I&#x
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by HockeyPlayer 11y ago
The incentives in this model are bad. I like no management fees and no carry, but Onevest's incentives aren't aligned with the investors. Onevest gets paid 7.5% of the money raised, so they don't care how the companies do a

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