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The High Frequency Trading Arms Race

The High Frequency Trading (HFT) Arms Race is a term that has been bandied about lately. This refers to the insatiable consumption of the latest technology in trading infrastructure for HFT firms in order to stay ahead of the competition. One of the main advantages of an HFT firm is the speed at which they [...]

12Nov2009 | Preet | 3 comments | Continued
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Commodity Trading Advisors

I wrote a little bit recently on Managed Futures and there seemed to be a fair amount of interest from readers in learning a little bit more so today I’m going to introduce the concept of CTAs – Commodity Trading Advisors.
What Is A Commodity Trading Advisor?
A CTA is a US-specific registration for advisors or firms [...]

25Oct2009 | Preet | 4 comments | Continued
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What is a Secular Market?

If you remember from yesterday’s post, the original question posed was asking about passive investing in a “secular bear market”. I thought I would touch upon the meaning of secular as it relates to investing today.
What Is A Secular Market?
A secular market is basically a very long term “trend”. There are three main types of [...]

5Feb2009 | Preet | 4 comments | Continued
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The Candlestick Chart

The Candlestick chart was first used in Japan in the 1600s and is much more useful than the traditional line charts we are used to. (And you don’t have to be a technical analyst to use them!)

14Jun2008 | Preet | 0 comments | Continued