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by asdf
January 29th, 2010, 5:18 am
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: Sharpe Ratio
Replies: 8
Views: 35346

Sharpe Ratio

We normalize "the sharpe" using delta.I have some paper about this somewhere from 2003. Send me a PM if you want me to look in old backups :-(
by asdf
October 21st, 2009, 7:52 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: online portfolio system
Replies: 1
Views: 33636

online portfolio system

<t>Hi allAs a favour for a client of ours, we need to find a good online webbased portfolio system. I have been looking at google finance and yahoo, but this is for a pro. so support for futures, options, cost of carry, multiple currencies and that sort of stuff must be supported.I am beginning to d...
by asdf
August 2nd, 2009, 11:24 am
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: $ MARKET ANALYSIS $
Replies: 2025
Views: 385003

$ MARKET ANALYSIS $

What a piece of BS.How to block a user?
by asdf
November 12th, 2008, 10:10 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Database design
Replies: 16
Views: 50253

Database design

<t>You are in for a real challenge here. There is a lot more to it than the db design, this is actually one of the smaller parts in a good portfolio system. There are 1000 of good packages of portfolio software, and quite a few online based as well, some of them free.Of course the do not cover multi...
by asdf
September 6th, 2008, 8:05 am
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: vwap recipe
Replies: 2
Views: 50345

vwap recipe

<r>Recently there was a thread:<URL url="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=61923&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=Discussing"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm? ... Discussing">http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=61923&FTVAR_MSGDBTABL...
by asdf
June 10th, 2008, 3:53 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Lets talk about speed
Replies: 8
Views: 56053

Lets talk about speed

<t>3 important elements in Algo / Script trading to beat the competition running the same scripts:- place your server as close to the exchange as possible - then you will reach a good latency- Coding, convert all formulas to Nvidia Cuda and parallel execution (if they are suited for this)- Buy the b...
by asdf
June 10th, 2008, 3:46 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Risk Management Software
Replies: 11
Views: 57136

Risk Management Software

Take a look at:-Front Capital Systems-SoftCapital-Orc Software-Wall street systemsor-FinCad might be the way to go, if your wishes are very proprietary
by asdf
June 10th, 2008, 3:43 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: Who needs a dictionary of Bloomberg fields?
Replies: 11
Views: 76173

Who needs a dictionary of Bloomberg fields?

Hello AlexLooks good. I think we could use this, so would appreciate a copy when you release this.My email is larsnsj AT gmail[DOT]com
by asdf
May 18th, 2008, 4:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Gamma Hedge
Replies: 0
Views: 54347

Gamma Hedge

<t>Been googling a bit for "Gamma hedging" but I seem to fail to find a good "real-world" exampleIf I for instance have a position like this.-Xetra (German stocks)-A mix of call/put options in stocks-Long Delta, 30000-One currency only-Hedge instrument would be the GDAX (index)For delta hedging I wo...
by asdf
May 13th, 2008, 1:24 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: moving average based decision
Replies: 8
Views: 58442

moving average based decision

Try www.wealth-lab.com there you can try 100´s of scripts using all kind of moving averages, and you will probably reach the same conclusion as in your MC.So why read more on the topic?
by asdf
March 3rd, 2008, 9:06 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Risk management system for volatility trading hedge fund
Replies: 14
Views: 62890

Risk management system for volatility trading hedge fund

<r>Hello MorcTake a look at Zonar - think this will cover your needs.<URL url="http://www.softcapital.com/Products.asp?enAfaik">http://www.softcapital.com/Products.asp?enAfaik</URL> it has real-time greeks, P/L contributions and also scenario analysis and the ability to execute through IB,FIX and Or...
by asdf
January 9th, 2008, 10:19 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Free Version Control Software Recommendations
Replies: 10
Views: 63932

Free Version Control Software Recommendations

<t>I don´t think one tool can do it, but a good combination of best of breed of products does itWe use Subversion as the basis for source repository. On top of this we use Redmine for the project management part redmine this integrates very well with subversion and you can access sources, changes, c...
by asdf
January 8th, 2008, 4:12 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: Any good FX Brokers
Replies: 5
Views: 63290

Any good FX Brokers

<t>Many forex brokers are bucket shops like Saxo Bank. They are MarketMarkers against you.Their algorithms price currency pairs individually, and as above mentioned Saxo Bank they will also quote individual prices against you. Hence it is impossible to make an order for several pairs with atomicity....
by asdf
January 8th, 2008, 3:55 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: How to find out if the option is undervalued or not?
Replies: 16
Views: 66681

How to find out if the option is undervalued or not?

<r>Mizhaelto judge from your questions, I really suggest that you read Nathenberg. This book will give you the guided tour and for instance all the questions you have posed here, and the background will be answered.I can quickly touch on the volatility issue, which is the factor that can change a Th...
by asdf
January 8th, 2008, 9:48 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Anybody using qt for cross platform gui (charts, graphs etc)
Replies: 5
Views: 61310

Anybody using qt for cross platform gui (charts, graphs etc)

Ehh.. What is qt?? and "what is cross-platform gui work"
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