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by yandong2020
May 19th, 2009, 12:36 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: How to combine C++ and C#?
Replies: 37
Views: 50029

How to combine C++ and C#?

Thanks Duffie, I ll try to figure out =)
by yandong2020
May 19th, 2009, 12:34 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: How to combine C++ and C#?
Replies: 37
Views: 50029

How to combine C++ and C#?

Thanks for the help Zhou Xing! I ll try to look into the steps you provided and see what I could get =)
by yandong2020
May 18th, 2009, 12:16 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: How to combine C++ and C#?
Replies: 37
Views: 50029

How to combine C++ and C#?

<t>Hey guys,Recently I'm working on a project to model some trading strategies. I have already done the computational part in C++, but obviously I don't want the user interface to be only command lines so that I'm trying to build a user-friendly interface in C# and then I could combine these two...B...
by yandong2020
February 23rd, 2009, 12:13 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Stat Arb?
Replies: 12
Views: 47413

Stat Arb?

<t>Hello,Could anyone give me advice on materials/books/articles about Statistical Arbitrage? My understanding of it is that you long/short a basket of hundred of stocks, doing high frequent trading to make sure that all the risk factors(which may be very subjective) are close to 0... Is that true?....
by yandong2020
January 13th, 2009, 10:03 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Anyone heard of IMC-trading?
Replies: 7
Views: 53588

Anyone heard of IMC-trading?

<r>RagingBear,Thank you very much for your prompt response!As you said you that you have interviewed with the firm before, would you tell me in more detail about the contents of it? I reli like the firm culture and what they do(My background was deriv trading).Like: the details of the marketmaking t...
by yandong2020
January 13th, 2009, 9:56 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Heard about IMC?
Replies: 4
Views: 192327

Heard about IMC?

<r>Hey buddy,I'm going to the final round interview with IMC Pacific in Hong Kong this weekend.. Would you kindly advice me what the final round interview would be like? I was told there is Marketmaking test+Broker test+Simulation test.. But don't quite know what are they..I would very appreciate it...
by yandong2020
January 10th, 2009, 1:03 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Anyone heard of IMC-trading?
Replies: 7
Views: 53588

Anyone heard of IMC-trading?

<t>Hello all,I'm going to the final interview with this firm, IMC-trading(International Marketmarking Combination). It's said to be a top equity derivative house in the Europe.. But frankly I didn't know it and my former colleagues in GS neither (I was doing eq derivative there).. I'm going to inter...
by yandong2020
January 9th, 2009, 12:15 am
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: What are copulas and how are they used in quantitative finance?
Replies: 85
Views: 358614

What are copulas and how are they used in quantitative finance?

Hello Mr. Melchi,Would you bother to send me your spreadsheet? Many thanks!yandong2020@gmail.com
by yandong2020
December 4th, 2008, 12:21 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: NDF Volatility
Replies: 4
Views: 46897

NDF Volatility

Thanks daveangel! I guess you are right.
by yandong2020
November 29th, 2008, 5:26 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: NDF Volatility
Replies: 4
Views: 46897

NDF Volatility

Thanks pcg! That only means the NDF market should be more liquid and with more participants.. But still, why is the volatility heightedn?...
by yandong2020
November 29th, 2008, 5:22 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: About IRS, NDIRS and CCS
Replies: 0
Views: 49623

About IRS, NDIRS and CCS

<t>I could understand why FX traders trade spot, forward, but why they also trade swap?...For instance, GS AeJ Swap team would trade NDIRS on CNY, MYS, and common IRS on SGP, KRW.. What's the purpose behind trading them? facilitating client flow? I think by trading forward and spot the view on the c...
by yandong2020
November 29th, 2008, 1:54 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: NDF Volatility
Replies: 4
Views: 46897

NDF Volatility

<t>I'm a beginner in Asian currency offshore trading.. I've found that the realized volatiltiy of the offshore NDF is higher than the onshore currency trading, what's the driving power behind?Is it just b/c : 1) the NDF market is not arbitragiable w/ the on shore market 2) most participants are spec...