Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-23 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message 8dbb89fi3...@mid.individual.net, Gregory Ewing wrote: Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: Someone who doesn’t understand how positive feedback can lead to instabilities in a dynamical system. Let's hope the person they hire makes it his first task to introduce a big dollop of negative

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message e7608a41-2e1a-4e64-bce1-1bf434eeb...@f42g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, Rich Moss wrote: Python developer needed for math/trading applications and research at leading HFT firm. Wasn’t HFT an exacerbating factor in just about every major stockmarket downturn since, oh, 1987? --

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Raymond Hettinger
On Aug 21, 2:30 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand wrote: Wasn’t HFT an exacerbating factor in just about every major stockmarket downturn since, oh, 1987? IMO, it was a mitigating factor. HFT firms provide liquidity and help price discovery. Investor sentiment is what

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 8/21/2010 10:32 AM Raymond Hettinger said... On Aug 21, 2:30 am, Lawrence D'Oliveirol...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand wrote: Wasn’t HFT an exacerbating factor in just about every major stockmarket downturn since, oh, 1987? IMO, it was a mitigating factor. HFT firms provide liquidity and

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message a10be304-96dc-4fb3-bf9f-35652477e...@f20g2000pro.googlegroups.com, Raymond Hettinger wrote: On Aug 21, 2:30 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand wrote: Wasn’t HFT an exacerbating factor in just about every major stockmarket downturn since, oh, 1987? IMO,

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Scott MacDonald
Possibly relevant: http://www.nanex.net/FlashCrash/FlashCrashAnalysis_NBBO.html On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand wrote: In message a10be304-96dc-4fb3-bf9f-35652477e...@f20g2000pro.googlegroups.com, Raymond Hettinger wrote: On Aug 21,

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-21 Thread Gregory Ewing
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: Someone who doesn’t understand how positive feedback can lead to instabilities in a dynamical system. Let's hope the person they hire makes it his first task to introduce a big dollop of negative feedback into the system! -- Greg --

Re: Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-18 Thread Matteo Landi
Hi Rich, I think it's better for you to post the message here ( http://www.python.org/community/jobs/ ). Regards, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Rich Moss moss.r...@gmail.com wrote: Python developer needed for math/trading applications and research at leading HFT firm. The person we are

Python Developer - HFT Trading firm - Chicago, IL

2010-08-17 Thread Rich Moss
Python developer needed for math/trading applications and research at leading HFT firm. The person we are searching for will have a strong background with python programming and the ability to work with very large historical datasets. You should have a very strong math background as well. This