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Even if you think the machinery of trading is a negative (I don’t) that’s no argument against firms like this. If anything it’s an argument for them as these firms do the same thing as their predecessors at lower margins and with fewer people.
The empty trading pits in the South Loop Chicago and all those new condos downtown NYC are a testament to that.
And how could you trust them? Trades are fairly anonymous at exchanges. All you could see is that your strategy doesn't work as good anymore, but you couldn't tell why exactly and how they got this strategy.
Like copying a good book, copying a successful strategy is labor intensive, takes a lot of time to get right, and is rather large and involved. (This is true of copying a strategy; copying a particular set of trades is trivial if you know the trades).
Being a good prime broker is also a lot of work, and is an elaborate and involved process.
Now for the firm to take on two jobs, and then keep it secret... I wouldn't worry about it. It's like worrying your accountant is going to take your successful startup idea and run with it because they know how much money you make.
On Canadian exchanges, both counterparties are part of the market trade data, by law.
And in all markets, that's one reason why many firms invest in transaction cost and best execution analysis, to make sure they're not getting front-run when they see abnormal dips in broker quality.
I'm sure on HN there are both alumni of MIT hit up for donations as well as high school students considering applying, who could bring this into consideration.
In pygmy sperm whales, magnetite crystals appear to be concentrated in the rostroventral dura, but we know next to nothing about how they function or are used, let alone about how they are being formed.
Your reference to and unreserved use of the term "ClimateGate" makes me question your agenda here. Wasn't "ClimateGate" determined to be a smear campaign? I'm asking rhetorically as I can see the discussion devolving.
I generally keep my eyes open for climate change news and didn't see this. Do you have any reasonable references that explain that ClimateGate was a smear campaign? I thought it was a small number of committed researchers making some mistakes and straying from strict scientific protocols; I never saw that it was a smear campaign.
Why don't we employ the NSA to provide value here, by tracing back the few swatters that are responsible for the majority of these events? We know they have the capability.
