October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
155 pages
4h 32m
English
book
The Prop Trader's Chronicles: Short-Term Proprietary Trading Strategies for Both Bull and Bear Markets
by Francis James Chan
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Index
Aggressive Cross Finder
All-Tech
ARCA. See Archipelago ECN–NYSE ARCA (P)
Archipelago ECN–NYSE ARCA (P)
auction strategies and
trading for rebates and
Archipelago Securities Exchange
Asset values, market price and
Attain ECN
Auction strategies
AX-Finder
Back-testing
Bank of America
BATS Trading
rebates and
BATS Trading Dual Exchanges–BZX (Z) and BYX (Y)
Bids, in double auction markets
Black Swan risk
Boston Stock Exchange. See NASDAQ OMX BX (NQBX) (formerly Boston Stock Exchange)
Breaking a level concept
Buffalo, NY
Bull and bear markets, trading in both
BYX. See BATS Trading Dual Exchanges–BZX (Z) and BYX (Y)
BZX. See BATS Trading Dual Exchanges–BZX (Z) and BYX (Y)
Canada-New York border crossings
CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX)
Charts. See Technical analysis, discouraged for trainees
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
Color of tape text
Commissions, for new traders
Company culture
Company reputation, within industry
Competitive environment, at trading firms
Consolidated Tape Association
Consolidated Tape System
Crash of 2008, trading and volatility of currency markets
Credit Suisse Cross Finder (X-Finder)
Cross Finder
CSC exam (Canadian Securities Course)
“CTNY”:
training at
volatility in fall of 2008 and
Culture of company, employer choice and
Currency markets, crash of 2008 and volatility of
Currency trading
ForEx market hours
Dark pools
Credit Suisse Cross Finder (X-Finder)
double auction markets and
GETCO Execution Services ATS
Goldman Sachs SIGMA X
Knight Capital Group
Level 2 quotes ...
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