Yes, there are jobs for programmers to maintain software at trading corps. That doesn't mean that those jobs are all about programming for trading...and even if the jobs are about programming for trading, then they're probably writing progs to sell them to suckers who think they'll make a fortune when they buy them. There's probably a warning on the program that says "the software will not make you money unless you combine the results with REAL market knowledge" The big money is to be made if you know ahead of time some important decision about the stock. The next best thing is to follow news closely....i heard it on the radio, a few months back, that gold was artificially low priced, and saw then the price climb and climb. I wouldn't bet my hard earned cash on it though.
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In reply to Re: I've seen job adverts for this. by aquarium
in thread Using Perl for writing Trading Systems by defjukie

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