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Old 05-28-2007, 08:18 AM
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Brownsfan, i agree with you a bit as well, computer programming skills are good to have when trading but not necessary, because no matter how good I was, i'd still more likely purchase an indicator because of the opportunity cost associated with making it yourself...i.e: Time. It takes a while to make and test them which could otherwise be spent trading anyway! (See I love economics haha).
That was kind of my point - with programming, you can do a number of different things pertaining to the markets - make your own indicator(s), sell your indicator(s), work for a quant fund, etc. etc.

Of all the educational background I have, I wish programming was a bigger part of it. Not only for trading too. There's just so much you can do with programming.

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