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Austin, TX
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Master
Platform: ninjatrader, r-trader
Trading: NQ, CL
Posts: 871 since Jun 2011
Thanks Given: 611
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This is an interesting listen.
Thomas Peterffy's life story includes a typing robot, a proto-iPad, and a vast fortune he amassed as one of the first guys to use computers in financial markets.
On today's show, Peterffy tells us his story — and he explains why he's worried about the financial world he helped create.
We learned of Peterffy's story from the forthcoming book Automate This.
Episode 396: A Father Of High-Speed Trading Thinks We Should Slow Down
| "The day I became a winning trader was the day it became boring. Daily losses no longer bother me and daily wins no longer excited me. Took years of pain and busting a few accounts before finally got my mind right. I survived the darkness within and now just chillax and let my black box do the work." |
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