The description below is circa 2005 :) Caveat emptor! That said, if it weren't for the markets, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. There is no better sport, martial art, or personal challenge. Win in the markets == win in life.---An IT professional turned proprietary trader. I like to call my background, "engineer by training, trader by choosing". I like IT but I like markets more. Best of all, I love combining the two.I've done many things in the trading arena, and currently I am completing a CEP-based algo platform which acts as an automated market-maker on a large basket of equities. I took a step back from options/vol trading and futures, so I could focus more on brainy automation and spend less time staring at weird distributions and blinking numbers.For those who care/are bored, the platform is built on bare metal using a combo of Perl, C++, C# and web thingies like good old DHTML/JavaScript :) Most interestingly (at least to me), the CEP engine is done fully in Perl. C++/C# took on peripheral roles in fulfilling their obligations as data feeders, OMS, UI widgets (I absolutely love C# for this - this is one area where MSFT has done an outstanding job). Above all, C++ remains to be my favorite brain tease, although C# has definitely become a worthy rival. :)Career goal: I no longer have one. I just want to enjoy the process and have many "aha" moments along the way.Specialties: Business expertise: High-frequency trading of US equities, options, index futures, crude, gold, major currencies. I also understand fund administration (and its implications) very well, but don't really care about it.Programming expertise: C++, C# (I've gladly forsaken Java), Perl, PL/SQL, Tcl/Tk, Shell, x86 assembly.Design expertise: Anything that has lots of sockets, threads, funky data structures and needs to talk to/perform many things very often, very quickly and do it all at once.
Listed skills include Options, Hedge Funds, Trading Systems, Derivatives, and 12 others.