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PeterLe
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Ive just started to read Dark Pools by Scott Patterson; Although Ive read flash boys I had a number of credits left of Audible and downloaded a bit hastily just before a flight...
I wasn't expecting a great deal, but the first few chapters were really interesting.
I know these boys are on a different scale that us on Betfair, but they still go through the same trials and tribulations as we do. They develop systems and if/when they ever stop, they go through exactly the same thought processes as many of us on here do...
The first few chapters mentioned Haim Bodek and it stuck a chord when they were taking about building a scalping BOT...
Anyway, I know a few on here would like this; Xitan, Linusp and a few others..
If nothing else, it gets the old grey matter working! Noting to lose!
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ShaunWhite
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PeterLe wrote:
Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:13 pm
Ive just started to read Dark Pools by Scott Patterson; Although Ive read flash boys I had a number of credits left of Audible and downloaded a bit hastily just before a flight...
Thx for the recommended, sounds good. I've always got unused Audible credits so it's as good as a freebie.
PeterLe
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Thanks Shaun,
I was just just watching this documentary about Haim Bodek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQJNeQDDHA
Skip to around the 24 min mark about getting orders filled and PIQ...seems to ring some bells with me! :?
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Peter
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PeterLe wrote:
Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:14 am
Thanks Shaun,
I was just just watching this documentary about Haim Bodek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQJNeQDDHA
Skip to around the 24 min mark about getting orders filled and PIQ...seems to ring some bells with me! :?
Regards
Peter
Fascinating video! Thanks for the link Peter

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ShaunWhite
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PeterLe wrote:
Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:13 pm
Ive just started to read Dark Pools by Scott Patterson
Recommended.
I've almost finished this on Audible and really enjoyed it. Great reminiscences for anyone involved in the business in the 80s and 90s (and 00s) and packed with ideas for strategies. Made me wish I could wind the clock back and appreciate the potential in all those interfaces I wrote for mysterious little exchanges I'd never heard of when I was a naive kid :roll: Without the internet these things were hard to find out about unless you played golf with the right people, and I never did.
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eightbo wrote:
Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:33 pm
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella

Pick this up, it's great.
Read this on your recommendation. Fantastic. His stuff about trusting yourself and having an established routine provides a great cross over for trading. How did you find this work?
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PDC
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle 2007 Edition (Audiobook):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbwbOuBMhY

Although the video shows as being 8hrs 48mins it is actually 5hrs 6mins (the rest is just a repeat). I listened at x1.5 speed so it is nearer to a 3 hour listen.

There is a newer 2017 version of the book out now.

Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Comm ... 1119404509
soccersaint
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Waste of money ... you’re better off but your self some soft porn :lol:
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PDC
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Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Letter released today:

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2018ltr.pdf
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Euler
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Always a good read 8-)
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Dallas
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Did that 4.9% stake in Goldman Sachs begin/come after the 2008 crash?
I seem to remember seeing somewhere Lloyd Blankfein called him personally to take a stake in it
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Euler
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It was during the crisis, Buffett could probably dictate terms to GS so got a cracking deal. As a shareholder, that's who you want managing your money.
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Dallas
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Thought so, and of course, he stood by his long term philosophy of buying in when everyone else was pulling out
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Andriy
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Horseracing pro-gambler Alan Potts has just written this on another forum; a free download of his memoirs is now available:

"When the idea of writing an autobigraphy was first suggested to me by a poster on the Betfair forum in 2010, I dismissed it out of hand, wanting nothing to do with either the chore of writing or the business of publishing.

Then late in 2017, I gave an interview to Simon Nott for his Star Sports blog and from the feedback that generated, I was prompted to think again. Now aged 71 (at the time of writing), I have more spare time than was the case ten years ago, so the chore looked less of an issue. And technology (or more relevantly, my understanding of it) has moved on to the point that I could keep what I wrote online and simply provide a link to any reader, eliminating the need to deal with a publisher, or even get involved in the aggro of self publishing.

So I decided to spend the winter of 2018/19 working on what follows, which is less an autobiography than a memoir of my involvement with racing and betting. It's a purely personal piece, written as much for my own amusement as for any specific readership. As such, it might or might not appeal to you, but at least it isn't going to involve a cash outlay before you can start reading.

The link is:

> http://bit.ly/2P6xHPu

You can read it as it appears, or download it using the arrow top right of the screen."
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