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Old 03-July-2009, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by NorthernBoy View Post
From understanding how to most efficiently locate and fix the source of a Cholesky error in a covariance matrix, through to both visualising and managing all of the partial derivatives of a price which was a function of fifteen different underlyings, it would have been inconceivable to become a succesful trader in recent years without really being very familiar with university level maths.
I disagree. Although pleasantly. I consider myself successful trader, and some of my employees are also successful traders. We don't use, and never have used, any maths higher than simple arithmetic. There are many ways to trade, as I'm sure you know.
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