Monday
Mar012010
Algorithm Pheromones
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 8:09AMPost written by Michael Bigger. Follow me on Twitter.
A pheromone (from Greek φέρω phero "to bear" + hormone from Greek ὁρμή - "impetus") is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are hormones capable of acting outside the body of the secreting individual to impact the behavior of the receiving individual.[1] There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology. Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition, some vertebrates and plants communicate by using pheromones. (Wikipedia.org)
When you start discussing algorithm trading with like-minded individuals on social media, you disperse algorithm pheromones via your words. The more value you add and the more intelligent your posts, the more likely smart individuals will want to interact with you to discuss this topic. The Internet works magic that way.
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Reader Comments (1)
I had no idea you had more than one page on each topic! :))) sorry my comments are not technical or highly intelligent. Speaking of highly intelligent people, while taking my friends son to a hockey game on the east side I met this guy (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/health/bouncing-back-for-stroke-victims-rehab-mixes-new-ideas-and-plain-old-persistence.html?pagewanted=1) he is in phenomenal shape and we started conversation with our view on economic policy (he is from Chicago school and those guys are lost souls, brainwashed by Freedman) and finished talking with stochastic calculus and pricing ofBlack Scholes.
He actually trades on IB platform and now I want him to go into Algo trading. Will show him couple of techniques and with the amount of time and intellectual curiosity he has, will see how far he will go.
His story is amazing, he just emailed me that article above. This is one of the few things that I like about Manhattan, you meet interesting people. Otherwise, its just stress.
Another thing I learned talking to him when it comes to health its all luck and genes, I am health freak and do personal training on the side for Huge (both in size and money under management) hedge fund managers ( the sadist in me) , and the guy told me before his stroke, he didn't smoke, drink, ate healthy, worked out and at 41! BOOM. AND, on top of everything, his parents are still working and alive and well.