akbar123

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by akbar123 7y ago
Surprised to see that Bitcoin out performs gold as a hedge.
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by akbar123 12y ago
I just want to add to the answer that we like other services and use more than one in the list. We just don't see any of them meeting our needs to quickly trade and provide mechanism for large order sizes. Plus, wiring money becomes
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by akbar123 12y ago
You should be able to register. To start trading, can you please email us the email address you used to register. Email address is no in our profile.
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by akbar123 12y ago
No reason.
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by akbar123 12y ago
Fixed privacy policy.
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by akbar123 12y ago
Got it. Added an email
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by akbar123 12y ago
Thanks. We considered adding arb option but after running simulations and accounting for fees and slippage, the opportunity was very small. We also didn't find a suitable hedge to minimize our risk. We have considered adding option tr
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by akbar123 12y ago
Our banks have reviewed our model. Banks can always change their mind which is why we work with multiple banks.
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by akbar123 12y ago
I don't think Coinbase considers themselves a broker. This is directly from coinbase's terms of service : "3.1. Transactions with Coinbase. When buying or selling bitcoin through the Exchange Service, you are buying from, or
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by akbar123 12y ago
Our main feature is our execution; we are good at optimizing trade execution so you get the best price possible. There are many banks in the US with very different rules so it is difficult to give a general answer. Have you heard of these
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by akbar123 12y ago
Touche
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by akbar123 12y ago
Hmm. My profile has the email. Are you not able to see it? I can add it to about if you can't see it.
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by akbar123 12y ago
Have you registered on the site. I am trying to figure out how to identify people's email. Should have thought about this first :)
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by akbar123 12y ago
We focus on trade execution and providing algorithms previously only available to high frequency traders. We comply with all regulations. This is not an anonymous site. When you are invited to trade, you will be subjected to full KYC. Hav
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by akbar123 12y ago
Good question. All very different. You can't see order book on coinbase and quickly trade in and out. None of the other sites allow you to buy / sell with ACH. Second Market is open to members only; not everyone. You have to be
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by akbar123 12y ago
Great questions. We offer both options, VWAP and TWAP. The price on other exchange is based on Google's price of BTC. We do not market make ourselves. We make it easy for market makers to market make. Our price advantage you see on th
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by akbar123 12y ago
Technically (more like legally), a broker cannot front run an order.
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by akbar123 12y ago
We do not front run any order. We will make this clear on our site. We tried to do so by showing the complete order book and not just a single price. You also have complete control of when you execute the algos. Fixing the privacy policy -
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by akbar123 12y ago
We do have an API. We will be releasing documents on this soon.
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by akbar123 12y ago
We are working on adding many more features, and wanted to see features you would like to see built out. We can add more exchanges, offer additional algorithms and offer additional coins and currencies. Trading is by invitation only. If you
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Show HN: First US-based Bitcoin broker(sf-ox.com)
64 points by akbar123 12y ago|46 comments
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Do you know of an operating system to build personal robots?
7 points by akbar123 13y ago|4 comments
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by akbar123 13y ago
No more “this is not available in your location.”! I have been waiting for that. Just got picked up by TNW - http://tinyurl.com/bopfm1