Well.. if you have enough $$$ and power, with enough "contributions" to your friendly congressmen you just about pass any law you want. That way,...
nah they will probably pull an enron deal: ..Enron's last-minute bonus orgy Days before filing for bankruptcy, the scandal-ridden company...
"misplace" money? Try this: CBS NEWS -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Pentagon is unable to account for large sums of its...
No prob. :) I was referring to many of the posts in this thread. Our perception of reality is always relative to a point of reference. For...
leading to the top of the bull market. 1996 to December 31, 2000 http://www.aros.net/~vlyon/index.html Could it be that reversing some of...
well said. Our reality is only defined by our perceptions. Our perceptions are extremely limited, but still a part of the whole. For example,...
At least to some extent the fed reserve does, and whoever is behind it. How much? not sure. But it can pump huge amounts of liquidity into the...
Catoosa Well said ! check comments on http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=63838#post63838 Josh
So for some that are complaining, maybe many of the problems are the result of always asking for "more" and more. Many did this and still keep on...
InteractiveBrokers, used to have another trading workstation version 3.0. It was discontinued October 2001. Some of us traded it until the last...
OEX http://www.cboe.com/Common/PageViewer.asp?SEC=4&DIR=OPIndexComp&FILE=snp100.doc Josh
On the light side, For some it is elaborate charts, raw computer power and analysis to the nth degree. For others it's intution a simple...
If you lost 50% of you initial capital, you must keep in mind that you need 100% on the remaining just to break even. If you started with 100k...
Not too familiar with OTC trading, but what is LSPD? Josh
If the trader thinks that market is a living entity, then the market doesn't know who the trader is and really doesn't care. All the battle takes...
Yes there are advantages with electronic networks, speed, some transparency, but also there dangers, some were mentioned above. Market makers,...
...he who takes a quick stop and runs away, lives to trade another day... Josh
On above post it should read If you have a position long ES offset with short SPY.. etc Josh
A simple way to offset a position if Globex goes down, is to have an equities account, even with another broker. E.g. if you have position long...
It is quite interesting, that the majority of traders are caught in a " death spiral", bad trades, violated rules, that result in negative...
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