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    Confessions of a successful trader

    confession: I had a 77% drawdown in March. I was able to stand back up, dust myself off and get back on the horse. I have since reviewed my transgressions and have grown my account by 136% (from rock-bottom with proper discipline)...I have a ways to go. This site (believe it or not) provided...
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    Why can't I get a job? Recent Grad, 3.7 GPA, Good Exp, Year and a half of searching..

    I could not have said this better myself (also started as a runner...and the pay was sh*t...looking back I would not have done things any differently)
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    100% win strategy

    what happens when you land on green (0/00)? what happens when your forced wager exceeds the table limit? dummy - you would be better off taking your hard earned $$$ and investing with Lenny Dykstra (ps - you're an even bigger dummy if you are playing at a table with a 00)
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    Short are getting nervous

    closing at low...hang on tight
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    Vix is so low now

    your career is going to be very short - I hope you know how to clean pools
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    Smoking and Trading

    I quit smoking last August (smoked for almost 20 years) instead of smoking I now have energy bars and nuts on my desk. (I have an iPhone to fill that empty "space" in my pocket where the pack of cigs used to live). Whenever I have the urge to smoke I snack on healthy foods (high fiber, high...
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    Lenny Dykstra is now 106-0

    http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-lenny-dykstra-going-down-swinging-2009-5
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    About SOCIALISM in Cuba. I am Cuban..ask me about my experience

    ...if you were so smart you'd know the correct spelling of the word "lose"
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    About SOCIALISM in Cuba. I am Cuban..ask me about my experience

    In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women. is this an accurate statement?
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    Well, I guess the recession is over, since Bernanke is on live TV, announcing it

    ....sell the news :eek:
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    Backed up the truck on SPY PUTS pre-meeting

    why not just go long calls? since that is the synthetic strategy you are describing (you must have a compelling answer to justify the excessive commissions - I'm at the edge of my seat awaiting your response)
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    Head and Shoulders SP500

    shoulders at 868?
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    Driving around NYC area ...

    "penchant".... Not pension moron - you may want to stick to using more elementary words in your observations
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    "Run on the bank" scenario at IBKR

    all of port's other threads are so full of suck that he had to dig around and resurrect one that smells of a winner. I'm sure that his cornhole is burning from his triple-leveraged financial bear double-down.
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