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    Anyone else working at Investment Banks notice the armed guards/police outside today?

    Only thing remotely close that I could find was this: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5927610.ece Guards at AIG offices.
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    Recommended reading for a newbie trader

    On second thought, the front page of IBD can be useful. I'll pick up a copy if I miss a day trading just to see what happened, it focuses more on short term then the financial times for examples.
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    Recommended reading for a newbie trader

    If you are looking to day trade, then I completely agree with Bolimomo's post. If you're looking for books to read, I suggest in the following order: 1. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - I can always get something useful out of that book, personal preference to chapter 5. 2. Trading...
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    Where do the Top Traders Trade?

    It is going to be very hard for you to sit next to a top trader in a prop firm as a new guy. Most of the top traders I know sit with a group of people they have been trading with for years, there aren't any open spaces for people just starting out to jump in and join. They work together help...
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    For newbies by a newbie

    Good stuff, glad to see you had some sort of plan going into the trade. When did you end up getting out of the stock?
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    For newbies by a newbie

    Unfortunately, that doesn't really mean anything. Are you up a couple grand on a $5 million dollar account or are you up a couple grand on a $500 account. One is much more impressive than the other but with only four months trading, neither means your successful. I don't think anyone with 4...
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    For newbies by a newbie

    Are you a successful trader? How did you come up with 90% of the time? Surely you want to buy the strongest stock in a sector and short the weakest stock? Why deal with lagging stocks? Unless you're afraid of buying stocks that are already "up too much"?? Is your logic that a stock that...
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    Your Screens

    On my screens I always have up quotes of varying stocks of interest, a filtering software to find stocks along with order entry/open orders/level 2. My charts consist of: 1 day, 1 min bars 2 day, 5 min bars 3 month, daily bars with 50 and 200 day moving average 5 days 30 min bars 1 day...
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    Trading Books for Sale

    Thanks, but not interested.
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    Trading Books for Sale

    Looking to sell some books from my collection. Hit and Run Trading by Jeff Cooper http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220248393047&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=012 The Master Swing Trader by Alan Farley...
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    Hoboken Traders?

    A little to the south in Jersey City
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    Trading indices at prop firm

    Well I trade them all the time, but they are not the only thing I trade. If there is an opportunity, I'll trade it.
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    Taking Series 7 this Thursday

    I used the STC course too. Don't know anything about the one you are using, good luck!
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    CAIA test prep material. Any recommendations?

    I'm using the ones they listed on the site.
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