Recent content by Delirious

The security card is a stupid marketing gimmick.

undergrad major...math/physics... i do consider the "hard sciences" worthy of the moniker "fine arts," although i'm certain that's not what you had in mind. bottom line: tws is a sucker's bet.

Speaking as one of IB's 95,000 customers, let me just state, for the record, that TWS is an insane and buggy mess. No serious trader should leave his/her account to the mercy of its vagaries. And we're not even talking here about IB's legendary "pink-outs." P.S. I have an "Ivy...

Flat-floor straight-six, please.

Best car I've ever owned -- 1999 BMW 538i sportwagon with 5-speed manual transmission. Lovely driver. Utterly reliable.

Very helpful, thanks. In any event, looks like it's time for me to study up on currencies...

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Serious? If so, interesting. Why?

My own personal opinion is that economic outcomes are not normally distributed the way, say, the outcomes of World Series are divided between National and American League teams. But, again, that's just my opinion. Beyond that, it's not about predicting, it's about hedging. As a U.S...

Australia -- hadn't thought of that one. I'll look into it. Thanks...

I see you've added to your post....I can't speak to 1985 (wasn't there), but I can speak to 2001: And, for the record, they were saying the very same thing in 2001.

If you reread my post, you'll note that I stated my belief that policymakers would choose deflation over default. Not sure if I'm particularly astute, but I am a good listener...

Folks -- My wife and I are the proud parents of a newborn girl. Her grandparents (my parents) have given her $100 to be deposited in a savings account for her college education. $100 isn't much, I know, but she has 18 years to go before she'll begin to draw on it, and, circumstances...

Given the chronic (and rather mysterious) reliability problems of eCBOT, I'm wondering why any serious traders remain with YM....