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    job choice help! Goldman Sachs or Trading Firm???

    your inner calling must not be underestimated. inner peace comes from following your dreams. mind you, the security you get from GS is not your dream itself. if you are unsure of your dream or have none at this moment, i'd recommend you to read this book http://tinyurl.com/74rmv whilst...
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    2006 Trading resolutions What have you learned in 2005

    [1] tight stops and discipline to execute them [2] let profits run
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    Bush refuses to answer questions about spying on Americans....

    this thread would be so much more informative and worth following if people would stop calling each other names and stop classifying each other in terms of support for a political party. it would also earn the US citizens as a whole some lost respect. the issue at hand? just imagine that...
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    Bush refuses to answer questions about spying on Americans....

    i am not a US citizen. i used to love the country and going there till 9/11. i always claimed that i love the US people and only had a problem with the current administration. after reading through the posts in this thread, i've changed my stance, sadly.
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    broker in Luxemburg

    if you are looking for banking secrecy try some of the swiss brokers: synthesis bank (using saxotrader) swissquote (really retail) (just on top of my head) despite who is clearing through who, if you have an account with a swiss bank, they are by law not allowed to disclose your details...
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    trading from a boeing 747

    if you talk about trading as in having your eyes glued to the screen, i fully agree - go seek professional advice. however, there are situations where you'd want to be able to trade or monitor the markets: [1] market timing you've been waiting for wave 5 of 5 of C to end in a multi-month...
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    Time to profitability

    i dont know if this thread is dead - cant be bothered to read through all the pages. but here is my experience. began studying elliot wave in may 04 *after* taking an overnight loss of 25k. at that time i was full time working and not an active trader. in oct 05 i went into day trading...
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    trading from a boeing 747

    from a it-security point of view, just set up a ssh-tunnel to a server in a trusted location (like your home or office). something like the below constellation should do your ssh-client on your laptop connects to your box at home and builds a connect-forward-tunnel to your broker, say IB...
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