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    Brazil

    Anybody go to Salvador Baihia? I know somebody that went there recently and swears by the place but he tends to be full of shit. He claims to have lived like a king for three weeks on like $1500. He also claims that it is fairly safe and quite a few people now English.
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    Funniest thing ever seen at a prop firm

    Walter stories and Datek trading when SOES was alive. I bet there were some crazy Datek stories. I got interviewed by Datek right before they changed the rule. The interview was in a 5 star hotel and the base was $40k. Very unusual for the industry.
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    Funniest thing ever seen at a prop firm

    More Walter Bruan stories please
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    Prop Blowups, how common are they?

    I was only short two stocks. JDSU and maybe EXTR. I was instantly down $2500 after being up $1200 preannouncement. It could have been a lot worse though. I could have had a short basket as that whole time frame was short city. I didn't have the brains to go long the bank stocks. I just...
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    Prop Blowups, how common are they?

    Jan 3, 2001. As many will recall, CNBC was in commercials when the surpise announcement was made. CNBC did not break from commercials and, by the time they were over and programming resumed, everything was through the roof. Still, it took Joe Retail minutes more to get their orders in. There...
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