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Bang, how can you disagree with me when you took what I just said and put it into your own words? Simply change the words debits/credits with the word cash and see what you get. The margin clerks don't care what you hold or how you hold it. They're only interested in cash and cash. If...

PriceWaterhouse I had a girlfriend who worked at Price, Harvard MBA, called her own shots, a true entrepreneur. She had her own group within Price. Expertise: M&A. Worked the Daimler-Chrysler deal. Travelled all over the world. Made more money in a year than a good percentage of the...

I used to trade individual stocks. Then I had an epiphany. Now I only trade the indices, in particular the ES. God bless you, trading bond future spreads has to be one of the hardest things to do manually. I'm familiar with some guys on the Treasury desk at Bear and its frightening how...

News and futures come off bloomberg. Quite frankly I could care less about the news since you can see it in the tape before it hits the wire. By the time it hits the wire services its not the cause of the move but the excuse for the move.

How far out did you go?

If you wrote naked puts then I'm sorry bangorsky I have to disagree, the broker is 100% right. Cover the margin call and get the restriction lifted then work on covering your position. Now this is going to make your head spin because it's not a question of semantics but rather question...

$TYX = 30 Year Yield

You're describing a feature on the advanced charting package. I'm a firm believer in the k.i.s.s. trading formula and simply use the standard features on esignal. I've never had the need to use advance charting so I do not subscribe to it. However, I find with every esignal software...

I recently re-loaded esignal onto my system. The grid on my intraday charts are at 3 hour increments. I would like to set them back to 1 hour increments. Does anyone know how to set this up? Or, if your chart grid at hourly increments could you tell me the font and the font size that...

$FVX = Five year yield $TNX = Ten year yield 30 year = Unknown

Why do Pivots have credibility? Liquidity

It will not affect your chances of being registered with the NASD. However, the information will appear on a uniform disclosure report and will be available through the NASD. It is most important that you report any past felony misdemeanor. Failure to report will adversely affect your...

"The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent sailing". Directly below is a picture of my next sailboat. As any sailor knows it's all about balance.

Having been the manager of a prop desk and surveying thousands of resumes and conducting hundreds of interviews I'll give you my 2 cents. Take it for what it is worth. Higher education was not a priority in the hiring process, relevant experience was nice but not essential. However, a...