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    Paying Your Employees So Little That Most Of Them Are Poor?

    Heh -- pure genius.
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    What trading career would be best from these 3 options?

    Without a doubt. Your whole list is in reverse order. Take 3 (Chopper) first, then 2 (the internship), with the floor bringing up the rear. It hasn't been relevant for 10 years. Honestly, it's amazing that it's still around at all. Be prepared to really work, though -- your toughest...
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    Trading Desk Jobs (?)

    "...I can see myself over time getting good at it." What leads you to this conclusion?
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    How much money would you need to Martingale your way to profits?

    Is having a 100% risk of ruin important to you? Because that's what you have long-term with any Martingale strategy.
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    Many Drug Prescriptions are Now Going Unfilled

    Heh -- nope. It's the only thing any of us really has to do.
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    Many Drug Prescriptions are Now Going Unfilled

    Bingo. I have three other people in my circle of family and friends fighting cancer. I say fighting in the present tense, because they all repudiated natural remedies in favor of modern medicine. In contrast with my mother-in-law, who lasted 9 months after diagnosis, the remaining three are...
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    Many Drug Prescriptions are Now Going Unfilled

    My mother-in-law tried your buddy's plan with cancer. She's dead.
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    Trader Racks Up a Second Epic Gain

    What does that have to do with John Paulson?
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    Catastrophic event

    Sounds like a good argument for a different trading style. Trying to scalp manually against HFT bots sounds catastrophic enough anyway.
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    Catastrophic event

    If you're a scalper your catastrophic event protection is the same as your "Damn -- this thing is a loser" protection. You get the hell out.
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    Rand Paul's Plan To Immediately Slash Half A Trillion In Spending

    The point is that it's not credible. Tell me, what do you do with people you work with who propose "solutions" that either solve nothing or only nibble at the problem?
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    Rand Paul's Plan To Immediately Slash Half A Trillion In Spending

    Shocker that a self-confessed old guy wants to get rid of the Department of Education -- a piss in the ocean -- but makes no mention of cuts to Defense, Social Security, Medicare, or Medcaid. I give Rand no credit at all -- his proposals don't go far enough, and don't go after the real money...
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    How is it to work for Shell oil as a trader?

    From the presumed job description posted by the OP: So how's your knowledge of northwest region pipelines and the local distribution companies? That'll tell you your odds of being hired. And I don't know how to say this without sounding like a dick, so I'll just say it: you're willing to...
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    Pro Traders...please tell me what I'm doing wrong - how can I change it ?

    John Bollinger will be surprised to read this...
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    trading space-office loop Chicago

    Yep -- there's a ton of space available if you just do a little looking. I doubt you'll need to make many calls...
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