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    Belief in God and Market Perspective

    Haha of course belief in God is INVERSELY correlated with IQ. It's something called arrogance and pride. If you are smart, you often fall into the trap of thinking you know everything. Hence you write off the existence of God.
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    Whats with pro athletes wanting to "restructure" contracts

    If you have the leverage to be able to restructure your contract - why not do it case in point - Brian Urlacher
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    GM car an embarrassment

    Haha - well high school girls are good and fun Though if you work on your 'personal style' you could still get away with driving that POS
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    Trading is Bad for your Mental Health

    Is that all you do - spread negativity? What a waste of bandwidth Hey - thank you for your 'concern' - but other traders are doing just fine
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    Only fools are complaining about gas prices

    High gas prices Forget the complaining or the whining or whether it's 'fair or not' Figure out how to adjust And figure out how to profit from this
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    T/A won't make sense to me until I understand this:

    Market is fractal Now take this piece of knowledge and run with it
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    Taking 103K to 1.2million by Year End 2008

    It really does not make any sense to set a short-term numerical target like you are doing. Your profits really hinge on the CAPABILITY of your system. You can set any target you want, but whether your system can hit the target is a different story. Nevertheless, you are using real money...
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    OK, I Quit. Trading is Too Tough for Me

    To the original poster What is the point of this thread? Are you looking for sympathy? That's what girls do Are you hoping others will convince you to stay in trading? Even if they succeed and convince you into staying, you will still fail since the motivation came from others, not...
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    Marketsurfer's bold gold proclamation

    The original poster was not attacking 'trading based on time periods greater than 1 day.' The orignal poster was attacking - 'longer-term trading based on predictions not probabilities.' In other words, he is against longer-term trading where you accept only binary outcomes (huge profit...
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    What is the best way to get long inflation?

    Ha - that was a good one
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    I got extremely lucky selling T on imbalance at the open

    A guy has to start somewhere Besides, with the 300 shares he's traded today - he's traded more than you have in the past 3 years
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    Don Bright buying Goldman

    Ha - nice one
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    Proposition to Trade your account ?

    Show your trading record NOW
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    Machinist Up 300k Following Sykes

    That's great for the machinist that he made coin But let's track down all the bodies in the graveyard that followed Sykes too
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    Proposition to Trade your account ?

    If you want capital - sell your house and rent If you want to win big - you gotta make some sacrifices
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    Successful Stop & Reverse - Semi Martingale Trend Following Strategy

    You will NEVER be able to turn $25,000 -> $100,000 year using a random system with a martingale. Think about it - 'nothing comes from nothing.' Your system is completely random, you have no market knowledge, therefore out of no knowledge comes minimal profits - though you will profit...
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    GM's liabilities exceed assets by $42 billion, losing money. Why isn't it bankrupt?

    The main reason liabilities exceed their assets is due to their tremendous pension obligation (defined benefit plan) Their liabilities in theory could be reduced if they somehow are able to screw the retirees and just 'buy them out for pennies' instead of paying the full liability amount owed...
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    GM's liabilities exceed assets by $42 billion, losing money. Why isn't it bankrupt?

    If you purchase another company for a price greater than assets - liabilities, then that left-over amount gets allocated to say brand name, customer lists, etc. But if the company never gets 'bought' then the no $ value gets assigned to the 'brand equity' and it remains off the books.
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    I just got dissed...

    Don't want to know - don't care Screw him He may be a billionaire but his snap judgments on you are NOTHING Never give any one the power to affect you
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    Hot anchors thread

    Erin's voice is too low But she is kinda cute - 7 out of 10
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