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    China to Europe: You are just too damn lazy.

    Those are not sound bites, he is just stating the obvious facts. No logical person could dispute his central premise, or the metrics from the IMF and World Bank for that matter.
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    MF Global announcement

    What. The. Fuck.
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    Fighting the HFT algos... daytraders and floor traders vs. HFT traders

    Actually, all of this is pretty much a moot point if you lengthen your holding timeframe and chart sampling timeframes. All of it. Why play into the strength of the bots...
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    I am the 1%, let's talk.

    Jesus just told me that he is tax exempt.
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    GOLD!!! UP or Down?? The top of gold mania??

    Why not spread trade Gold versus Silver Comex Futures ? The CME is going to give you a 60 percent SPAN margin credit, and the spread will model and behave better than the flat price futures. Once you understand the dynamic behind the strategy, most scalpers find that they are much more...
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    Long july 12 Gasoline / Short July 12 Heating oil

    Well, like all futures spreads with an exchange-recognized SPAN performance bond margin offset credit, it is ridiculously cheap to carry overnight. This is more for the ClearPort Swaps, but you get the point: NYM PETROLEUM CRACKS AND SPREADS RBOB GASOLINE VS. HEATING OIL SWAP FUTURES RH...
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    Trading with a Stop Loss in the Futures Market is for Losers

    I would love to know how EMG defines a loss level for a trade and then takes a loss on that trade. What are his criteria. When EMG enters a trade, does he have defined risk at that time of entry ? Or is his puke point a living, variable dynamic ? Given the overwhelming and abundant...
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    Some liberals make me sick

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    “You’re blowing it with Fox News," Steve Jobs told Murdoch

    And so, what did Jobs look at on his death bed - Rachel Madow ? Did the truthiness of Ed Schultz on MSNBC kill him off ?
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    WTI-Brent Behavior: Good FT Article

    A good behavior is for rich/cheap mean reversion types to not trade a pure divergence play.
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    World power swings back to America

    I think that there are alot of 'haters' in the world who are wildly premature in their assignment of America as a rapidly declining superpower. Shorting America has been a painful exercise, both economically and militarily, for all who ventured the bet.
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    World power swings back to America

    Tsing, I think that your critique of Ambrose as a European Union sceptic is fair. Having said that, the domestic US energy production figures are certainly correct. The rapid narrowing of the China vs. US labor arbitrage advantage when delivered shipping rates are included is also a...
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    US Oil Supply is Exploding - Profound GeoPolitical Implications

    World power swings back to America The Telegraph, Monday, October 24, 2011 The making of computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and other goods may shift back to the US from China. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor The American phoenix is slowly...
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    World power swings back to America

    World power swings back to America The Telegraph, Monday, October 24, 2011 The making of computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and other goods may shift back to the US from China. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor The American phoenix is slowly...
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    Efp

    ICAP in Chapel Hill. Tradition or Amerex in Houston.
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    Roll over day for the CL contract?

    Don't be a puss. Take them past first notice day and then do an EFP on ClearPort. Live a little.
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    Max daily loss > Max daily profit

    In terms of my personal account - Max Win, 2004, Euribor vs. Schatz off a civilian unemployment number. AutoSpreader. Size. In terms of my professional desk career, I've had several huge days ( months, actually ) trading OTC bilateral electricity for a utility and later power and nat...
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    Futures Trading in Chicago

    Other than Tim Chia and Alex Rojas ?
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    understanding slippage, runaway trades, on globex

    You are guaranteed of nothing in trade execution. Even with a limit order specifying a generous pay-up tic range for execution at Market, if the market has been swept instantaneously beyond your fill range, then usually the limit order becomes a resting order at the extreme end of your...
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    Expectancy blunder

    Ever notice how convenient it is to assign a proper, even scientific label to shitty trading strategies ?
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