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    Alexis Tsipras' "open letter" to German citizens

    How dare they raise prices! Uneducated in the ways of econ 101! ROFLMAO! Your post demonstrates your business illiteracy.
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    Alexis Tsipras' "open letter" to German citizens

    Hot Greek girls, mmmmmm!!!!
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    EUR/CHF wipeout/margin call ... negative balance ... what to do?

    Thanks for charts, chaps. I was contemplating shorting either swiss or euro against the dollar (futures) the evening before. Thankfully did not do the swiss (didn't do the the euro either which would have worked well!). From the above charts, i reckon i would have lost only 2%-3% (i tend to...
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    The best traders in ET

    pinkman, roflmao! probably the worst trader on here
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    Jim Grant tipped long calls on Swiss/euro in Sept

    these are options on swiss/dollar...not eur/chf
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    Jim Grant tipped long calls on Swiss/euro in Sept

    My respect, Mr ExperiencedJoe
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    Did Interactive Active Brokers Honor CHF Stops Thursday ?

    how is the EU a peg?
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    Did Interactive Active Brokers Honor CHF Stops Thursday ?

    At the bottom of this thread, i outlined a possible black swan event in crude oil. some discussion followed: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/how-much-risk-capital-should-one-use-in-a-single-trade.206664/page-5
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    How do you manage gap risk on your overnight stock positions?

    I outlined a black swan event in crude here, some discussion followed. http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/how-much-risk-capital-should-one-use-in-a-single-trade.206664/page-5
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    Did Interactive Active Brokers Honor CHF Stops Thursday ?

    The black swan event happened in market hours, overnight has nothing to do with it.
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    Is Your Broker Weathering the CHF Storm?

    They are not the only ones...bucket shop etxcapital (perhaps their prime broker is saxobank?) said this: Please be informed that due to today’s exceptional market movement in CHF crosses, we have been filling clients’ orders and positions in an extremely illiquid market. As such, we are now...
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    Jim Grant tipped long calls on Swiss/euro in Sept

    Must have gone up 50x... http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/01/jim-grant-swiss-franc/ In the September 19th issue of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Jim Grant wrote: “…we venture that the SNB will sooner or later be forced to permit the franc to appreciate and thus to enrich the holders of...
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    The fallacy of "continuous Kelly"

    Exact Kelly comes to 18.018%. The approximation overestimates. thought your approximation always underestimates?
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    Is The Bull Market Over?

    fun forecast: i reckon sp500 will hit 3000 by end 2016
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    Is day trading worth it?

    Yesterday's event shows that day trading is just as risky as taking positions overnight, more so, since day traders tend to leverage up more than position traders.
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    The fallacy of "continuous Kelly"

    i must have missed something in the calculation...could you go through it, pls?
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    chf crosses

    horrible move, hope no one here was burnt too badly
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    Frontline (FRO) - Can anyone make a bearish case?

    pls can u copy and paste? don't want to sign up, thks
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    SAUDI ARABIA RUNNING OUT OF OIL

    FYI, Saudi Arabian oil production costs are around $5-$10 per barrel.
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    The 10,000 hour rule.

    Old thread, i know. The 10,000 hours 'rule' is applicable to becoming a MASTER in a particular field. To learn the basics of being a fairly competent trader would take 20-25 (focussed) hours max. Personally*, I reckon i could train someone in a few hours! Note that the turtle traders were...
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