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A trading edge is the easiest thing --- to disappear? Yes! :D

Thanks Fellows. Would like to hear your comments on the following: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2474205#post2474205

FLAMBOYANT financier and cricket entrepreneur Sir Allen Stanford faced a US judge overnight accused of running a $US7 billion pyramid scheme. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25663403-643,00.html "After being hit by civil charges by the SEC in February, Mr...

Options requires different trading philosophy, Why? What are they? Here is one: You can be right on direction, and you still lose money! Why?

You can have a Perfect system, but never a Holy Grail one! :D

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/sex/a/gold_digger.htm Q THIS APPEARED ON CRAIG'S LIST What am I doing wrong? Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I'm articulate and classy. I'm not from New York. I'm...

There was a news that when a well-educated son reminded her well-educated mother she should stop sending again and again further more money to a clearly Nigerian scam, the mother said to him, "You're just Jealous for not having this golden opportunity like I do. I'll prove to you later you're...

"An advance-fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam, are the Nigerian Letter (also called the 419 fraud, Nigerian scam, Nigerian bank scam, or...

"Pastors and Chief Executives of banks are said to be most notorious in the current strange rush to acquire private jets. ... There are certain gifts a man of God should not receive, even if the private jet is a gift from a member or members of the congregation. For a corporate CEO, the...

Obviously I am not a good lier! I meant, this time! :D

Alternative Profession: http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=167280

Don't worry. I'm only looking for a wife! Deposit is fine with me! :D

A big LIE indeed! :D

Living Professors alive today who are now teaching diciples inside or outside the jails (same link) "Living people * Frank Abagnale Jr. (1948) — Reformed US check forger and impostor; his autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, was made into a movie[12] * Matt the Knife (1981) —...

"A con artist is a person who attempts to deceive a person or people (sometimes known as the "mark" or "griftee") by gaining his or her confidence for personal gain. There have been a number of con artist throughout history who have achieved notoriety through either the financial success or the...

From the same link above. "Further reading * Ball, J. Bowyer; Whaley, Barton (1982). Cheating and Deception (reprint 1991). New Brunswick (USA), London (UK): Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-88738-868-X. * Blundell, Nigel (1984) [1982]. The World's Greatest Crooks and Conmen and...

Ponzi scheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme "Hypothetical example Suppose an advertisement is placed that promises extraordinary returns on an investment — for example, 20 percent on a 30-day contract. The objective is usually to deceive laymen who have no in-depth...

Let's discuss "Confidence trick A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, scheme, or swindle) is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick...