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Cash : 'Sounds like a LOT of dependency to me.' You didn't ASK about dependency, you asked for a career that 'doesn't require people' If you mean dependency of this sort that NO CAREER needs people more than being a trader. So you manage a prop firm : Did you have to interview...

computer programmer ... what other profession has such a bad rep for poor social skills ... speaking as a long time programmer, it's not unusual to sit in front of the computer thinking and talking only to yourself for days/weeks/months, especially if you work for a govt agency like I did...

thanks def ... that's exactly the kind of answer I needed. I also had a second motive, which was to understand mechanics of how shorting to 0 works. I have noticed in the past that you have taken a lot of crap answering questions on this board. I would like to take this opportunity to...

rs7 : Lots of constructive ideas !!! ... thanks for not being just another blowhard :cool:

OK, here are some stupid questions ... but I would really appreciate knowing the answers to these. if I short WCOME on IB and then it is delisisted and it is a pink sheet stock, how can I cover my short on IB ? if I short WCOME on IB and it goes to bankruptcy and the stock is decalred...

who do they think is doing all the buying ? The ONLY reason the markets haven't tanked into the proverbial toilet is the short sellers (and the PPT :) periodically propping up the market by creating short covering rallies. What a joke. God save us from the SEC.

Put me in the ABSOLUTELY GREAT idea category. For too long the government has misued and generally f*cked up the Constitution. read an interview with the guy who filed the suit : http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/26/Newdow.cnna/index.html BTW it's my mom's (former) hometown.

I'd wait till prices hit about 50 K myself :D I think this whole bubble phenomenon is a funciton of the unique psychological makeup of the Boomers ... Check this out : http://www.fourthturning.com IMHO : Understand this book and you understand what will happen to the markets and...

why not use another browser like Opera ... http://www.opera.com you can set the auto refresh from 5 seconds to minutes or hours if you want.

Hopefully this isn't going to jinx me but ... In the last month I had two major problems with IB. One morning I checked and ALL of my stock positions were wrong ... SW glitch, I think. In another, ALL of my futures positions had been closed, even though I never even approached a margin call...

Hey I'm a MEMBER !!! :D :cool: :) :eek: :p

I think anyone who is seriously long is seriously nuts ... If / When India and Pakistan NUKE each other, do you think the market is going to rally ? And what exactly IS the good news that is going to support anything more than a few hours/days rally ? BTW I love this market ... it fits my...

Thanks Def ! Please keep the info coming ... I get more info from listening to you than from the website It's amazing how rude people (on the Internet) can be when they don't have to look you in the face ... :D

OK ... let me see if I have this straight ... Item A ) Blodgett & MER get BILLIONS of dollars for manipulating the price of stocks by extorting fees from companies for NOT downgrading their stocks on their website and in analyst recommendations. Item B) Elgindy & his company make...

? : Isn't the NCIC database SUPPOSED to be used to identify criminals and former felons ? It would seem to me that any employer should have the ability to tap into such a database to ferret out any employees with criminal records ... I think what it was was that the FBI was completely...

How The Govt Says Elgindy's Scheme Worked By Michael Rapoport NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--It was an audacious scheme, in prosecutors' telling: Use moles within the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get secret government information that could be damaging to a company, and then use that...

7:30 AM ET Problem fixed on my computer now ... :cool:

6:25 AM ET IB customers : double check your positions vs. last night's statements. I fired up my computer pre-market and ALL of my positions are wrong. I called IB and alerted them and they are working on it. They say the problem is not just mine but others as well. It shows wrong on both...

ertrader : I agree completely with your idea of Wall Street being primary target for the enemies of the USA. Where else can you eliminate Trillions of dollars in a matter of days weeks or months ? And you are also right that there is no way 'they' can destroy the USA ... Even nukes, should...

I can't get farther away ... I live in China :D