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    Where to start? S&P E-Mini

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EOHW9O/sr=1-2/qid=1156287719/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-7634546-7607332?ie=UTF8&s=books
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    This iron condor strategy seems to be a sure thing for small profit.

    commish. plus most of the time there won't be the mispricing, I'm assuming.
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    ADX indicator

    ADX = Advance and Declining Issues, right? I think most of the default ADX only look at yesterday's prices.
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    What does the bond rally mean?

    increased demand or fall in supply
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    Is this monitor finished ?

    One of my screens seems to be overheated, just like a car with a bad radiator. For the first few hours of the day everything works as usual. Then about ten o'clock the monitor starts making this faint humming sound. After about five minutes it goes black screen. The power doesn't turn off but...
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    October lows are in for 2006.

    oh I forgot . . . buy HO
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    October lows are in for 2006.

    short gas
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    Fifteen Percent?

    Lets say I start a prop firm. Are the profits taxed as capital gain revenue?
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    The cease-fire

    Six-Day War (Arab-Israeli conflict) IDF soldiers at Jerusalem's Western Wall shortly after its capture. Date: June 5, 1967 – June 10, 1967 Location: Middle East Result: Israeli victory Casus belli: Egyptian naval blockade and military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula as well as...
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    Backtesting

    Do you mean optimize it on one market or stock and then backtest it for profitability on another? I don't agree with this either. Every market performs differently in past and in the future. Just because a strategy performs well in one commodity or stock, you can't expect the same pattern...
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    my view

    One's I like: for novice: 2. don't spread bet. mistakes can happen 3. positioning - never risk more than 5% of total capital on any single trade. realistic. If you tell them 2%, they'll go over anyway 4. diversify. not like a mutual fund, but never use more than a 1/12 of total cap in...
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    Backtesting

    I don't get this quote. Isn't the whole point of backtesting strategies to deduct which strategies performed the best. Let's say I'm testing a simple strategy. I want to buy 30 mins before the close and then sell MOC. I run the test. Then I see that it may have been more profitable to...
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    Prop vs. Hedge Fund

    if you mean starting a prop and backing traders: you get to finalize all decisions as a HF director. Prop you're risking it on the trader's final input right? if you mean getting backed at a prop: personal risk . . you can lose everything. OPM is great.
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    programmer wanting to get into trading

    screw that . . . go back to school . . . to the best one you can. You don't have to do the PHd in math or physics anymore. They have specific FE programs now . . . Most of the big schools have one . . . Sign up to take the GMAT and you're on you're way. Don't listen to these...
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    Tradestation Compatible Tic Data

    cool
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    Tradestation Compatible Tic Data

    I've never been able to import data into TS.
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    Tradestation Compatible Tic Data

    Tradestation doesn't allow for the use of data from different servers though. You have to d/l from their servers anyway.
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    A little College Help

    try yahoo
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    Chicago Academics

    or New York
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    Chicago Academics

    25 since July
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