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www.Ninjatrader.com

Monish Pabrai: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-9052458-6822352?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Mohnish%20Pabrai

Nobody makes 5-10% a month (>80% annualized) without taking on MASSIVE risk, even if its the rare fat tail risk of completely blowing out the account overnight. And please stop telling people they have learning to do just because they're not subscribing to risk free profit/free lunch...

Everybody is a millionaire around here. Nobody here ever gets whipsawed and gets stops knocked out by wild price swings. My absolute favorite BS line here on ET is "If you can't make money in this volatility you can as well stop trading".

I'm trading very simple stat arb strategies myself and yes, I think they're viable for individuals. You have to differentiate between high frequency strategies (e.g. index arbitrage which buys/sells index futures vs. the underlying baskets of stocks) and medium/longer term arbitrage strategies...

Good luck with everything gutsytrader, if there's anyone I wish good fortune for the future here on the board then it's you!

The news is you're short.

Or bond yields have come down compared to the 70s and 80s, making equities relatively more attractive.

Not happy with IB? Just step up to the next level: http://www2.goldmansachs.com/client_services/trading_services/prime_brokerage/index.html Enjoy.

The most harmless panics are those that were "obvious".

Retire with $2m? In 15 years? $2m is nothing to retire with today, it will be petty cash by 2020.

Just my 2 cents: The last 100 years of investing history was full of bubbles in different markets (real estate, gold, oil&gas, stocks) or equity sectors (tech, biotech, coal etc. etc.) or investment strategies (private equity, "absolute return" bond strategies etc.) Is today any different...

Anything can happen. I guess all customers of IB and any other broker should ponder the question whether they are overall safer WITH or WITHOUT a security PIN device.

http://www.reuters.com/article/etfNews/idUSWEN315120071221 NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A dozen investment firms, including Bank of America (BAC.N) JPMorgan (JPM.N), Merrill Lynch (MER.N) and Chicago hedge fund firm Citadel Investment Group, have joined together to launch a new futures...

Holiday season is going on. Thin trading. 8 pips spread in the CAD globex futures, too.

Poker A big deal Dec 19th 2007 Poker is getting younger, cleverer, duller and much, much richer DOYLE BRUNSON (above, left) is a poker legend. Twice winner of the game's most prestigious annual tournament, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), held in Las Vegas, the cowboy-hat-clad...

They will ask stuff like DOB, Address, Place of Birth etc. Anything that was submitted in the account opening. Once verified, they will only ship the device to the address listed on the account. Pretty safe if you ask me unless you have somebody in your household/office you can't trust.

They will ask you a series of security questions on the phone and then issue you a PIN that will be good for 5 days. During those 5 days you will receive a new device via FEDEX. If for some reason your shipment doesn't reach you within 5 days you can receive another 5 day PIN by just calling...

Here we go.. Hitler.. And *I* have to grow up? Christ... BTW: Next time use your real account, not your fake nick!