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nothing compared to the vitriol spewed against blacks and foreigners on this site. and being anti-vaccine is a choice unlike the other two.

Was the electricity manipulation illegal or was it one of those "wallstreet ethical but normal people unethical" activities

Depends on specifically. If the stock has completely stopped trading like Enron, the OCC will step in and create some kind of settlement procedure. if the stock still exists, the settlement is still the stock regardless of its value.

from 12/31/1999 to 12/31/2010 the spx earned 4.6percent if you reinvested the dividends. On a strictly price basis the spx lost 14percent but that’s not a fair comparison. Further you are taking the peak of the bubbliest valuation against just after a recovery of the worst financial crisis...

the two watches in my list are a breguet skeleton watch and a Ulysses Nardin Freak. What does that say about my personality?

Is that like a slow moving crash?

spoken like a guy who doesn’t know who the sucker in the room is.

I’m not sure what the point of your story is. Are you saying that no one can make money trading IC’s? Because Ken Calhoun essentially did. Are you saying that you are awesome at trading IC’s and your friend sucks at it?

Yet everywhere they do.

Fair point about the specific example. How do you feel as a conservative about people sucking up healthcare resources when they do get sick and need expensive ICU treatment and didn't take the proper precautions?

My point is that in the name of "mah freedom" are negative externalities that affect other people's freedom and rights. I know your type would prefer anarchy where everyone does what they want and eventually it all devolves to shooting each other to protect "mah freedom." but the rest of us...

He's sick and doesn't know it, coughs on your fries, and you eat those fries a few minutes later.

how do you feel about an unvaccinated guy at Burger King infecting your French fries causing you to be sick?

AMERICA FIRST BABY!!!!

My dog keeps pitching that stock to me.

I am surprised a market practitioner with decades of experience would say such absolute statements. Surely you know people who have been very successful trading other styles besides price action.

to expound a little bit. Buying power is different from margin in that buying power is your equity plus your margin capacity. Buying power is a proxy for amount of risk you can take. In a long only book: margin will mean you are borrowing money from the broker (and paying margin interest...

Margin is determined on an aggregate basis. You first use all your equity then you start using your margin.

Buy puts or short stocks. Everything else will be Latin to you.

google ipo was a flop too.