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    CME BM&F/Bovespa

    Well said...:D
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    Fed Cut By Monday

    No kidding...I would say in the next few minutes
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    What Foreclosure reall means .... PBS Report

    Amazingly sad stuff...
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    Who's fading this move up?

    I would suggest some Monte Carlo modeling to determine probabilities of touching certain price strikes before/ or at expiration before selling naked puts in this environment.
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    $310,000 long on GM at $10/share

    Not under a Democratic administration.
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    Brazil and China BFF's forever

    Being from Brazil myself I can assure you that a lot of people actually bought into this idea with both fists. I have been in the US for the past 15 yrs., but I have numerous contacts in Brazil ranging from money managers to brokers. Almost everyone swallowed the pill "Brazil is insulated"...
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    Kynikos lawsuit

    Not a surprise...he will need to in order to make face to his investors once he lets them know of today's magnitude of losses.
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    the real reason for the rally

    Gamma. I suggest you look as to how gamma changes as we approach expiration...and the effect that it has in the face of a large price jump.
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    U.K. Proposed Ban on Shorting Financials Until JANUARY

    Here we go... http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-211.htm
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    U.K. Proposed Ban on Shorting Financials Until JANUARY

    This is probably just a matter of time.
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    cnbc's finest hour.... pummeling s&p head

    Are you kidding? How long is it taking S&P to rate the whole financial sector objectively? Apparently, they had no problem collecting fees on the way up and giving all that crappy paper AAA rating. :confused: :confused:
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    Interactive Brokers Mobile Trader

    I use IB mobile trader on my Treo PDA to monitor my positions when I'm away from my trading desk. I have never had a problem. I don't use it to actively trade, but only to have it as a backup and to follow the market on the go. I have also placed trades with it and also never had a...
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    Negative Theta Options over Weekend

    This is right on the mark...
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    Writing naked calls in a down market

    I believe that there is a misunderstanding in most of the responses. Selling naked options does not only involve risks associated with price variations alone, but it is also involves risks associated with moves in implied volatility and rates of change in implied volatility (and its higher order...
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    Cuba and Brazil.

    And you think that this can all be easily achieved without any interventionist measures from the US? :p :p :p
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    Short & ultra-short ETFs paradox

    There is no paradox here. The answer to your apparent "paradox" is called asymmetry of returns.
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    Quants also use technical analysis?

    NO
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    Deterioration of your mental state due to the emotions of trading

    What emotions? The first mistake is to assume that there should be any emotions involved in this line of business. Emotions and ego should be checked out at the door before sitting in front of your trading platform. That's the bottom line...
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    Bashing profitable traders..

    Yes. If you are into quantitative based trading I would highly recommend this forum. Heavy math oriented...but filled with top notch traders. http://www.wilmott.com/
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    2006 from 100K to 266K, 2007 3.5 months from 266K to 360K

    This is worse than the e-mail spam galore with "hot stock" picks. :p
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