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BTW, Belgium is a wonderful country, especially loved Brussels. The point you made is dead on. Most of America is either treading water or doing quite poor. California is an interesting example in that most of the state is doing very poorly, but the liberal elite there are doing very well...

Good luck. Republicans will luckily destroy Obama in 2012, but it may be close. There's just too many socialists in this country for there to be a true conservative party. I have no problem with you griping, but the world is what it is and we'll have to settle for the Republicans, as awful as...

How do you know that the company wasn't just working on his yard, unless it was parked there at night, which could mean anything. But if true, what it means is simple: if you want to get ahead, you've got to be in control, which means owning your own business. To the person who said law...

Strongly disagree with this. Most people don't have the intellectual abilities in order to do a science, math, engineering type degree. I went to a top university and many people could not get through the weed 'em out courses of math and science. Moreover, software development is very hard and...

This sums up most of it. Everyone's holy grail will be different because we all approach trading differently. Even most prop shops you're on your own for the most part, unless you got a prodigious background and can get into one that gives you a salary. In short, you have to work very hard...

There was an article by Dr. Walter Russel Mead and the Wapo saying that Rhode Island, the archetype blue state, would be cutting the pension obligations for CURRENT retirees. The only way the blue states can get on good fiscal ground is to get rid of pensions for both current and former state...

And there are bonds, cds, derivatives, numerous strategies and on and on. You said nothing that someone without going to a prop firm could do. Obviously, you're pumping up your area without really getting to the value added by a prop firm. You definitely answered my question.

Not in Chicago, but always wondered about prop firms. I know about the buying power and maybe you'll get some training at a few. But are there really that many more advantages. Unless the firm has proprietary software, anyone can get cqg, xtrader or bloomberg, and shop around for the best broker...

Do you need to know c# for them? Or what language specifically? Thanks. EDIT: OP, for tradestation, was easy language hard to implement. I heard that tradestation is very unreliable with its data? Thoughts?

I see a child support order in your future. /

You know what's funny about this: fifty years ago Vermont was probably the most Republican state in the country. I think it was one of the ones that never voted for FDR. Now they're socialists.

+1000 -- This was really good, especially in explaining discretionary trading. Someone mentioned backtesting. The results do not always hold up in the real world and also doesn't lend itself to all trading strategies. I also think it's a poor cousin to algo trading. Nothing replaces the time it...

Democrats ultimate goal: Punish those who are productive and self-sufficient, reward those who become wards of the state, so that they'll always vote Democrats into power. Democrats could care less about this country. They are the party who back stabbed troops on the ground to win Senate...

I have to agree with the guy who said don't listen to people on a message board. The truth is that there's many different ways to trade where you can become profitable. No one knows you like yourself, so you'll have to work on building a solid trading foundation that works for you. This...

lulz, Bernanke has the pedal to the floor and we're only going twenty mph.

It really is scary that the only time in the last twenty years there's been sustained growth was during two bubbles: tech and real estate/commodities. We either need another major bubble or we have to grow naturally, which is not punishing or demonizing businesses and entrepreneurs. With all the...

For cohabitation to reach this point, I think both parties have to hold themselves out to be married or basically at a similar point. Not just a LTR. But your overall point is well put. Never get serious unless the gal is marriage material, which is and should be a high standard. I've never had...

What you said is actually a good reason why people should get married young. There's a better chance of true love and the gal is not jaded by years of being a slut. If marriage is a partnership based on unyielding love, it's literally the best thing in the world. I give you kudos. The older...

I would would say a few do education just for the fun of it, love of learning. I would say that's more true for college than for masters, doctorate level. The world is competitive, so some people conclude that if they get the one degree higher they'll be more marketable. Unless they go to a...

Did you switch to streetsmart edge--looks like a better platform?