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    The rich are waging class warfare on the poor

    are you people really that naive? no one is stealing from the poor. the wealth disparity is due to globalization of the economy in recent decades. globalization has the effect of wealth concentration. successful business owners or indirect business beneficiaries profit from this and see their...
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    X_Trader VS. CQG Trader

    I have limited experience with it, and honestly I'd rather use ninja over cqg trader. CQG charting is great, order entry is sort of "meh", this was like 2 years ago I'm not sure about nowadays.
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    Why aren't all genius's rich?

    pure intellect is often limiting, the more you think about something the more problems you see with it, the more you attempt to correct it. sooner or later you've got to realize as a human being you will never know everything. To capitalize on opportunities one often must take a leap of faith...
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    Futures Trading and Initial Capital

    I highly recommend not holding futures overnight as a newbie to futures, it is highly leveraged and volatile compared to shares of major listed companies.
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    Philosophy behind trading Commodity Futures

    the primary function of futures isnt speculation, it's to hedge against risk for people who are in the commodity business or requires alot of commodities. It allows them to limit their maximum risk exposure.
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    Here comes the 12 monitor video card

    Behold the Wal-o-Porn
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    Here comes the 12 monitor video card

    the objectilve is to become a more profitable trader or cause severe and permanent neck damage :confused:
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    How much capital do you typically need as a trader to live on your own?

    ideally $200,000 but $150,000 will do if your more frugal. set 1 year living expense aside ($60,000), $100k+ dedicated trade capital that you don't have to touch for that year. 20% return per quarter should not be a problem for a profitable short term trader if leveraged.
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    Taking 320K to 3.5million by Year End 2009

    every decision in life is a gamble. reward involves risk, some of us chose to embrace that fact. It's just about how much your willing to lose and your ability to stick to that no matter what.
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    De Beers Profits Fall 99%: Says "Sales Have All But Vanished In Last 6 Months"

    diamonds prices were artificially priced high by debeers, they diserve to collapse. Cartel scum
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    North Korea may fire a missile toward Hawaii

    nuke north korea to oblivion, kill them all.
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    How much should i ask for,

    when ppl come on elitetrader to ask for professional advice you know it's probably bullshit.
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    Looking to trade off a Laptop while traveling

    I'm paranoid about computer reliability. I've had too many cheap consumer grade laptops fail on me. I only buy thinkpads or hp elitebooks now.
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    Looking to trade off a Laptop while traveling

    hp elitebook 8730w. get the basic video card. under 2000 bucks after tax. very well built and reliable business laptop
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    Capital for futures trading?

    without years of audited real returns, acquiring funds is pretty much impossible. no one invests in paper trading results.
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    How Obama pretends to replace the jobs war creates?

    private security for those who seek protection in the next civil war
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    Swiss party wants to punish U.S. for UBS probe

    us government has a right to a reasonable tax on profits made within the us. why should the us government be allowed to tax profits from other nations? I doubt many people would support me but I think progressive taxation without limit is stupid, the government does nothing extra for the...
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    how many desktops/ terminals do you need?

    having an obscene amount of subscription service/hardware is usually just to boost the ego of the trader. I've done it my self so I look smarter, until I realized I don't even rotate my head to look at the side monitors.
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    Obama says time to buy stocks

    I'll buy shares if obama will bail out my bank account
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    Any Cell Phones that can Trade on Interactive Brokers?

    get a thinkpad x200 tablet. It has built in wireless verizon/att wireless. very light veyr durable very flexible.
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