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My "reward" for reading/posting on ET is to interact with wonderful people like you for fun. It doesn't interfere with my trading at all, and in fact it helps with the break time. You may be surprised to know that, being in front of the screens most of the day, I do a few things to distract...

A person without money and without access to money to fund an account is in no position to dictate terms. So long as the terms are clearly spelled out, even a remote opportunity to make a few bucks upon demonstrating the requisite trading performance seems pretty good. Were I back in college, I...

So where's the kinky part?

I was speaking in general terms and did not say "all Americans," which wouldn't make any sense since I am the one making the post. Look elsewhere if you're intending to pick a fight. I'm rarely on this site nowadays and rarer still do I feel the urge to post anything. The pics from China were...

These demonstrations against the Japanese are as much about the puny islands as the anti-American riots in the Middle East are about some shitty movie denigrating Mohammed posted on Youtube by an ethnic Egyptian. Americans don't understand how hated the Japanese are by its neighbors. Think of...

I'm not clear on the significance of your "equity B/D" classification on the risk assessment of my money in a universal account for futures trading. Maybe you can enlighten me. Two words express my point: HYPER HYPOTHECATION. The fact IB is a publicly traded company and also a clearing FCM...

You mean like MF Global?

This article is from the Wall Street Journal and good enough to make the Finance section of Yahoo but apparently it doesn't meet the high standards of Elite Trader's "Wall St. News." Now I've seen everything.

He's not too smart to draw attention to himself: ST. CHARLES, Ill.—At a recent tournament, Graig Kinzler hit a golf ball into a mountain on the 15th hole of a course called Tundra Peak. With $2,000 at stake, he crossed his arms and looked as if he wanted to punch somebody. "Was I...

Have you read all the posts in this thread? I haven't but still I saw that he made at least one other similar "call ahead of time" which was commented upon by a poster who said he profited from the "call."

I don't see any point responding further to the OP. However, I'm not understanding you calling me a big talker. What have I said in this thread that can be construed as talking big? Furthermore, where have you been and what have you done that you are requesting me to do the same? Post on the P/L...

You don't need to convince me. See if you can convince your daddy and he might back your trading. I'm sure he is smart enough to figure out that if your commissions didn't come out of your pocket they must have come out of the market, which means you were good enough to extract over 12 or 18 or...

The reference to my college poker days was meant as an anecdote not an analogy. People have a difficult time admitting they lost and rationalize in their minds how they broke even. My point is the same as yours: BE after commissions means he is not BE but actually up the amount of his...

See if you can reconcile your statements. I'm not referring to your obvious slip up of 12 months versus 18 months, but to your sentiment about being breakeven. Is breakeven after 12 or 18 months "actually pretty good" or "isn't going so well"? My original point which you couldn't grasp is...

See if you can get your mind to think clearly about this. A trader is interested in what he extracts from the market through his knowledge, skill, and experience. What he extracts is tallied net of what he pays in commissions, fees, software, hardware, electricity, rent, hookers, and blow. Go...

Obvious question: Why not go back to working for daddy? Not so obvious question: How can you possibly be "breakeven" after 18 months? If your account is exactly where it was 18 months ago after paying commissions and fees, then you're not exactly "breakeven." I used to play poker in...

Nah, man. YOU think it's important he's black. You don't need to project your views onto me. I have no qualms about giving you straight answers if you need to ask what I think. Since you missed it the first time around, I'll say it again in a different way. Read slowly and carefully. I found...

What you learn from it is up to you. For me, I read the article and my mind asked obvious questions about the assailant that weren't answered in the article. And yes, the assailant's race was one of them, along with the assailant's age, whether or not the person had a violent criminal...

What's interesting about this article on today's homepage of the MSN site is that it omits obvious information about the assailant. Without watching the video I had already guessed as to why the information was omitted...

Your suggestion has already occurred. Years ago people met in Paltalk and Jack would speak at the open to the end of AM and then return after midday to speak during PM to the close. Documents and files were made available through an MSN group that is now defunct. The Paltalk sessions went on...