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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    never, say never. with our debt levels, TAX on anything and everything, is on the table. and, i remember everyone saying "NO way can they get ride of the specialist." just a few years ago, and sure enough ....
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    Lenny Dykstra is now 106-0

    This crash and burn is going to be BIG! "Swing for the fence!"
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    CA Governor Schwarzenegger Looks to Illegal Drugs for Tax Revenue

    it would be very interesting to see HOW/IF crime changed, after the fact.
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    CNN/Money- 8 signs of hope for the economy

    not true, not true, not true. ats, my fellow trader --- but, even then WHO could watch cnbc during trading hours, regardless.
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    echotrade min required to start?

    Current ownership situation has not changed. Merrill Lynch bought Pax Clearning, which had Echotrade.
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    Grid systems are bullshit, right?

    anyone doing, RTM can tell you THERE are always stocks/pairs that blowout, and taking the loss is required. I think IT would be suicide IF all you did was a simple grid system on 1 stock, or index. RTM, pays because you are automated AND have hundreds of positions at any 1 time - which take care...
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    How is everyone doing this year?

    I ll second the input by lescor. diversified in systems! wish it could last! 3 to 4 x better than any prior year!
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    Serious question: what HedgeFund firms make money in market meltdown?

    Trillions of paper wealth! IT can simply be disappear VS tangible hard commodities. structural shift is about half the way. you remember the 2000 bubble and hysteria. think opposite. hard to imagine but that is the direction for paper assets. the ebb and flow ....
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    The Mystery of GE; Down 50% Since October 1st

    GE comments http://www.minyanville.com/articles/WMT-LOW-GE-Credit-recession-depression/index/a/20014
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    Traders Expo in Las Vegas ...

    just booked the ticket, for the weekend!
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    What to get a trader husband for Christmas?

    http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/index.html see market maven. my best friend got it for me as a gift. it updates not in real time, but i put it on my refrig. and i enjoy seeing the numbers after the market close, etc. kinda fun, and cool. enjoy
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    The Learning Curve

    the game, is to learn about yourself, trading and this industry those first few years, and IF you don't lose a dime, you are ahead of 95%, IMO. IF in year 4 you are saying the same, then I would move on.
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    Obama To Introduce Crackdown Measures On Tax Havens

    are not most Hollywood successful actor's structured as OFFSHORE corporations, in order to side step paying lots of US taxes? i dont know, but IF so would this LAW, then go after them?
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    John Carter charges 25K per week per person for mentoring ???

    what i don't get, is IF you are 90%+ automated, how in the heck can you have someone come into your office AND learn how to trade? if these MENTOR's, have been in this buisness and profitable I dont see how they are NOT at least somewhat automated... unless, their time spent pays more to market...
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    Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs

    vinny, that has been my experience this last year. no junk mail was forwarded. just be sure, not to shop, or register anything at your new house. NO junk mail is delievered, or forwarded. maybe it is because the houses are in different States?!
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    Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs

    i spend half the year at the summer house and the other half at the winter house and use mail forwarding. it has completely eliminated my junk mail. not bad.... and it is free!
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    You Better Protect Your Ass

    thread reminds me, of the daily and monthly slow grind higher phenomenon as "we climb the Wall of Worry!"
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    Trader P/L 2008

    +135.8K on 746k shs. been at this game, full time since 2001 and like lescor before me, finally hit the 7 figure year with today's results. been my only goal, as a trader which i never thought possible. honestly, thanks to this thread, the motivation it has provided, and some of the friendships...
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    These Rate Cuts Are Really Doing The Trick

    at this point, they could even close the market and I would not be surprised! unprecedent, actions are being taken.... simply in the end only prolonging the situation/condition.
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    Trader P/L 2008

    +58k on 681k shs. nice numbers, guys! i was down the last 3 huors of the day because of connectivity issues....costing me, dearly. but, i ll take the day, and be very thankful.
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