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    BOX - Boston Options Exchange

    Hi, When will BOX open for business ? A lot of things look good on paper. However, we need to try it out for at least several weeks to understand the Pros and Cons. :p :cool: :D
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    PhD without the guts

    IMHO: The problem is EGO. They had been using the same formula for many years and earning big money. They thought they were invincible. I heard that one year before the collapse, LTCM was so flooded with money that they had to selectively kick out some of the investors(politely, of...
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    PhD without the guts

    Well, it took NASDAQ almost 28 years to hit the 2,000 mark. But it jumped from 2,000 to 5,100 in less than two years. Was that rational ? Things are changing rapidly in US. Even a turkey can fly in a tornado. But the tornado has faded away. :p :cool: :D
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    PhD without the guts

    IMHO: People in academia are more conservative. A lot of Ph. D. hate uncertainty. That is one of the reasons they have chosen the path of least resistance, namely going to graduate schools after getting a Bachelor degree. Guts can not be taught. It has to be acquired. After working at...
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    Trading with 5,000,000,000

    Very funny !! :D :D :D
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    Trading with 5,000,000,000

    How about going to LV with your $5,000,000,000 ? It will be a glorious adventure for you and the owners of the casinos, if you bet it all in one shot !! :D :D :D
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    uptick rule and automated trading

    Uptick rule does not apply to ETF's like QQQ, SPY and DIA.
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    New Trader tired of breaking even - Help!

    Thanks for the info. I am surprised that the failure rate is so high. Need to get serious now. :confused: :confused: :confused:
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    Credit Spreads

    Try www.optionsXpress.com and www.mrstock.com. Both online brokers target option players as their customers. Their web sites have tons of useful info for option trading. The problem with credit spreads is liquidity. The bid-ask spread will take away a large percentage of the profit. The...
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    About the Sharpe Ratio and Expectancy in the analyze of intraday trading systems

    I thought only hedge funds or people doing arbitrage care about Sharpe Ratio. Daytraders only care about returns. Any comment ?? :p :cool: :D
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    enter U.S. to trade

    Ask him to get a Green Card first. I think most firms are not sponsoring H-1 Visa now.
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    CLONEAID VP to speak at money expo

    Let's encourage them to go IPO !! :p :cool: :D
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    Is diversification for small traders?

    By buying or trading the ETF's, small investors can diversify their portfolios easily. :p :cool: :D
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    Funding a Hedge Fund, How Easy?

    I agree. Unfortunately, we still need to deal with IRS. What a nightmare. :p :cool: :D
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    Carlyle group: the bbc report that will shock you

    Very interesting report. It seems that I have been spending too much time on the US web sites. Are there any European web sites similar to BBC that provide interesting information ? :confused: :confused: :confused:
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    get ride of my ego

    Very funny. Clonaid just claims birth of second cloned baby. Are they using the newest cloning methods from Clonaid ?? :D :D :D
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    get ride of my ego

    Hi, Just out of curiosity: What happens to Scholes and Merton after the LTCM collapse ? I heard that one of them was selling his house few years ago. Are they back to teaching ? :p :cool: :D
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    split impact : bullish ?

    Hi, Yahoo Finance has some data of past splits. It may be of interest to you. :p :p :cool: :D
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    $100 trillion dollars in derivatives

    I am not saying that it is Bush's fault. The recessions just occur when the last name of the Presidents are Bush.
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    $100 trillion dollars in derivatives

    I agree. The stock market withstood one Bush recession already. Dow Jones is holding up well in the second Bush recession. Derivatives threat may prove to be another minor obstacle. :p :cool: :D
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