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Very much looking forward to this and I'm rootin for ya Spike! - The New Guy

What languages are you looking for? What exchanges/systems are you writing to? - The New Guy

They act a lot more similar than I ever would have thought too.... - The New Guy

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as bashing the article. It's great to see some young guys doing so well. And I suppose the title "30 traders under 30 who are doing very well" probably wouldn't sell as many copies... lol. The few traders I've met who are much more profitable than the one...

I'd just like to point out that the article title is ridiculous... NONE of the top traders under 30 are going to the press to talk about how much money they are making, because they all know the same thing. Their edge is fragile, and the longer they keep it a secret, the longer they can make...

I play online poker when I can't find any good trades, or don't feel good about the day. Party poker has really soft tables and you can fairly consistently make money there... same kind of action, on a much smaller scale, however. Just a thought.... - The New Guy

One more thing, the timeframe and position size LTCM operated on was BRUTAL. How could dudes that smart be that dumb? just MHO.... - The New Guy

No, that's what I thought you were saying. I agree, it's much harder for the retail guys to do it, but I have a retail account I do it in also. Albiet, smaller returns, but also less risk than other strategies. The trades I posted were not very good examples at all, but you can see my...

LOL! I've been trading this way a whole lot longer than 6 months... I don't know why you guys keep assuming I'm talking about some new fangled concept I've pulled out of my ass. So what if you've met hunderds of traders doing what I'm doing and they failed? How many have you met that are...

I wasn't implying that you said ineffeciencies didn't exist, I am merely backing up my case that they do exist, can be taken advantage of by retail traders, and a profitable system for trading can be devised around them. I don't know why you guys have such a hard time realizing there are other...

I'm not talking about long term trades, I'm talking about taking advantage of short term discrepencies in the flow of information. Further, if you hedge the trade properly, you are removing any currency risk/political risk there is. That's what including the underlying currencies does...

I've been looking around for an example of trades that show inefficiencies for you guys. But first, I have to say, I have no interest in this mud slinging, and I respect and appreciate all of your opinions, even if I think you are wrong sometimes. I am, however, interested in an intelligent...

Sorry, she was asking for it tho! I agree with you, but I also think that the results are somewhat skewed by people like this: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53209 Also, it's probably important to note that a large amount of successful options traders have...

What about undestanding the relationship between two products better than anyone else in the world? How could that not be "edge" by your definition? right, i see your response below. You are going to say that everyone can do that, so it's not an edge. I suppose technically they are able...

Now THAT'S hurling an insult!

So a system has to work for infinity to be a sucessful system? Also, it wasn't really their system that brought them down, but lack of appropriate money management. - The New Guy

I'm totally tied and I cannot continue this argument. If I can think of an example that I am allowed to explain, I will post it. But in all honesty, I'm just so surprised that you guys think the market is effecient. How do you guys make money then? - The New Guy

I'm honestly surprised that guys with as much experience as you two (or three) claim to have make such absurd statements. Are you guys saying you've never seen a successful black box trading program? - The New Guy

I can confirm that too, it was def over FRV for me, using the WL website numbers. - The New Guy

I think what's it's coming down to is the definition of systems. I certainly don't believe any trading system can be packaged up and sold and work for everyone, but I do believe that smart traders can (and should) figure out a set of guidlines to trade by. Obviously a system can't encompass...