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    CTA Prop Trading Record - Notional?

    Go the second route, form the CTA structure to develop a track record you can market. That's the route I took and works easier on getting the numbers approved by the NFA.
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    Need Advice! Career Decision: FNYS or ETF MARKET-MAKING or DAY-TRADING?

    Dude, Soon2BTrader hasn't posted anything in 3 years....he's working at Taco Bell. :D :D :D
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    I need to find someone from a 3rd world country to work for $2 / hr

    http://www.elance.com/ Have used them for many projects. Just put your project out to bid.
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    Why interest free banking make sense

    Clearly you have drunk the Obama coolaide. :D :D
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    California....what happened?

    Public employees: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/02/post_159.html http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0216/078.html
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    Who at ET trades for a living?

    Yes, 11 years fulltime. Not sure what the odds of making it are in this business. Know several traders that are successful fulltime but know many more who have tried and given up.
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    Capital gains tax rate; equities vs futures

    You have it flipped backwards: 1. The split: Instead of having all of your trading gains subject to the short-term capital gains tax rate of up to 35%, Section 1256 contracts allow 60% of your gain to be taxed at the lower long-term rate of 15%. This results in a combined tax rate of 23%, a...
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    No capital gains ??

    Study up my friend, especially since you are "a tax accountant" :D (and some wishes do come true) http://www.extension.umn.edu/extensionnews/2008/zerocapgain.html:eek:
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    Anyone have a "night job?"

    Why work a job at all, just do what this guy suggests: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144113&perpage=6&pagenumber=4 "Instead of working a part time job for $5, $6, $8 an hour wouldn't it be much easier to take just one tick an hour out of a market like the ES...
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    Part Time Jobs for Traders

    Brilliant idea! Why doesn't everyone do that, so simple. Damn :D :D :D
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    Goldman Hedge Fund Gets $3B Bailout

    The Financial Times has reported that Goldman Sachs has reclaimed "90 per cent of the $2bn it used to bail out" their Global Equity Opportunities Fund. The withdrawal came at the end of February. Per FT: Goldman withdrew $1.8bn from its Global Equity Opportunities fund at the end of February...
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    1000 % Subprime short seller Lahde preps new credit hedge fund

    "I was in this game for the money," Lahde wrote in the two-page missive, saying he would now focus on his personal portfolio of unspecified millions. "The low-hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking. These people who...
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    CPO accounting

    Any recommendations for a monthly accounting service for a CPO?
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    Smokin' Rally or Smokin' Crack

    Bobby Brinker is a jackass! :D
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    David Tice predicts S&P down 40% in 12 months

    :D :D :D Where did the mushroom cloud hit?
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    David Tice predicts S&P down 40% in 12 months

    :D :D :D :D Spot on jerkoff!
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    Limit up ?

    limit up ES here at 68
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    AIG,so what??...ES is up +10 NOW!!! 10:21PM EST Tues.

    Dec is the front month now..fyi
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    AIG life insurance holders-what happen

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122152624211640147.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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    I still have to know a daytrader who makes money in the long run...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQNdi-fRExc
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