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    Hedging my dollar denominated assets?

    If you are hedging over 100k, the easiest way is via currency futures trading on the cme. Usually 1-2 pip spread on all the major crosses and the future contracts also efficiently price in the interest rate differentials between the two currencies. The major problem is that you'll will need to...
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    Student wins $100,000 in Interactive Brokers Collegiate Olympiad

    Since you only list 73 winners, when the top 100 get money, the last of whom only made $516, it seems like anybody who made money in the contest got a cash reward. I notice the list is even worse in past years. In 2006, a guy making only $0.41 still got a $1000 in real prize money. Really...
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    IB eliminates margining on many stocks!

    IB just raised Visa margin to 100%, funny cause it was still 25% yesterday on the ipo day. I had forgotten just how important 4-1 is to my trading.
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    Short Market now, 11:30am, 3/14/08

    I'm covering half my shorts here with a b/e stop on the rest, risk/reward ratio is deteriorating on this trade
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    Short Market now, 11:30am, 3/14/08

    Do you think institutions want to hold securities over the weekend with all the headline risk out there? This momentary stabilization is likely a result of misguided buying in hopes of a capitulation rally and is providing a great opportunity. I'm short ES, NQ and long the yen, and expect...
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    jim rogers on cnbc today....

    Rogers has been correct on a number of issues recently, but that doesn't mean he should treated as an all-knowing guru. Bernanke's current actions are obviously devaluing the dollar, but he has few other options as he attempts to avoid a financial collapse instigated by Greenspan's credit...
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    Japs jerk themselves off into oblivion

    Here's a quote from the article: "Some of the masturbation aids coming out nowadays are absolutely incredible. Guys become used to using these and there is no doubt that many men are unable to obtain the necessary satisfaction from a female vagina that they need to ejaculate." What kind...
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    Lescor And Dustin, Who Lost Money At Tuco?

    He's referring to this http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2008/lr20480.htm 1.35mil dollars of traders equity missing.
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