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    Pair Trading Strategy Journal

    My bias has been opposite, short ATI, long RTI 160x200, got flat today around 5 in the spread. It does look about ready to flip the other way. I would have additional capital ready to layer this one though as it has the potential to continue moving against you. I use distribution levels of...
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    Let's Trade III, by Sicktrader

    good trade.
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    So my custom machine blew up today

    CYBERPOWER PC has some good deals, I got my machine there, very good prices, high quality.
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    Goldman and the REDIPLUS Platform

    I'm always reluctant to change and I liked Redi 7.2 I kept it as long as I could, upgraded to 8.1 last month and it's grown on me. Redi is pretty customizable and it's stable. I run Redi and 2 ATS's with about 180 or so DDE links going. I don't usually have any problems. Maybe once every 2...
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    Nyse-arca Down?

    Redi goes down now and again with GSEC, the worst I've had was an hour or less. Lately though NYSE has had tons of problems, it's gotten quite annoying.
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    The Opening Orders Thread

    If your limit is better than the opening print you get batched at the opening. So you don't have to be "right". You just have to have your order in the book better than what the Spec is going to open at. So you ARE providing liquidity.
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    The Opening Orders Thread

    how is it not a strategy? You are getting in on the opening print which is basically manipulated by the specialist based on supply and demand. You are providing liquidity for that print and you get compensated for it. The calculation just tells you where the stock should theoretically open.
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    ANR/FCL merger blowout?

    Anyone else following this thing? Seems like decent entry around .8 long spread seems good. .8 downside, at least 5 bucks upside.
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    Looking for a carry trade ETF that includes ...

    BZF is the Real, it's not very liquid, but would work for your carry.
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    Should I short Mosaic, NYSE: MOS?

    You shoulda been short at 53.
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    Using Margin for day trading

    If you are serious, and want to really make a living, go pro, take your series 7 and save 75k for your first year's living expenses and trade your portfolio with real leverage instead of losing your money trading retail.
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    Wtf was THAT?

    Interesting action in the Q's, Dell was a drag all day, then we got that nice pop afterhours, tomorrow might be a little more interesting than the .4 range today.
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    24 single looking to go full time into day trading

    Penn State is around 16k/yr, 7-8k per semester taking 12-15 credits. That is without anything, no housing, food, anything like that. I graduated 2007, if you want to put yourself into debt for the next decade have a go at it. I wanted to drop out after 1 year and start trading, stuck it out...
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    Iron Butterfly question

    In a Gada Davida baby
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    The future of the United States includes...

    O Canada! Our home and native land!
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    Do pro's trade SPY?

    Professional traders who are LLC members income is taxed as ordinary income with a K-1. It doesn't really matter what you trade, it's all the same.
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    24 single looking to go full time into day trading

    Get an education first. Trading is a job just like any other. You will not find that you have all the free time in the world, it is a tough business with lots of ups and downs and twists and turns. You will want to quit and question yourself and your decisions over and over again. You can be...
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    Pair Trading Strategy Journal

    Biotech is a tough sector for pairs, too news driven. Pairs are better with business as usual type companies, the boring ones.
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    DDRX from .21 to $24.15, up over 4500% this year alone....

    coffee has pulled back, I guess the stuck shorts are holding this thing up. Goldman doesn't have any to short, gotta call for a locate on it.
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