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    I Came Out Here Cuz Of Free Money!

    distributing food stamps in inverse proportion to % of body fat is a novel type of welfare reform.
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    CERN Discovers Neutrinos That Travel Faster Than Light... FTL Possible

    $4 Bil doesn't even sound like a lot of waste anymore. Of course, assuming it existed, you could buy about 25 billion pounds of rice with that money.
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    Ninja Trader question

    Hire a bouncer-type part-time and let him sit next to you watching the PnL, when it hits a pre-defined level have him rip the power cord out of the wall. Seriosly though, you can't just shut everything down at a certain point and leave the house/office? Run errands, play with the kids, drive...
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    Greece to slash 20% of public workforce "right now"

    After 5 minutes in the DMV or Post Office my general misanthropy becomes borderline pathological. Honestly, I'd prefer they get paid minimum wage to sit at home and do nothing. Of course, that would increase their potential for procreation, which could be worse.
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    ES Journal Archive (2011)

    Don't disagree, market is still probably heavy short and could easily see 1250+. I just wasn't sure of the lag between when the sentiment is taken and when they publish. Only problem with fading this sentiment is the fact this bounce is entirely news driven, shorts having no choice but to...
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    ES Journal Archive (2011)

    I see the date published but what date are the data from? I find it hard to believe sentiment that bearish with what has happened the last three days. edit: looks like the last reading was on the 9th, since we've basically had a nasty 3-day squeeze I think it's safe to assume those levels...
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    ES options vs Spy options...

    SPY tighter b/a spreads, ES better tax treatment. Also, ES is 5x the size of SPY so depending on the broker you may get lower commissions. ES uses SPAN margin and the quarterlies are cash-settlement.
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    Anyone else notice strangely low volume for the past few days in ES and YM?

    Less than 2k on a 5min bar? You sure you looking at Dec and not Sep?
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    ES Journal Archive (2011)

    FWIW, here are the current Open Interest levels on the SPY/SPX/ES options going into Fri expiration. (ES is adjusted to SPX contract size, SPY isn't)
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    Treasury could have $270 billion loss from Plunge Protection Team support activities.

    proof? proof? who needs proof when a bunch of people on the internet say so
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    EU Plans Transaction Tax Based on Traders’ Base, FTD Says

    It's almost as if they sit around thinking: "how could we make a bad situation worse?"
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    If Your Kids Are Fat The State Will Put Them In Foster Care.

    Don't really feal like getting into a long debate about addiction since it usually goes around in circles, but... I'm a smoker, when I light up a cigarette I'm sure I get abnormal brain activity (more than usual:) ) similar to other "addicts," but I take month long breaks from smoking all...
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    If Your Kids Are Fat The State Will Put Them In Foster Care.

    a) Except in rare cases - such as hypothyroidism - obesity is not an illness(even then it's a result of the illness.) It's the result of choice. In this case poor choice on the parents part. b) Who decides where the line between healthy and criminally unhealthy is? Oh ya, the omniscient...
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    SNB sets franc floor at CHF1.20 versus euro.

    Assuming they maintain the level. According to their website: The Swiss National Bank is constituted as a special statute joint-stock company. The rights of the shareholders are embodied in the National Bank ActNational Bank Act (PDF); company law is applied merely complementarily (art. 2...
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    SNB sets franc floor at CHF1.20 versus euro.

    the BOJ must not have gotten the memo btw, I would love to see eur/chf just flatline at 1.20 for the next week, see if unlimited really is unlimited. otherwise chf-carry for free money
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    Weekly option strategy...?

    You basically have a continuous put selling strategy. If you get assigned on the short-put and then sell a covered call you essentially have another short-put position. Is that the strategy you want in this market? The dividends of the underlying are factored into the option prices...
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    ES Intraday traders (timeframe)

    It depends on your trading style and what works best for you. Try different things. I like 3min, 15min, 133 tic, and 3600 tic.
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    FSA clamps down on international 'spoofing'

    ah, my american ignorance on display still kind of funny his name is brad
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    ES Journal Archive (2011)

    The major supp/ress areas I'm looking at... NFP in 6 minutes
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