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    It seems IB download keeps stalling

    I noticed when i got a new vista laptop and went to download TWS it stalled. I was frustrated until one time i left it stalled and walked away. It appeared the progress meter was calculated improperly because within a minute or so it loaded normally. Could be the same problem.
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    ETF Guys & Gals at Prop Firms - A Question for you

    Yes, unless my head office has a network of warehouses full of paper. In which case, i would expect them to tell me otherwise!
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    ETF Guys & Gals at Prop Firms - A Question for you

    right, you have to hold overnight to be on the record of shareholders.
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    Prop. Firm - Where does the capital come from?

    As i understand it, the broker dealers give 4:1 leverage to the main prop company, and the prop company gives out 10:1 knowing not all traders will be using their full bp all at the same time.
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    "Run on the bank" scenario at IBKR

    IBKR has stated repeated on this board as well as specifically outlined on their website that CITI is their receiving/feeder account, and they spread their capital throughout at least 6 international banks.
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    Question to WTS traders.

    $200 a day stop out for a newbie is crazy. if they hire say, 20 or 30 traders and they all lose money at first, how long could they survive giving out thousands a day in losses. Unless they have a specific strategy (which makes no sense cause if it wasnt gut based they would automate it) that...
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    canadians: what do you do with your USD pay?

    I pre sell my earnings in IB every few days. My IB account is always short USD as i get paid in arrears.
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    Question to WTS traders.

    Doesnt really mean anything. Just means their B/D doesnt contain 'WTS' or "World Trade" in the name. This is not abnormal though, Title Tradings B/D doesnt contain Title, and I dont believe the Swifttrade B/D contains their name either.
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    Question to WTS traders.

    I looked at Finra broker check out of curiosity, not sure how up to date that site is, but theres no b/d that contains WTS, and only 1 that contains world trade, which is based in nevada formed in 1996... If anyone knows the real name please post it.
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    Ayn Rand and trading...

    I would agree with most of that. It was painfully repetitive, and by two-dimensional, i would assume you mean the good-evil 'struggle' that is hardly fair. The good characters are smart, dynamic, forward thinking, good looking, whereas the evil characters are dumb, static, unable to think, and...
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    Ayn Rand and trading...

    I read atlas shrugged last summer, but i dont think it affected what i did in my trading. All it did was make me angry watching the fags in charge give out the producers money to the incompetent.
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    Trader P/L 2008

    Well i dont feel comfortable posting my numbers for 2008, but I did do better than last year, and I did meet a lot of my non monetary goals. 2009 almost undoubtedly be a smaller year than 2008, but thats ok, its been an incredible year, and im very lucky to have health, youth, and now, some...
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    What car to buy

    In mid 2008 there was an 18 month wait list at the richmond bc audi dealer.
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    What car to buy

    aston martin vantage. The only way to go.
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    No one on EliteTrader will beat the market… here is why

    I am i king, it's true, i just moved from the Gala's to the Braeburn's.
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    No one on EliteTrader will beat the market… here is why

    Granted i didnt read most of that drivel, but i am more than certain you will not only be challenged, but ridiculed, forever to be sectioned off in the 'retards of ET' area of this wasteland.
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    Who's from phoenix

    Theres a legend of a trader who lives in phoenix who operates a dungeon where he forces coders to work for him. I also heard he has an incredibly hot foreign girlfriend, and is known to roll with a few quality wingmen. You should apply.
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    Bid-ask spreads will widen as Madoff was the biggest "liquidity provider"?

    I dont know how many shares MADF traded, but i would be a lot its not material to the volume of stocks. If your talking about the last couple days, its because its December 15th
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    Trader P/L 2008

    I thought Langley office and Don Bright's pairs trading super stat spreadsheets were invincible?
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    Trader lifestyle

    I agree with coolweb. Everyone has a point where they reach a critical mass of assets that they can start to splurge. Some peoples is very low, and blow money easily. Some peoples is very high. As a greedy capitalist bastard trader, my critical asset mass is very high! Cant afford to...
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