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    Obama even works out like a girl

    1) Is there footage of Obama on a "jungle gym"? :confused: :D 2) Did he use "shake weights" at all during his "workout"? :confused: :eek:
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    Topsteptrader

    1) Continuous overnight? .... no. You have to be flat by 3pm but can re-initiate at 5pm, even then, only for certain markets. :) 2) According to the website, grains, (C, S & W) can only be traded during the pit session time from 8:30am til 1:15pm. That's it! :eek:
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    This Is Why It's A Good Idea To Drive Your Kids To School

    Was she riding a "short bus" or "long bus"? :confused: :D
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    options market making, seed capital

    You can either be an employee of Citadel or be crushed by Citadel. :eek:
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    Lost 80% of my risk contribution...

    80% of $1000 is practically "nothing". You can save that amount again and "be back in the game" quickly. :cool:
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    Topsteptrader

    1) You and I have "personally" gone over this. You can't expect TST to be conversant in 600 languages and 24,000 different dialects. :mad: 2) It says on the website that people have to be reasonably fluent in English. Sounds good to me! :D 3) Besides, Chinese people have no great ideas. They...
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    Hedging with puts - Confused

    1) Assuming atleast a few months of time remaining until expiration of the option and because of the approximate "50" delta of the option, the option premium will fluctuate only half as much as the stock when the stock is close to $50/share, i.e. at-the-money. Two put options will "more...
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    Exchange membership

    1) Trading privileges have to do with what you can trade, i.e. options only, stock index, currencies, livestock et al and not your fees, which should be "low" anyway from having the exchange seat. :) 2) As for that 2-year "restriction", my guess is that it has something to do with preventing...
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    Exchange membership

    "Trading privileges" has to do with what you can trade based on the category of membership you own/lease. At the CME, I remember there was CME (full), IMM, IOM, GEM and maybe still some other "lesser" ones. Greater "privilege/access" means a higher seat price/lease. :cool:
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    Hogs Jul/Aug

    1) Large-scale liquidation of "sick hogs" is expected near-term because of that "P.E.D. disease" with maximum tightness of supply occurring in August to justify the price on that contract. :eek: 2) In order to re-expand the herd, female hogs, i.e. sows and gilts, have to be removed from the...
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    Goldman Sachs says nobody is trading, inactive trading environment is "abnormal".

    We're gonna re-test the 2009 lows! :eek: :D :p :cool:
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    Topsteptrader

    1) Contact TST :) 2) Ditto :cool: 3) ? ... I believe it's a losing "day" because of the commission. Contact TST to find out what happens if you have a "scratch day" and does it count as a trade day or a "tie", not included in your profitable days statistic. :eek:
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    Topsteptrader

    1) It's "explicitly" stated that there is no weekly loss limit for the funded 30K trader, as there is with the larger account sizes, but you do have to adhere to the overall loss limit, which is the least of the four account sizes. It's not an "advantage" when starting out. You still have to...
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    The Best Trading Proverbs

    1) You didn't look hard enough. :( 2) When emerging markets turn into submerging markets, be careful! :)
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    Topsteptrader

    The "implicit" weekly loss limit with the funded 30K would be the overall limit of $1500. :cool:
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    European Option Risk

    1) With European-style options, deep-in-the-money strike prices might sometimes appear to trade at a "discount" to "fair value", with respect to an American-style option, because of the inability to exercise early. :) 2) Some of the other "rocket scientists" in the forum may want to chime in on...
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    New bumper sticker ideas

    "This Obama bumper sticker holds my car together". :cool:
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    hedge/ spread ratios

    1) In a nutshell, the average daily dollar-volatility fluctuation of one compared to the other. :) 2) When you start trading those spreads, the ratio fluctuates in your favor. :cool:
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    Topsteptrader

    1) In order to get through the 20-day, better consistency is needed to keep things on track for all 20 days. If somebody hits the profit number too soon and then implodes, it has to be frustrating. :eek: 2) Time is the "enemy" if one's edge is too streaky. :) 3) Before Summer is over, maybe...
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    Day Trader Demographics

    1) You can create your own user polls here that can roughly confirm what you should already know to begin with. :) 2) To waste your time with an "alphabet soup" of government agencies and mediocre schools is silly when everything you need is right "here". :cool:
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