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There is no mystery about "tracking error" with the leveraged ETF's. They do precisely what they state. But this does not mean that they will be 2x across any time frame. Consider: Example: Let's just say the TLT and the TBT (2x inverse of TLT) are both at $10 (for ease of math). One day...

This is right on the mark, Robbie. Thanks, B

Hi DeepSky, Very important point in there. First off, thanks for the kudos (I'm Chart). But got a question for you...(reason I popped in on this thread was to find some unbiased feedback.) We can safely assume two things about all traders: Traders get hot and cold for endogenous...

All I can say is, it's a million times better. It's been way too long since briefing updated the platform. The whole thing is customizable now, starting in Jan 09.

Hi ttf, Most of us trade from an office in downtown Chicago, but a few are in NYC. The selection process is just like you'd imagine: people know people, and some trader catches someone's attention and we get to know him. And look at what he's doing. If he/she seems to get it and can show...

I fully understand your skepticism. Before I started working with Trader, I would've thought the same way. And I assume that most folks who try the service come into the trial with the same sense of "it's obvious that the world doesn't work this way." We have about 6-8 posting traders at any...

One thing I would say (and I don't know if this point has already been made, I haven't read back through) is that it simply takes time and experience. You can't make up for this by looking at past data. Looking at past data is like reading a text transcript of a conversation on a street...

It is very interesting to hear your thoughts. I am one of the traders for the service. We're always trying to improve the utility, and for anyone who has tried it, I would love to see more feedback. To address one of the points made in this thread, naturally the biggest problem in this sort...

Don't worry everbody...Listen to Mr. Thompson. Bush to do address to nation at 9 pm ET Wed on economy

I did. Evolution is absolutely a logic model. There is no argument against this statement. Evolution is not "the transient nature". It is quite simply a profound tautology. The channel exists between present and future. To pass through it, a pattern must fit. This is my last response...

Thats the stuff. Here we go...

Gringinho, evolutionary logic is an absolute. That which persists, persists. No one is saying that abstracts are not real. The structure of the process is absolute. Don't begin to appropriate systems theory as devoid of conceptual absolutes. Principle mechanisms may be identified. If...

Finally, a productive post. Great cast.

You've hyperinflated the value of your ideas with a fiat epistemology.

Cool! The Buttman! So, then, there are absolutely no absolutes?

That's THE question. I think so many are in a similar position right now. I think in terms of analogy here. Do we bail out the circulatory system before the muscle tissue dies? Even if it's an implied injustice? This is tough to watch.

And that's great. But we seem to be making very slow progress. Does this identify a suitable corollary to Cuffy Meigs? And, as a side note, the absolutism works precisely until you get to aesthetics. Then she goes into lala land. But if you disagree with her ethics, then try to survive by...

It's amazing how the word 'intuition' is thrown about in statements like these. No disrespect. Well stated. But, if we take 'intuition' to mean simply the ascertainment of a conclusion without the metacognitive awareness of the means or logic by which that conclusion was reached, then...

Starring: Hank Paulson as Wesley Mouch Ben Bernanke as Eugene Lawson George W. Bush as Mr. Thompson

I think everyone is in agreement that our current predicament sucks. And that things look pretty bleak. And that we've already passed a critical point where the best case scenario is a combination of moral hazard and widespread injustice. And everyone has done a great job of covering that and...