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    CBOT hosted Classes/Training?

    Has anyone ever attended any of the classes/seminars located at the CBOT - as advertised on their website (http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,1130,00.html). I was thinking of attending one of the upcoming Dan Gramza or Ag workshops in the next few weeks. Has anyone attended one of these...
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    Trading T shirts

    goto the free trading seminars at the CBOT...they give away boxes of CBOT shirts that have the logo and say "Just Trade....cbot.com"
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    Hal

    i'm still holding a short position from $32.76 so i hope this downtrend continues and we see a break below $29.50
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    Is anyone else watching OIH?

    I'm loving those $125 puts (sept or oct) when it breaks below $130
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    Cost of Trade The News audio service

    here is a thread about trade the news s&p squak box...i'm sure those posters may be able to give you some advice. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75425 i've paid $125/mo for TTN (for the s&p, nasdaq box....i never use their 'news' updates portion though)
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    Markets extremely boring to trade

    is Sept historically a Bearish or Bullish month?
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    Why Do People Trade when the Failure Rate is So High?

    i'm suprised no one has said "because its fun and they love the thrill." And the 'pnl' is just a way to keep score.
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    floor squawk box?

    what squawk are you using, tradethenews? I've been using that service for a few months but i have a real hard time distinguishing individual traders and brokers in the pits. Does your service play without a market commentator talking throughout? Or have you just been listening long enough to...
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    NYMEX Floor Trading Poster: Kamil Kubik

    I'm in the process of decorating my new trading office and looking for some photos/posters....they have a painting/poster for sale at the NYMEX online store by Kamil Kubik (http://www.nymerc.com/shop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=58), but its priced at $1,000! Does anyone know of a store/link to...
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    floor squawk box?

    the only one i've used is Trade the News for the S&P pits. anyone used the NYMEX box? (http://www.nymex.com/squawk_main.aspx) Is it worth $500/month?
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    Jim Rogers: Oil will hit $100

    so whats everyone think of crudes price action these past few sessions? buy the dip; or continue too sell, sell, sell
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    Long Oil

    Thanks for that info about Conoco Wow; all these oil threads get really quite whenever we get a pullback.
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    Can I start anywhere with $1k?

    There are prop firms that dont require you to even put money up but your payout will be around 50/50. You may also get paid some draws against future earnings if your profitable (or becoming profitable). There are also a bunch of firms that trade on the floor (CBOT, CME, CBOE, NYMEX) that will...
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    NYC futures prop firms (CME, CBOT, ICE products)

    Skty is a Eurodollar market maker (i think one of the largest) in the CME pits, and is also an energies market maker in NYC. I think i still have the contact info for the recruiting company that does their hiring for their chicago office, PM me if you want me to try to dig that up for you.
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    No local HD channels on Dish

    you can get all the local HD channells for free if you have a seperate HD antenna for them. But you need a cable provider to get channels like ESPN, TNT, HBO, Showtime HD...I also believe that the only way to get Fox HD is using an antenna, i dont think Fox has signed a deal with some of the...
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    Long Oil

    does anyone know if BP will have to declare a "force majeure" (remove their liability to deliever some oil/contracts as a result of the pipeline being shutdown)? If so, does anyone have an idea how this can get priced into Crude?
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    When trading the trend....

    I really like the Wilder's DMI (ADX) technical indicator.
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    Interview preparation

    know (or have some background) on the greek letters (vegas, delta, theta...), black scholes, and option pricing models. All the prop firms that traded in the pits (s&p futures/options, and eurodollars) that i interviewed at where really impressed and asked if i had some background with em. All...
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    CNBC's Fast Money - pulling a FAST ONE

    personally i really like the input that Bolling gives during interviews during the trading day (i've never seen him on fast money though). His predictions and market analysis have been right on point a majority of the time in the past. Thats really the only time i turn it off 'mute'. I...
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    Possible EBAY bottom

    i actually covered my long term ebay short position on 7/27 @ 23.70, also thinking that we might see a bounce/consolidation period at these levels.
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