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    Getting out of the boredom

    :):):) just trying to tell him what's ahead. meanwhile-OP can exercise during the trading session hours. i do that all the time.learn programming and try to automate your stuff. you are never going to be bored.if you already done that-work on new systems. there is always something to...
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    Getting out of the boredom

    then if you do day trading-you will start drinking,then after few years you will notice that your memory is falling apart(cause you are alone all the time in same 4 walls all day long,doing monkey job). you turn to the internet, ET, etc..social media..then-you will find yourself in trouble...
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    Create a SQL database from csv files

    i have no idea about VBA,but i've done this in VB6(which is pretty much same thing). i can explain in 'general' what is needed: you create your database in access(see my post above) now you need an ADO connection between your VBA app and Access. it can be done programmatically or manually in...
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    Create a SQL database from csv files

    if you need speed-flat binary file is way faster than SQL and csv. because it's load differently into array. you don't have to go thru each line. as for SQL-open MS Access and click blank database. done :)
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    For Windows XP Users - April 8th, 2014 - End of Support

    How to continue getting free security updates for Windows XP -- until 2019 http://betanews.com/2014/05/26/how-to-continue-getting-free-security-updates-for-windows-xp-until-2019/ in russian http://www.securitylab.ru/news/453368.php
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    Thank your for suggestion, but like I said- it's not my thing. Over those years I developed very basic system (not scalable) that basically guarantee the profits . It could be a 50$ or 500 or more,but like a swiss clock. Slow, but steady. Regardless to direction of the market. Feel free to call...
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    Does having a spouse with income help or hurt trading?

    ------> Does having a spouse with income help or hurt trading? >  ------- Depends on your relationship with her.
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    D08-you probably talking about a screen shoot with 1m in realized profits? It was a joke mate, Just another IB's glitch. In reality I got up to low six figures from zero and from there -all way back to zero again. For all this time every single day I was working on alternative systems, but...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    yep. what's wrong with that? old nissan lasted 14 years. bought for 7.5K, sold for 1.5. MB was for wife (or should i call her a sugar mommy now?) :D same guy build his own PC's for trading and write his own soft,using free sources and made his money literally out of thin air. yes, i admit-I'm...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    oh please..one pic of used MB(that was my hedge to US dollar,which worked perfectly ) :) and 'undervalued' bike that i picked up from police auction for 4K (and sold for profit 2 years later)now counted as been flashy? :) how about being a little bit more fair to me -I've been saying exact...
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    Yet Another Example of How U.S. Style Capitalism Hinders Innovation and Competition

    SSDD. don't you see a similarities with US stock market micro structure? once 'they' squeezed out all the competitors(retail,prop traders) they now turning to a regulators and ask them to basically enforce a bigger spreads. so they can rip your pension plans(managers of those plans and funds...
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    Russia signs biggest EVER gas deal with China 400 BILLION

    China-yes. Russia? give me a break(and i'm russian btw). you probably mixing Moscow with Russia. Open your eye a bit wider take a closer look outside of Moscow
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    i'm doing that right now. working on my resume. seriously. and the biggest problem is a 15 years gap in my career. as for PnL decline since 2005-you say thank you to the SEC and NMS http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regulation-nms.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_NMS n 2005, the...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    Goldman Sachs to sell designated market-maker unit http://news.yahoo.com/goldman-sachs-sell-designated-market-maker-unit-imc-021323202--sector.html yeah..adapt or die..if GS can't adapt,well..good luck for the rest of you
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    after 10+ years of trading hundreds of positions each and every day,having endless list of observations,backed with stats and backtesting,comparing my real results with a paper etc you are telling me that those regulations(that created sub penny,hft,order internalization etc) have nothing to do...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    actually..that's depends...from my experience of a pizza delivery guy(yes..i've done that) rich people won't give you a dime(knowing that their tips are your salary). not only that-they give you a fucking check and they tend to write it after you deliver(more time spend) while poor folks are...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    i'm not selling the air via vix options. i trade stocks. feel free to call what i do as a 'pair trading'(if back in a day couple hundred tickers short and another couple hundreds of longs can be counted as a pair.) :)
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    you can go ballistic on whatever,and go back to as far as f**1980's,but for one more time-i've trade and observe the US stock markets from 2000 and up. and i've made most of my money(no directional trades,always hedged\market neutral\super low risk) in 2002-09. from the day i've stepped in-it's...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    i know,but again-note: as a required by exchange clause. what we have right now is "super regulated" market for us,the mortals(PDT,sub penny etc restrictions,including the "check" on file). and wild west for WS boys. one more time-i can't speak up for what was there 20 years ago-but in 2000 or...
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    Number of New York traders at all time low

    i wasn't around 20 years ago, can't really speak about that time,but i've been observing things and trade every single day for last 10 years and it's stinks now. here is another perfect example how stinky this market is(see pic). at least i'm pretty sure you can buy at ask 20 years ago. no such...
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