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Exactly! When your trading in possible morally challenging times such as today (not for me), for the weak and timid, I would just say put a seatbelt on and know that your taking money from evil and hoping to help others with it longterm with your profits. Of course, my position is there is...

It is not all about money, it is more about focus and worring about things that are in your control. BTW, most of the London traders were swinging for the fences after the attack in the markets. As I said to the previous dribble, 30 or so people died in London, tens of thousands die daily due...

Life goes on! I am a trader and work does not stop for terror. Thousands die everday from poverty, do you still go to work and chit chat with your buddies while this is going on? Stop being a tool of the media. Control your emotions, you should know that by now.

I was wondering why crude would tank on terrorism. Here is what I found. Also I magine that there is fear during a time of low liquidity. http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aO_MCL5Sb3cQ&refer=home Oil Tumbles From Record After `Multiple' Explosions in London July 7...

Close Window Live In Play 07-Jul-05 06:39 CNBC reports AP quoting Senior Israeli official saying Scotland told Israel minutes before explosion it received warning of possible terrorist attacks

Live In Play 07-Jul-05 06:40 AP says British police said minutes before attack that it had received warning of possible terror attacks in London

Philadelphia Hedge-Fund Firm Has Its Assets Frozen by CFTC By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 6, 2005; Page C3 A hedge-fund and commodity-trading firm that reported stellar returns has had its remaining $75 million in assets frozen by the Commodity...

http://www.nyse.com/Frameset.html?displayPage=/press/1120128532486.html http://www.nyse.com/pdfs/pt062205.pdf Program Trading Averaged 76.3 Percent of NYSE Volume during June 20-24 View the Top 15 Most Active (pdf format) NEW YORK, June 30, 2005 -- The New York Stock...

What the hell was that interview with Mack on CNBC about? What other elite firm like McKinsey, Goldman, or Lehman would carry out this Over exposure "Bennifer" type PR and give in to the media meddling in their internal affairs and allow this thing to spin out of control. How did such an...

Live In Play From Birefing.com Data Feed: 29-Jun-05 07:43 Addressing the Mad Money Controversy, Yet Again Appears quite a few people were on vacation when we addressed this issue last week, as we continue to receive feedback from readers criticizing our decision to post a daily...

Look at this 1 year chart for the black box and white box firm. Hmmm, I wonder if such strategies and technology are picking up steam. LOL 7:35am 06/16/05 Progress Software Q2 profit rises 51% (PRGS) By Leslie Wines NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Progress Software Inc. (PRGS) Thursday...

I believe this is the leading algo platform in the industry so this would be a start. Knowing the technology would be helpful. http://www.progress.com/realtime/algorithmic_trading/index.ssp Algorithmic trading is a technique used by institutional investors to break up large trades into...

Mr. Stellato testified that there was "great concern" among the people who receive customers' orders "that if the regulatory authorities ever looked at the back books of this firm that the firm was going to be locked up." He had complained to his bosses about various types of alleged improper...

The regulator in March fined Deutsche Bank £190,000, or about $366,000. It also ordered the bank to disclose to clients in the future if it planned to trade in advance of winning their bids. Deutsche Bank says it "takes its obligations to its customers very seriously and therefore regrets...

http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1130890809873.html PAGE ONE December 16, 2004 Dow Jones WebReprint Service® Head of the Line Client Comes First? On Wall Street, It Isn't Always So Investing Own Money, Firms Can Misuse Knowledge Of a Big Impending Order...

3. Let me give you an example. In the fx market, a thomson financial fx analyst told me that he knew exactly how much it would take to move the dollar/yen 3 pips at a specific time in the asian session, meaning he knew exactly how much capital it would take to move the market and how much it...

'Gunning' Plays Can Claim Victims in the Futures Pit by Elyse Tanouye 6/17/92 - reprinted with permission of The Wall Street Journal "Well-known commodities trader Richard J. Dennis says he tries to anticipate where technical traders have placed their stops and gauge the effect that...

Obviously, you don't like to read: "This is not a loser framework: "Blame the hedge funds and Big Prop desk" thread. This is more of a "what the hell is going on" thread with the intention of enlightening the "Little" guy David as to the battleground landscape of the markets and the...

I coin hand over fist right now even with weak vol. Was long KBH into earnings today for a massive gain. As I explicitely stated early in the thread, this was for traders who were curious about black box strategies and the prevelance of shorting volatility in the market. Not knowing about...