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    Trading in Brazil?

    would like to ask the ET folks who have been or are living in rio for any recommendations on what to check out. looking forward to visiting brazil for the first time. will be in rio first then probably florianopolis then sao paolo. thanks.
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    Black Monday

    that very ugly close was simply the banks and brokers getting sold hard to the close. some people are panicking that the subprime situation would spread to other kinds of loans.
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    looking to lease a seat

    remember that if you lease a seat, you would have to now pay self employment taxes. whether that is bigger or smaller than the commission savings you get is the determinant.
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    any trader from the Philippines?

    nope. sent u a pm.
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    any trader from the Philippines?

    makiling st.
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    any trader from the Philippines?

    i trade futures, mainly the s&p e-mini contract, but dabble in other things as well. would be cool to set-up such an office. wouldn't mind exploring the idea, but will be leaving manila soon for several months. maybe we can meet up for a drink somewhere in the area sometime next week...
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    any trader from the Philippines?

    i am in the philippines right now. it's great being here except for the fact that you have to trade during the graveyard shift (10:30PM to 5AM local time). i thus try to minimize being in front of my computer. tafftrader, i am also staying in alabang. what products do you trade? i've...
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    cash dax in esignal

    thanks. so you have to pay $2/month for the german indices now eh. guess they're thinking of new ways to increase fees. hope they're exerting as much thought in improving the service and features.
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    cash dax in esignal

    noticed that european cash indices (dax, cac) in esignal have stopped working the past few days. anyone else having similar problems? do you have to pay extra for this feed now?
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    Non-resident US bank account

    yes, you can.
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    futures down---looks like ths is the start of the sell-off!

    i don't know if this is the top or not. made a nice 188K though today. am currently flat. will re-evaluate next week. if anything i'd be leaning for at least a little more downside.
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    futures down---looks like ths is the start of the sell-off!

    putting out some shorts in NQ after this morning ramp.
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    futures down---looks like ths is the start of the sell-off!

    covering my shorts.
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    Do you own a HP-12C financial calculator?

    i have one :) standard issue when i worked for JPM. has useful bond functions. nothing a spreadsheet can't handle. except the fact that its portable.
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    Gold

    nice spike down in ZG at 6:38AM ET from 627 to 604 on >1000 contracts. either a fat finger mistake or even possibly cascading stops.
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    Go futures go!

    wow. what a move. too bad i was not watching the markets at the time. that would have been a gift short.
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    Quotes by famous traders~

    though he's more of an investor.... "Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing." - Warren Buffett
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    buenos aires

    hi curtis, i particularly liked the palermo area (both hollywood and soho). lots of nice bars and restaurants. gets pretty busy during the weekends esp around the plaza serrano area. time to indulge in the great steaks they have over there. there's a good restaurant called campo bravo...
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    Behavioral finance

    are there any masters programs that specialize in behavioural finance? would be interested to find out. thanks.
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    E-Signal / X-Trader software

    I use FFastfill and Esignal. Esignal was actually providing me the right quotes, while FFastfill was heavily lagging.
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