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    Chinese Tycoon Aiming to Buy NY Times Has the Best Business Card Ever

    That's the biggest calzone I have ever seen. :cool:
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    spread question

    You have to experience: a) the aggravation of the market trading at your limit price while you are too far back in the queue to get filled and missing a great trade. :( b) the satisfaction of getting filled on a limit order at the exact extreme of a retracement and having a large...
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    Janet Yellen, the Nation's New Chief Slumlord

    QE-50 on the way. :D
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    Adjustment

    1) If you "adjust", you can incur more fees, slippage and aggravation. :( 2) If you're good with forecasting price direction, you should be trading outrights or debit-spreads instead. :cool: 3) As a rookie, you might be improperly viewing the "credit" as "free money" merely because it is...
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    Level 1 Financial Planning through Kaplan

    1) Instead of enrolling in a structured course, couldn't you learn the same stuff merely by buying an Idiots or Dummies Guide to Financial Planning? :confused: :cool: 2) Do you already have proven sales experience? Do you really want to "deal with the public"? :confused: :eek:
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    Eurodollar spreading

    1) You have almost 3 months "invested" in this thread and you're back where you started? :confused: :eek: 2) Instead of doing "exotic" combinations in Eurodollars, wouldn't it just be easier just to take "flyers" in the ultra-bond? :confused: :D
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    spread question

    1) Instead of thinking about the "spread", it may be better/easier to think about "getting the edge on the spread". :) 2) For example, if the YM is "50 bid, offered at 51", it's possible that the same trader, i.e. Trader-A, is bidding AND offering those prices at that moment. If you hit the...
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    "Evil" Walmart offers Better Health Coverage Than Obama

    Get ready for his next film/documentary. :cool:
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    Level 1 Financial Planning through Kaplan

    1) Which "credential" are you hoping to attain later on? :confused: 2) When was the last time you met someone who bragged about the guy they hired who graduated from Kaplan? :confused:
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    "Evil" Walmart offers Better Health Coverage Than Obama

    In order to get that "wonderful" WalMart coverage .......... one has to work at WalMart. :( :p :mad: :D
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    day trading volatility spike?

    1) You can only "learn" by doing. :cool: 2) To daytrade options can be a little trickier with price fluctuation and volatility fluctuation not always doing what you want them to do, quickly enough. :)
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    World cup futures championships

    1) If you do "well" in the "competition", the sponsor might actually allocate money to you to manage. :) 2) The fact that you have to fund your own account can discourage reckless trading compared to being on a simulator. :cool: 3) I've heard rumors that Michelle Williams, Mark Cuban and...
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    'average penis size by country'

    You were supposed to say, "Okay, I'll fold it in half". :cool:
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    anyone seeing what I am seeing on Nikkei?

    1) ? ..... you're really bearish? :confused: :D 2) You have to expect a large "bounce" off that trendline on the "first touch" of it. The "early bears" will get stopped out on an "expected rally" up to the previous highs. :p :eek:
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    Platinum, Thoughts?

    Yes. My time frame is very short. It keeps me better focused and keeps losses smaller compared to when using longer time frames.
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    The "Big Ten" gets smoked as usual

    When Maryland, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Boise State, Hawaii and Wellesley come into the conference, then you'll be real "sorry". :cool:
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    Understanding Past Crude Oil Contract Data

    1) Hypothetically, you could have made the $19/barrel per contract. In reality, it would be highly unlikely. :) 2) A line chart doesn't show price extremes that could have stopped or spooked you out of a position beforehand. :( 3) The time period you're referring to was right after Iraq...
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    This is what needs to start happening to some of Americas crooked/inept polititicians

    1) People over "there" eat dogs, dogs occasionally eat people, that seems fair and balanced. :D 2) Imagine if Bill Clinton had done the same thing with his "flings". :eek: :p
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    Platinum, Thoughts?

    1) If "this", then maybe "that".... :) 2) On one hand......but then on the other hand..... :p 3) Conditional response, hedged response, probabilistic response.... :eek: 4) Once we're out of the holiday doldrums, the chart might have better "clarity". :D 5) It's nice to see somebody...
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    Why is it harder to make money in 2013?

    1) Volatility is lower and trends are choppier. :( 2) You still could have been blown out by the Flash Crash. :eek: 3) You're overestimating your ability and system. :mad: 4) You're being "hurt" by infinite variance? :confused:
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