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    **federal Judge Outlaws 95% Of Sugar Crop**

    I wonder if this story has anything to do with the recent increase in sugar futures price values. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2924640 \img>
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    German Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in Two Decades

    I am suspicious of this story but they are reporting the growth rate not GDP, and the growth rate might be high during the early stage of an economic recovery. I recall the German economy did not experience a real estate bubble like the USA, Spain and Ireland did. <img...
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    How many days locked limit up/down?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agricultural_Service "In 1972 a short grain crop in the U.S.S.R. resulted in the Soviet Union quietly concluding grain purchasing contracts from a relatively small number of the secretive private multinational grain traders who dominated world trade in...
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    Laptop turns on but nothing on the screen

    Shift f8 toggles between laptop display and crt monitor maybe it got switched off. You might plug in a monitor and use the computer, sometimes the display dies. Did the display get very dim but still works a little? I remember seeing used monitors at the Goodwill Store for about $ 10.
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    wheat trading

    Putin Bans Grain Exports, Spurring Wheat Futures Wall Street Journal - 51 minutes ago By William Mauldin, Ira Iosebashvili and Caroline Henshaw MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin banned grain exports for the rest of the year amid severe heat and drought that has kindled...
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    HFT orders revealed

    More graphs. http://www.nanex.net/FlashCrash/CCircleDay.html
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    HFT orders revealed

    I wonder if this is an attempt at manipulation. The robot creates a sense of great activity by placing many limit sell orders above the market, then lowers the bid. Others might think something is happening and sell. A short term downward price change might follow. The price change might be...
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    Crus

    CRUS price graph, all data <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2915434 \img>
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    More cuts in california!

    This is my interpretation: The government of California can not print dollars, but they love to spend money and have lots of debt. When spending reaches a limit, the government of California pays with IOU's. California banks are licensed by the government of California, conduct much business...
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    Funds Withdrawal Question

    There may be a substantial fee for electronic funds transfers. You might ask the broker about electronic funds transfer fees.
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    Only in California

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMcK7jSUn6TTLeVXuiL02gnLLA5QD9H4B3502 "Calif city seeks dismissal of high-paid officials" ABC News-National - More Headlines Calif. Council Accepts Resignations of 3 Managers Fri Jul 23, 2010 04:10 AM EDT
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    Where do wealth/growth actually come from?

    You might enjoy reading "The Wealth Of Nations" by Adam Smith. I find "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx entertaining as well.
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    How do you backtest FX strategies?

    I test what I trade. I trade what I test.
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    Trading on the Mongolian Stock Exchange?

    I am worried about getting my money out of some countries. The government could just freeze currency outflows and I am trapped.
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    'Can't get the mic to work

    What operating system are you using now? Does your system record using the built in microphone? I recall my Sound Blaster microphone CT329 about 500 ohm dynamic worked well with my old laptop computer using Windows XP but recorded only at very low volume on my new laptop computer running...
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    stop Loss querry!

    Placing stop loss orders with a broker might invite stop hunting. Mental stops might avoid some of the problem. Whipsaws can happen anytime.
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    System Recover

    Sometimes on boot up the graphics card model appears on screen for a few seconds.
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    Ways to speed up computer

    Internet Explorer > Tools > Manage Add Ons > Enable Or Disable Add Ons Disable all add ons Especially Shockwave Your system might be slowing down because many web sites have advertising that is video - moving pictures - and the file size is big, takes more time to load. You can...
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    Ever wonder why they never made a movie about Jesse Livermore?

    I found this: The Day the Bubble Burst http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082238/ "A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur." Blanche Baker ... Jolan Slezsak Franklin Cover ...
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    Thoughts on constructing continuous futures contracts?

    Construct continuous series any way you choose. You might pick a splice date, say 10 sessions before expiration. Or 5 sessions. Choose whatever you want. Test it out. There may not be a single correct way to do some things.
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