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I don't mean to sidetrack the discussion, but what are/were "bullets"? I trade grain futures and options, not as much experience with stocks....

I'll say most of what CNBC puts out is total crap. With a few exceptions, like the documentary they did on wal mart and Worldcom, there is very little substance. I also hate the commercials - the little songs and stupid slogans. It's clearly targeted at joe blow who's taking the day off...

I feel best when I drink. Alcohol makes me stupid - therefore I think that stupid people feel best.

I trade a futures account for my firm. My size is fixed to X contracts, profit/loss/margin requirement is irrelevant. I can trade X contracts until they say I can trade more or less. I want to journal my performance in terms that other traders/organizations may understand. Return on equity...

How did it go? You guys keep doing this when I'm out of town. I don't trade stocks. Futures & futures options only. Next meetup and I'm in....

I like "Jane Ong in Hong Kong" but Becky Quick does it for me sho nuff...

skalpz or whatever moniker he's using these days...

I'd be in for a meetup in Sep, just relocated a couple months ago, unfortunately not in time for the last meetup. Let's try to get something going for Sep/Oct...

"Market Operator" A few years ago, on a very slow day, I recall some locals in the pit joking about business cards. I think the final conclusion was the guy who mentioned it got a kick me sign taped to his back.

"I work in finance."

I think you're missing the point...

Sorry I missed it, recently relocated to Toronto - will be sure to catch the next one!

Mark Twain: "Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."

Great thread so far, intelligent discussion. I have a few comments comments, specifically on grains... Don't bother wasting time on grain market fundamentals. I work for one of the big commercials, and can say that most anything you can think of (fundamentally) is already priced into...

I met Chris Hehmeyer once, seemed like a great guy, genuinely cares about his firm/customers and is very involved in operations.

Anybody using IB to trade the pit contracts, specifically CBOT grains? I'm wondering about fill quality and execution/fill reporting times. Any comments welcome... Cheers

I never considered writing a macro to change these things - thanks for the tip. I've recently started trading a wider range of contracts and am tired of manually updating everything. Essentially, I'm trying to save myself some time when option/futures months roll forward. I've been...

I use DTN ProphetX as my charting/quotation software. I use excel for more advanced analysis by pasting DDE links into cells. For example, the Bean 620 calls: =PROPHETX|QUOTE!'SN6C6200[DTN:CBOT]?Strike,Last' (then I paste special as 'csv' or 'link.' How can turn part of that link into...

If they aren't up before for the ecbot grain opening, I'm going to close my account.

6:41 EST, can't login (or login is very slow, program seems to hang on the TWS splash screen)