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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/is-a-currency-war-coming-it-may-already-be-here/article15373402/ Is a currency war coming? It may already be here ERIC REGULY ROME — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Nov. 11 2013 A new currency war may be on the...

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9a79fa0c-460a-11e3-b495-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2kKHzpmfT ECB must act to prevent euro aping strong yen 11.11.13, By Mansoor Mohi-uddin, FT The euro is at risk of resembling the yen of the 1990s and 2000s – a strong currency with weak economic fundamentals...

So the market cap of IBKR is $1.1 billion, but Peterffy is worth $6.4 billion?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Airhostess-held-for-smuggling-gold/articleshow/25460128.cms?cfmid=2000000 Nov 9, 2013, 02.13 AM IST READ MORE Karipur Airport|Airhostess Held For Smuggling Gold|Air India Express|Women|Gold KOZHIKODE: Officials of the Directorate of...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-moving-averages-are-risky-2013-11-08?pagenumber=1

We know how that ended.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/yep-being-young-american-adult-191900690.html

Paper entrepreneur.

The game can continue for a long time. Central banks have an unlimited balance sheet only until the market takes it away.

A recent episode of bar rescue showed a bar owner on Bourbon Street losing money and in debt for $500,000. http://www.spike.com/episodes/5wr800/bar-rescue-turtle-on-its-back-season-3-ep-301 Your expectations for opening and running a successful business is too high. No wonder most small...

vs. him hypothetically quitting that job to join a daytrading firm, then quickly losing his life savings despite working his tail off trying to master the art of daytrading, or scalping the ES.

I prefer trigonometry over geometry.

Not necessarily. Gold will adjust to taper/untaper. Look at QE ending in 3/30/2010 and 6/30/2011. Virtually no impact on gold.

I enjoyed reading this Aug 2012 Forbes article in light of the MBA bubble. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/08/26/the-ten-most-dangerous-things-business-schools-teach-mbas/

Wise choice on your part.

Swan Noir, why discontinue your previous business in brokerage? What made you want to jump into full time trading with its relative instability when you had more stable income from your business?

That's a good observation. Traders/investors think they have an edge, but it's only a strategy. Some hedge funds may have edge from getting early notices of analyst upgrades to stocks, thus front-running upgrade announcements.

How about being persistently tenacious? I agree it's important to stop doing what doesn't appear to work, which isn't as easy it would seem because of intermittent reinforcement, plus the fact that strategies degrade to unprofitability over time.

It's good that a number of the "senior members" of ET here keep emphasizing 2 pts/day is not doable. Makes some dreamers here wake up rather than possibly waste time, or waste less time, and money, chasing a basically unachievable dream. Speaking from some painful, multi-year personal...

The USD index is worth watching. It hit a downtrend line in July, then immediately turned down coincident with Fed's non-tapering decision, and continued almost to 12 month lows on further non-tapering. I think it's read to break down in the months ahead from its deformed head and shoulders...