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    Bets on Oil Above $100 in December Jump 10% in Options Trading

    improvement? recovery just forget about recovery, also, just forget about recession, and call it what it has been, depression, and expect it to return with a vengence...
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    BREAKING NEWS: Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro

    ok, so like, duh.... pricing commodities in the recipients currency, whether RmB's, Yen, Euro's, Marks, has been going on since trade has been established. pricing crude for translation into other currencies has been done in USD almost since the markets have been established or flourished...
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    These Are The Inner Working Of The Business Side Of A Prop Firm

    really? what could a successful trader and manager want with all us losers? very few if any succeed to his level... really
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    Bets on Oil Above $100 in December Jump 10% in Options Trading

    one of the latest fads that are being used to sel the next bubble, which has already formed is and are the notion that somehow crude prices are linked properly to DJIA prices of stocks..... they (pundits and such) are using the usual stooges (financial news channel reporters and anchors) to...
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    Bets on Oil Above $100 in December Jump 10% in Options Trading

    the further oil rises, the close we get to repeating the circumstances that brought about the 2007 - 2008 collapse, remember Jim Crammer's outburst, seen over 1.6 million times from 2 years ago, on youtube.com? expect to see that happen or similar again, there really are economic...
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    (Chronically) UnEmployeed peaking higher in states....

    it sure is looking that way, isn't it? guess the politico's phones stopped ringing, or better yet, being answered. sure hope the get well dinners and handouts hold out! its really bad out there, and the earnings reports are sure showing these stats.... the finance chieftans are...
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    you have to trade fx with mental stops?

    actually, mental stops work best, with your finger on the mouse, ready to hit the market close button
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    (Chronically) UnEmployeed peaking higher in states....

    ABC news did a recent presentation on New Jersey (no jokes here please) regarding those unemployed and who have exceeded their unemployment assistance checks. One gentleman, was gainfully employed up until 2008, and not since. Their official rate is reported at 9.8%, but take liberty with...
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    How China Cooks Its Books & The Growing Risk of a Chinese Economic Implosion

    for a thread in the Economics column, shouldn't there be a more substantive and quantitative discussion around economics? while a lot of these comments have significant amounts of emotion and frustration and future concerns behind their words, there were surprisingly little quantitative...
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    trading without any indicators for daytrading?

    indicators help by crunching the numerical representations shown on charts that represent price action to known trends that have proven useful in trading. Ichimoku was able to track rice production and sales trends before the turn of the century in Japan. We have both Ichimoku charts and...
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    Should wallstreet give away all thier 150b bonus?

    surprising how all those not receiving these us tax dollar paid bonuses all want to spend it on their causes or rescind them altogether. have you considered the feeling of all those workers, devoting all that overtime to their jobs, having earned those bonuses? no, and neither have I...
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    How China Cooks Its Books & The Growing Risk of a Chinese Economic Implosion

    every time an earnings report shows that they beat the street (wall street analysts projected earnings range), what do you think that is? certainly you really can't expect someone outside the firm / company to know all that is going on inside the company, and certainly when crunching...
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    Is there a hidden bubble growing?

    over fee'd accounts = huge profits fewer charge-off's = reporting larger (anticipated) profits fewer services and free accounts = higher fees, begets supposedly higher profits fewer lendings, raising of interest rates on existing accounts, more late fees = higher profits hmmm...
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    How China Cooks Its Books & The Growing Risk of a Chinese Economic Implosion

    I was going to add to this thread, but it seems its alive and well without my participation, and with the accusations and insults flying, why step in and catch any..... carry on!
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    Hertfordshire Trading?

    looking at the title of this thread, I was reminded of a question asked in the movie Ronin: "what was the color of the boat house in Hertfordshire?" remember? see the movie? :D
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    The US Is Killing Its Entrepreneurs....

    with baited breathe,,,,, most reasonable persons want the same too, and want to get back to some resembalence of meaningful work, jobs, lives and persuits. too much time (8yrs) has been waisted on these extremists actions and such, too much time, just look at Wall Street, earning...
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    GPU accelerated high-frequency trading

    in basic terms, why? why? when we debated using super computers to crunch numbers and handle the strains of program trading a few generations ago, we debated secondary processors and their additional support they would provide and found them wanting. in short, offloading display or...
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    Interview visit

    cheap shot.... went to their website, thanks for putting their name in play, why would you ask this board your question, ask whomever you're in contact with, that presumably arranged your interview, why EliteTrader? other than putting their name in play? so, where are you coming...
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    These Are The Inner Working Of The Business Side Of A Prop Firm

    very well said! very well said! they ALL promise, but deliver paultry, unstructured and faulty training sessions, no follow through, no quality control, no support, just excuses and such.... and to think you weren't making money..... the frightful thing is their skim ensures their...
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