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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    This is just unbelievable. The 30-year bond future is down 3 points. Who would have expected that with stocks down today?
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    IRA: Earned income, market losses

    Thanks for the help. I am a private trader and get a 1099 from the broker. I work for a friend who gives me a 1099 at the end of the year. I file a Schedule C-EZ with the IRS for self employment.
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    IRA: Earned income, market losses

    Any link or citation?
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    IRA: Earned income, market losses

    Anybody know.... Can I contribute money to an IRA if I have earned income, yet have a negative gross income due to losses in the market? My market losses are in futures (60/40 taxation). I assume I can, but would like confirmation.
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    IB Data?

    Backfill problems on Globex three days in a row now.
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    Fed cut in the middle of trading day?

    How about 1998. Was that intra-meeting cut before the open or during the day? I don't remember.
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    Anyone buying anything?

    No atheists in foxholes.... or bear markets.
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    A guy hands you a card and he is a hedge fund manager...what do you do?

    Call him an evil speculator and spit in his face. Unless you want a job, of course.
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    Did IB just freeze

    IB's system status page says no problems. So why do I have problems? “Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?” Groucho Marx
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    The Wall of Shame

    "Moronica For Morons" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Nazty_Spy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Never_Heil_Again
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    Emergency Rate Cut Tomorrow?

    50 basis points tomorrow. They'll do it while trading is light for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Makes the market easier to manipulate.
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    What did Pelosi say to Piss Off the Repubs?

    Here's the speech. Blame Bush! http://www.breitbart.tv/html/184803.html
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    obama JUST blamed Speculators..

    I admit it. I, the evil speculator, caused this problem. BTW, I also control 20 votes in the House of Representatives.
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    IB Data?

    A bit slow, but my backfill is working again.
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    IB Data?

    I pull up a few charts each morning and leave them open during the day. I am getting no RTH backfill data on: ES, CL, GC I do get "pre-market" data, but then it stops when we reach regular trading hours. I get data on: ZN, ZB, equities
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    How the Dems created the Financial Crisis

    Both parties deserve the blame on this one. And neither party has a solution.
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    "Market Commentary" Article being passed around trading pits

    And I thought Democrats were going to change things when they took over..... Our choice is between the fascists and the socialists. We lose either way.
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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    You call in your trades? How nostalgic!
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    T-Bills... 0.15% Yield... Get Some While You Can!

    "The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent." John Maynard Keynes
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    Public panicing?

    S&P now: 1188 S&P on July 17, 1998 (over 10 years ago): 1187 We've already had the dace of sideways movement.
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