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    Coffee traders

    Not sure I'd be short C right here. Maybe if you're trading it for a small correction, but I'm guessing coffee will hit 400 +/- before it really corrects back down towards 200. Cotton on the other hand looks ripe for a serious correction some time soon. zero leverage *Edit: a short...
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    Any traders in Nashville, TN?

    I am in Mid TN, moved here 1.5yrs ago from Orlando. We live 30 min south of Nash in Franklin. Very nice area with highly rated schools. Can find neighborhoods in this area with houses in mid 200's all the way to >1mil. Can get a very nice house + acre or two in the 500K range. Property...
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    Is there any ETF for Greece or exposed to Greece?

    NBG (National Bank of Greece) can be traded in the US
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    Looking for a developer for a black box trading system

    Do you have a specific language you want your stuff written in?
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    Crazy Names for Complex Options

    Don't forget Buttafuoco. Can't remember the exact construction of this position, but this is what the guys on the floor called it because it was so messed up. If I remember correctly it ends up replicating a somewhat simple position but is used to trick SPAN so there is less margin...
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    list of filters

    Something that needs to be understood is that "filters" work against you just as much as they work for you. All too often people believe that they have found a "good" trading model, but they think they need additional "filters" to take out some of the bad trades. This is flawed logic, as there...
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    Any trading firms in Tampa or Orlando?

    Just moved from Orlando, and can say that there are no trading offices that I had ever heard of. I was there for quite a while, but I could have missed something. Doubt it though.
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    Professional market maker (options) software?

    Here in the States RTS is garbage when dealing with futures. Their software and server architecture is slow. Their sales reps are arrogant and will do whatever it takes to get a sale including lying and leaving out important details. From personal experience I would not even consider RTS...
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    backtest for 3 years, blow up in 3 days,

    First, depending on the time frame and frequency of your model three years may not be enough time. Second, if it blew out in three days it sounds like there was some serious flaws in the risk management logic that went into the model. Food for thought.
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    Franklin TN

    I appreciate that!
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    Franklin TN

    I just moved to Franklin, TN with my wife and kids and am currently working in our home. I've only been working from home for a week but can already tell I won't be doing it for long. Ideally I'd like to find some space in Historic Franklin if possible. This may be a long shot, but are...
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    Are naked puts really this safe????

    Are naked puts really how safe? This is what happened to put writers in Sep and Oct. LJM: SEP -15% OCT -59% Zenith: SEP .16% OCT -10% ACE: SEP -50% (on average) OCT ? performance figures either direct from manager websites or third party tracking database
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    The Darkest Storm is About to Descend - You Can't Imagine the Carnage

    I'm on that train. I was just telling someone that if we ever move the only way we would buy a house is if we planned to keep it in the family for generations to come because we will never get our money back out of it. They thought I was crazy. I am far from a doom and gloom type as I am a...
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    The road to becoming a CTA

    Make sure you go through the binder the NFA will send you. Have privacy policies, disaster recovery plans, keep all copies of marketing material or scripts for phone solicitations (if you go that route). Have duplicate files located in an offsite location. Sign your yearly atestation. Review...
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    How do you handle withdrawals/deposits in your track record?

    This is what I do as a CTA and the NFA has never had a problem with it. (amount invested/days in month)*days left. For deposits take that sum and add it to your beginning balance and for withdrawals take that sum and subtract it from your beginning balance.
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    Best Job to Have While Saving Capital, Learning

    Try this http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/acc/620307898.html this http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/acc/634327202.html and this http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/acc/610531160.html
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    Can one of you take my survey for class?

    Dude, WTF? Did he do something to you personally to warrant a response of this nature? He's just trying to do something for school. Since you do not fit the mold of the person he was trying to interview and you are "far superior to floor traders" anyway, you really didn't even need to...
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    Signs you have made it as a trader

    Sure it's been said already. You just know. If you have to seek a sign then chances are you are just having a run of good luck. You know when you know.
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    12,500 was strong support

    Last night? As in Friday night? Interesting considering Globex closes on Friday @ 15:15 and doesn't reopen until Sunday @ 17:00. Check the link http://www.cme.com/trading/res/te/tradehours.html#eq. Unless there are new hours that are not posted on the website?
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    Jamming the futures down overnight 1-10

    P&D I mean no disrespect here, but you sure do jam a lot of things. I think every other thread you start, which appears to be quite a few, is titled "Jamming..." Your exact entry and exit prices of said "jamming" would lend more credence to your threads. Without proper disclosure the only...
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