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    Filing tax return as Trader Status and Mark to Market Election

    In this presentation it says you can elect for "securities only". So yeah I just used the Fairmark language and added a line, for securities only and not 1256 contracts. Not saying this is correct but that was years ago and no problem so far :) http://docs.hamzeianalytics.com/SR_120810_Slides.pdf
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    Weekly Poll: After Brief Excitement Will We Go Back to Boring?

    That's it, the top is in
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    Predict where SPY will go in the next few months in this thread!!! Charts!!!!!!!

    Sorry, I have to change my chart. I crunched the latest numbers and I think this bounce has legs.
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    Predict where SPY will go in the next few months in this thread!!! Charts!!!!!!!

    Not serious about that, just referencing this classic ET thread :) http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=128320
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    Predict where SPY will go in the next few months in this thread!!! Charts!!!!!!!

    Here you go If you are wondering about my methods, some may recognize the very rare black swan formation which occurred last Nov/Dec (in this case, without the rare vampire tooth variation)
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    Buy June Gold

    What would it take to drive gold below 1300 or 1250 .... based on the past few years, if the stock market remains strong, it seems a slim chance. I don't see a catalyst.
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    Silver going parabolic?

    I took profits on some SLV calls today, and rolled partially into SLV 45 July 2011 calls .... seems like not a bad deal at 31 cents. I feel better with most of the money off the table, but still have a longshot trade.
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    Historical Price of Oil

    Some sources here http://coreyhoffstein.com/automated-trading-resources/#historic You will have to decide how you want to roll the contracts.
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    Santelli Rips Leisman Over Employment Data

    Labor Force Participation Plunges To Fresh 26 Year Low http://www.zerohedge.com/article/labor-force-participations-plunges-fresh-26-year-low
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    A call for Nasdaq 3000 in 2011 and a call for help

    With NQ futures, if you are right, you will pay less tax.
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    Can you buy and sell russell 2000

    What's up with Russell vs. SP500 lately? I am long the Russell and it's rough.
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    what happens with the saturday and sunday money?

    Something could happen over the weekend .... doesn't matter if the markets are open to respond to it.
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    Need opinions on virus/trojan attack last night

    It was not Windows, it was a spoof trying to infect you. You did the right thing to close it, but this spoof uses multiple avenues of attack, so it is still possible that you were infected. I was - one method it uses is taking advantage of outdated Java, so make sure your Java is updated...
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    Critical process/components for building bullet-proof high speed trading systems

    Be prepared for a long period of trial and error. Even when the obvious bugs are ironed out, and things are 90% working, it is the 10% that will get you. Also I would advise to have all trades pass through a layer of sanity check logic before being sent to the exchange. Check the order size...
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    Insert Top Call Thread Here

    Bull Call #2! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3010216#post3010216 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3020481#post3020481 Still in the trade according to original plan, and I did end up buying oil (calls on OIH) in mid December.
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    Anyone know much about Colombia?

    http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/the-future-is-bright-in-this-country
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    Hackers find new way to cheat on Wall Street

    Just because a hacker can attack somebody doesn't mean he can win at trading. People who don't actually trade at this level don't understand that the 15 microsecond timeframe is a battlefield just as much as the 15 minute timeframe. Funny how the title implies that it is a done deal and could...
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    Why should anyone want to file tax as a "Trader" Vs. individual? Advantages / disadva

    Ah thanks I stand corrected .... it is biased toward people who earn a low salary or didn't work for many years. I did the calculation and if I work for 4 more years to meet the minimum, I would get $970/month, a lot more than what I put in. Dang it, does this mean I have to get a job :D
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    Why should anyone want to file tax as a "Trader" Vs. individual? Advantages / disadva

    Unless you are dealing with carryover losses, it all goes in the same bucket so it's not that complicated ... http://invest-faq.com/articles/tax-cap-gains-rates.html
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