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    UK retail sales unexpectedly drop -0,3 instead of +0,5 expectation

    buy buy buy! good news= buy bad news= buy more
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    Short DAX at 7740

    yeah, i was the DAX's bitch yesterday- all day . today's another day, or so i hope...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    given the placement of my stop, i certainly hope not! a piercing of the 52 week high then failure scenario is where my money is right now. hope i'm right, but much will depend on the US data and then the fed during after hours trading. btw, this lack of correlation to the ES is killing me...
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    Anyone feel guilty for profiting from the real estate collapse?

    i may be a failed trader, but my standards haven't dropped that low. your 'live like a king' standard are set at a pretty low bar. a 45 year old converted garage shit-hole in the middle of nowhere shared with a bunch of losers who are resigned to renting rooms in said shit-hole for...
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    Best Alternative to US Citizenship

    i'm going to go out on a limb and guess that, if he answers, it'll be a vague 'in the know' reference to a legal offshore entity. i've yet to find anyone who can explain constructing this entity in such a way that is actually legal AND permits them to legally not declare to the IRS the trading...
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    Futs spike...news?

    my bad. does illustrate how insane things are though. who would have ever imagined 787 billion shoved down our throats when they didn't even have time to read the bill before approving it. AND THEN, doing the exact same thing with 1.1T a few short months later. you'd think it was THEM who...
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    Futs spike...news?

    you forgot the 1.1b in additional spending the dems just jammed down our throats. the dems in congress remind of looters after the lakers win a championship. they know they've got the numbers and that this doesn't come around very often, so they've got 4 LCD's strapped to their backs and 5 more...
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    Futs spike...news?

    what is the deal with the entire world thinking that bond investors should never be allowed to lose money again? this is truly insane. underwater in your mortgage?... walk away or wait for the govt to force the holder to write it down. fund idiots who build to the sky and beyond (ie...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    does anyone have any idea/understand what the reach of this tax would be if passed? iow, is it by exchange or domicile? ie: if you trade the DAX or Nikkei, would you avoid the tax, or would the reach be such that they would be taxing based upon transaction value of trades from US based...
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    Help learning about a Firm "Traders Capital" in Chicago.

    you've been here over 5 years and you can't spot a spam post?!? hint: new member asking for info on an unknown firm with a handy dandy link to said firm in their post. hint #2: it's well targeted marketing, as the clueless trader wannabe's will click the link and possibly get reeled in.
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    Nikkei

    hit my limit at 9970 while i was away, so i'm in a full (albeit modest) position. stop for 1/2 @ 10030 (wanted to leave a buffer for stop runs). 11% in 4 days seems a bit ripe.
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    Nikkei

    i'm about to join you. finger on the trigger, but maybe getting too cute with my entry. kind of hoping we get one last spike up to 9985. i doubt we get there, but, usually when i say that, it does. good luck with it- you sure nailed the bottom with that long. edit: couldn't control...
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    Trader P/L 2009

    Congrats on your recent success. That said, the first sentence is what makes you come across pompous. You work harder? Says... you. I'm sure I am not alone in working 90-100 hours week in, week out (not an exaggeration) at this. None of my business, but your post reads like someone who...
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    Pattaya - The Ultimate Trading Location

    me thinks OP has never been to Pats or is clueless. pattaya is a shithole. broke a tooth in LOS and was referred to an American dentist there. figured, 'why not, a trip to the beach'. there is no beach- just a small strip of barren sand on polluted water being patrolled by ladyboys and pimps...
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    Unemployment Map

    careful. someone's going to label you a racist too...
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    10am economic numbers and geithner on the hill

    i just can't stand the tax evading worm. his entire shtick, is so contrived, rehearsed and nauseating. the clinton hand gesture, the head tilted down looking up shit- christ is he annoying. he's a caricature of every ambitious yuppie jerk off i've ever met. i love how he makes points about...
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    "I'm Doing God's Work" Meet Mr Goldman Sachs

    exactly. that he would make such a quip to a reporter doing a story on GS just show him to be a pompous narcissist who lives in his own little world, completely divorced from the chumps in the real world, where GS view themselves as the master race' (oh, irony). chinese wall my ass. trading...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    what i fear most about this idea is that it is a VERY EASY sell to the uninformed masses. everyone hates wall street and the idea of wall street being taxed is very saleable- esp. when the extolled by-product will be 'main street jobs'. if this got critical mass, i fear congressmen would be...
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    IB: TWS Updates ... yay or nay?

    word. this latest forced update has already cost me over $1,000 because i forgot about them changing all precautionary limits to $100,000 (what a joke). scaled into a position and then was denied when i tried to exit. clicked to change settings accidentally and it made my system freeze for...
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    Top 100 Virus-infected Websites Exposed

    interesting- never heard of it before. i am traveling internationally for a couple months and will be using a lot of wifi connections for trading and such. i am set up well at home- never an issue. but.... obviously, trading from a hotel/whatever, i have less control of the network i'm...
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