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Yeah, all paper traders drive Maserati's and sport high end Swiss watches. Surf is phony as a three dollar bill.

Life in the ET Zone.

The troll is in your mirror Surf. This is a public forum, you want a private blog?..Set one up, you can give passwords to the four people in the world who lend any credibility to your nonsense. It would make them feel special...and believe me, they are.

Yes for several reasons, sluggish and thin trade, time with family and friends and recharge batteries.

Take his calls and go yacht shopping :D

Big draw downs are irrelevant when one is paper trading.

You can "shut down...emotions" by a pre-frontal lobotomy but I don't recommend it. Emotions are part of the human condition. You have to recognize and acknowledge them as they arise and learn to control them and not let them control you. It's a vital part of the art of trading.

Surf=Best Fade in the Land

Yep, the monkeys operate Surf's secret "Market Driver" system, Folks have gotten rich and retired by fading them.

Actual trading is dull and repetitive, marketing requires sizzle.

The point is, Wall Street and not the government serves the capital needs of enterprise. Government will make loans to some who dovetail with current political agenda but are notoriously bad with underwriting....not to mention collections.

Fear and greed are the Yin Yang of trading.

I don't trade a very large number so I don't know where slippage would become material. I will simply ramp up until such a point it does. I will say that when I traded the old ER (Russell 2000), I would get uncomfortable above 6 or so but that was a much thinner and faster market.

Yes, number of contracts. The number would be such as one would be uncomfortable with slippage in a market with less contract volume.

I've done a number of transactions with Wall Street, including an IPO and several bond securitizations. Most of the professionals I dealt with were people of integrity, intelligence and strong skill sets. Are there scoundrels among the "banksters"? Of course, there are scoundrels in every arena...

The ES can accommodate size, if such accommodation is not required there are other markets offering more bang for the buck.

Will there be a surtax on the amount of money that the politicians steal?

The hot air is imistakable.

Couldn't pick his nose.