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    I'm 18, where should I start

    Practice mental math, play tennis or golf, solve sudoku puzzles, rubik's cube, crossword puzzles, play chess, and be well versed in stats/probability.
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    Any Info on Tuco Trading

    What's going on at Tuco now?
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    Simplex Investments in Chicago?

    Can someone please pm me their starting salary??
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    What's your income aim (in $USD)?

    And the rest you'd piss away?
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    What's your income aim (in $USD)?

    500k per year...anymore than that would be rapacious greed
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    Goldman: Oil $150-200 in 24 months

    Reminds me of the white paper Goldman sent to their clients going on about 'Volatility as an Asset Class'. They preached that being short vol was a profitable proposition--vol spiked shortly thereafter. Good call guys! They did get the mortgage meltdown right, though:cool:
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    Does anyone have VaR

    That's a great link. What are the formulas being used in figure 5?
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    Recommended Options Analysis tools?

    I use Hoadley and this from Charles Cottle
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    NQ in red now????????????

    Where is it? I don't trade futures, but can Globex prices be seen on IB?
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    YHOO trade going into tommorow

    If Ballmer would pay $33, what would you pay?
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    Got Yaho and MSFT Call/Put options - what to do?!

    My guess is it will hit 22.
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    Ballmer 1 Yahoo 0

    And as DealBook has written before, Mr. Ballmer is under a lot of pressure to clinch a deal. Failure to do so would be seen as a major management blunder, and shareholders could raise questions about his leadership. Great Link here...
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    VIX in a Month: Place your Bets

    Does anyone use RSI anymore?
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    why do many traders give seminars etc..?

    Same reason people write books: to secure their status and annuitize their good fortune.
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    SPY or ES options for simple Iron condor

    Even if you're in the highest tax bracket, it makes more sense to trade SPYs. You do run the additional risk of early exercise though...American as opposed to European options and so forth.
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    Option Tax Question (didnt get a 1099)?

    http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p550.pdf Options transactions are spread out over 80 pages but equity options are covered in detail beginning on page 56. There's a nice grid on page 57 that you can use as a guide.
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