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    Want to bet Euro won't drop below 1.48 within next few days ?

    what does 120 mean.....how much money is that?
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    Help learning about a Firm "Traders Capital" in Chicago.

    Gusty most of us have been there and the prop model almost always sucks. I blew out my life savings at the time about $10,000 at shop that almost forced you to trade 1000 share lots of nasdaq stocks......somehow I hung on for 3 months but losing $800 on a small account like I did once,,in 15...
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    Moodys...Usa will lose AAA bond rating in 2013

    Isn't capitalizing the first word of every sentence part of "writing ability".
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    Moodys...Usa will lose AAA bond rating in 2013

    as mentioned, it is what he will do going forward that will cause this, at the current rate the debt will be 20 trillion before he is voted out of office.
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    What percentage of people on ET trade???

    Given the cynicism and attacking nature of nearly every post I wonder how many people on ET make even 6 trades per month...or about 1 a week??? next Poll will be how long before they delete this poll...in seconds.
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    how to get around the pattern day trading rule

    I want to risk $100 per trade...on the mini ES that is 8 ticks.....with an option it is 100 ticks....I really dont understand why nobody here gets that it is almost as if none of you trade........lol that was sarcasm and funny how not even one post here addressed the topic of this thread...
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    Moodys...Usa will lose AAA bond rating in 2013

    if it continues the deficit spending: http://stockpreacher.com/2009/10/23/moodys-warns-usa-may-lose-aaa-bond-rating/ amazing what Obama has accomplished in a few short months.
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    Goldman Sachs pays $16 million for very ugly painting

    even the employees thhink its a waste of money: The Business Insider wrote earlier about Goldman employees thinking the mural Blankfein commissioned for their new 200 West HQ is ugly and a huge waste of $10 million. http://www.businessinsider.com/more-bad-news-about-goldmans-new-art-2009-12
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    Global Colding..........

    It is going to be in the 30s and low 40s here in Wasjington DC for the next ten days; with snow predicted for 3 of those 10 days. Its not like this until February here and usually not even then. Does this mean Al Gore is a genius for fooling the sheep? Ironically Obama will be...
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    Help learning about a Firm "Traders Capital" in Chicago.

    why would anyone need to go to a prop shop to trade futures......by definition you get leverage and dont need cash unless you want to trade 20 contracts which would be nuts for a noob.
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    $10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces

    yeah its kinda like blaming obamas problems on bush for everything that happens a year in........notice the hypocracy?
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    $10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces

    My sheep indicator: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=206771574224 tells me support is decaying.internally. moveon.org apparently no longer supports the president. This group has 700 people but none of them can afford the trip to DC...only 16 have RSVPed. 16 sheep on the mall is...
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    1,200 limos, 140 private planes Copenhagen climate summit

    Its free this week http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,665182,00.html Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards to city hotels warning summit guests not to patronize Danish sex workers during the upcoming conference. Now, the prostitutes have struck back, offering...
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    Calls for new PWA - Public Works Admin / Jobs needed

    Im glad I am not the only one who noticed that the markets tanked shortly after Pelosi and Reid took over. Ironically this helped Obama get elected as the crazy left used it as another chance to take shots at Bush.
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    how to get around the pattern day trading rule

    thanks but I really like to keep my risk at 1% or so of my equity....with futures, that would be 10 ticks or so. I am no scalper, it doesnt fit my psychology at all. I made this post because not everyone has 25 gs....and this will allow them to get in and out a few times during the day if...
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    how to get around the pattern day trading rule

    no I shorted a call.....and out of 500 or so trades this year I lost 130 once and more than 100 maybe 3 times. how do you guys ever make a trade, or decide what to have for lunch?? when going to lunch you could get hit by a bus. struck by lightning, or attacked by a mountain lion most of...
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    Cramer mocking those who believe the next CRE crash that is coming....

    when wasnt he a sycophant, when did he have a spine? didnt all the twitching tip you off?
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    how to get around the pattern day trading rule

    I trade SPY with a $1 stop, entered with my broker. I guess if it were close to my stop one day and gapped open 100 points the next morning, I could lose a max of $200 or so, manageable with my account. I certainly would not do this with google or a volatile issue but to date i think i lot...
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    how to get around the pattern day trading rule

    I should of thought of this but think it works: I trade the SPY options...right now the underlying is at $110 or so this morning at 10 AM i shorted a 102 call at $10.15 just before the crash. towards the end of the day I wanted to short again so I shorted the $103 call again at $10.15...
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    The Dow woke up and smelled the coffee

    I shorted the SPY a little after 10 am and am wondering when we will get a down move of a few points......annoyingly I was up $2 after an hour or so, but lost my connection to IB for an hour......not sure if I would of exited but...........
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