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    Trouble at Refco

    LOL i hope you mean unlimited contracts? i think refco charges about 2% of your commission per contract
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    90% traders don't make it???

    markets have grown tremendously over the last decades..
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    90% traders don't make it???

    don't successful traders retire?
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    90% traders don't make it???

    many are called (a sucker is born every minute), but few are chosen
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    Getting out of Back Office!

    i would try to get to know people in front office and ask them what they look for.
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    YUAN Revaluation = Bullish!!

    it's not a "revaluation"
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    Trader P/L 2005

    i think you should do it this way: when you want a fill call the pit and place your emini order as close in time to eachother as possible. then compare fills if you get your reports.
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    The Subconscious mind...

    I like zen. clue is: "yield to the inevitable". if you make $200 - $600, accept it and be happy, until you are ready to make a different amount.
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    how low can PCs go?

    I can imagine that, only instead of this huge metal box, it would probably fit in your front pocket.
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    how low can PCs go?

    Who cares if the parts are 2-3 years old? What was high-end back then, is low-end now and people have been trading with what was a low-end even 2-3 years ago. most trading software isn't that computer-intensive. I trade with cheap Dell's and never had performance issues. I am not running...
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    Prints outside of the market

    OTC prints, telephone trades.
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    What are the toughest trading companies to get into ?

    For these kind of companies, you get invited, you don't apply.
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    Pure Arbitrage...Still in Existence?

    assuming the NQ is relatively well arbed against the nasdaq 100 cash, you'd only need to arb the QQQQ against the NQ to pocket the difference. and i agree with other posters, that in this case you think that $100 note on the floor must be a fake, it is..
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    how can you tell which premrkt stocks will move and which won't?

    stocks with opening gaps due to take-over reports usually don't have much follow-through, as opposed to news which leads to uncertainty, like a cfo who quit and stuff like that.
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    Do You have other talents Besides trading?

    i have a nice smile, some girls seem to like it
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    Forex prop or arcade in London?

    Goldman Sachs
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    Results too good to be true?

    My first thought is your backtesting formula is off.
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    High Frequency Trading - Hype or Substance?

    One still has to buy low and sell high to make this system work, so it's not free money folks! :D
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    Can "Noise" Be Traded?

    On a practical note: let's say i use bollinger bands to measure the amplitute of the "noise". I would use lagging data to base my decisions on. i don't really like that. I wouldn't know how far back should i look in the past? I just really don't like it.. that's the drawdown of systematic...
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    Market Monk

    yeah, come on, give the guy a break!
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