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Actually, the good majority of people who listened to the debate over the radio believed that Nixon won the debates (while people watching tv, and seeing an ill Nixon's shifty eyes vs. a handsome, make-up wearing Kennedy, though Kennedy won). But I generally agree with your suggestions as to...

I scored a billion gazillion cajillion points in the first 5 minutes, at which point I was feeling ill and hate to go to the bathroom. My diarrhea was so bad I didn't make it back before the end of the test. I was offered a job by NASA and the Math Institute at the U of Paris, among others, but...

Was the options trader example to suggest that smarter people take longer or, as I'd taken it, was it intended to reflect that no matter how smart you are, success usually takes time?

Seems like so many have put in this much time and effort in the biz (as daytraders or as floor brokers/brokers and then daytraders) or more and come up empty. And worst of all, the market is worse and to some extent will probalby always be worse than it used to be.

Well thank goodness we're talking about something relevant. I mean, while some things have stayed the same (corporate deception, the attitudes of traders), some things have changed (the power of a few players to manipulate the market). As someone noted before, perhaps a few players can move...

Wow, so anyone who questions "manipulation" is likely a "confident manipulator." Funny accusations. I take it man also never really landed on the moon, and the CIA created AIDS to kill Communists (or Africans, some say).

If it is unintentional, then one is not "manipulating" the market. The reason that stocks move significantly is because people or instituations view a stock as over or under valued, rightly or wrongly. It is speculation, and common perceptions one way or the other (over or undervalue) lead to...

This is true! My only point was that its not ONLY the firm's money that a beginner is trading with, as it often was in the past. And $5-$10g is the low end. Many firms expect $20-$25g to start.

Israel is the most investigated country in the world (by the UN), which I pointed out in that previous response (link was provided). That is and has been due to the power of Muslum generally, and Arab particularly) politics, although bigotry doesn't help either. There have been genocides of...

You know, I've addressed your uninformed comments before with a long and thorough explanation. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=183891#post183891 Therefore, I'll just sum this one up. Many Jews lived in E. Jerusalem and Gaza/W. Bank for centuries or longer, and were...

I hope you're joking. At Harvard, over 80% of some recent classes have been graduating with honors. At Yale, the types of classes that students are now allowed to take are ridiculous (strict rules on university studies have been changed). Some of the best educations can be had at small schools...

DEAD ON!! I always hear people talk about college like it is nothing but a pre-professional school, almost like a trade/apprentice school. Some people even use this as an excuse to cheat ("all I care about is getting a good job/into a good MBA program). That alone is not what higher institutions...

So true, although the words I'd use go beyond "snakey."

Well as far as trading "the firm's money," the firms are stricter than ever. It is about impossible now to find a prop firm that won't require at least $5,000 or $10,000 into an account to get started, and that's only a few of them if they really like you!

SO TRUE!!

Trying to kill off competing races/religions, no, that's what many Muslum nations do (or try to do). It isn't he Israelis who attack others, they have been defending themselves against those who wish to destroy them (and often kill/oppress any other religions in their usually Muslum states).

Or maybe Family Planning

But when the institutions hide the orders, you don't know if you are buying the top, the beginning or the middel (and visa versa for selling). Plus, if the institutions place orders and pull them for awhile, then again you don't know where you stand if you bought/sold, and if you're wrong...

Everyone keeps mentioning that for every loser someone is winning. This is true, but most of the time it is the SPECIALIST or MMs! So while it is possible to make money in this environment, people that made good money in the past are making less (if anything) now, and the percent of people...

Crazy things happened in Florida, and I believe that there were some corrupt things happening as well. However, this is a far cry from turning a democracy into a democracy based on a racist and murderous ideology. Kennedy won his election again Nixon with fraud as well. Is Kennedy similar to...