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    the great depression revisited?

    hope not but be ready for US$ index to fall to 60s reaching roughly 30% correction from today's levels.
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    Whats the fundamentally soundest currency right now?

    Canadian dollar is in good shape, balanced budgets, trade surplus, low unemployment, commodities based economy, foods, lumber, oil and gas, remember we are going through the commodity boom globally.
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    israeli ground invasion this weekend, signal of bottom for the market?

    Israel is taking a big risk here, their objective is to finish off Hezebulloh and then pick a fight with Syria and then finally Iran. If for some reason Syria and Iran jump in rightaway then we are talking nonsense and markets will show the reaction of it. OIl, Gold will be good place to park...
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    Trading Bollinger Bands Volatility Breakouts

    what is the exact name of the book
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    How to stop losing and start earning

    Stop losing and start earning.................stop trading and start giving seminars..........what a crook! How to get out of positions? use the frigging stops because systems have to be tested on using stops in the past otherwise it is not 100% mechanical system.
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    Overall strategies - what works for you?

    What works for me......playing harmonious music as per the astrology, tunes the mind for good decisions.
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    Bush/Cheney Impeachment – The process is underway.

    'I think the most amazing thing is that no moderator has set up a macro to auto forward all of South America's posts to the Chit Chat section.' :D :D :D :D :D :D Instead of wasting time and money on impeaching Bush/Cheney efforts should be thrown in making sure that no similar bot-head...
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    The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

    'The iraq war was about oil, not weapons of mass destruction' The above is the line from JM's long answer, but there was ANOTHER secret reason to attack Iraq that common person does not know. The similar reasoning now applies to the fact that just for one soldier's life, Israel has moved...
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    An Inconvenient Truth: Gore is wrong

    According to recent study done by Japanese and European scientists, if the world maintains the present pace of emission controls, then by 2025-2030 the ozone hole on the earth's atmosphere will close out and things will be pretty normal. The only danger to this logic is the massive growth in...
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    The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

    'I am only saying that you have failed to make any persuasive or rational argument to support your position.' No serious market player one has time to provide you with phd type counter arguments let alone read the whole article word for word.
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    The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

    I have a contradiction to the article which says US taxed the world for the first time by having them pile up on dollars.........might be fine argument in case Japan, UK and Dutch but not in the case of third world nations of Asia, Africa and S. America WHICH TAXED THEIR OWN SELVES BY ADOPTING...
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    what are your views on the impact of terrorism on world economy?

    ------Terror is simply what the West freely chose to subject itself to on its "Road to Serfdom".-------- Somewhat Right words! but it does apply to both the parties in the nonsense of terrorism that world is facing today.
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    Chicago Academics

    Trading is a field where most of the learning is done on own and in your case already working for algo trading firm, you can do more personal research given the resources. UofC or NW sure would look good on the resume for the long run though as these are Ivy Leagues.
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    Mechanical systems a route to the poor house.

    Mechanical system signals further thrown into the mental decision process can work if the stops in place are small and profit targets are good like 5 to 8 points or more. You can have 80% loser trades for each 1 point stop and one winner will still put you ahead, not including the slippage etc...
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    Mechanical systems a route to the poor house.

    'I get the signals, which are mechanically generated, then make a discretionary decision as to whether to actually take the trade.' Can work if discretionary decisions are based on another set of mechanical type rules.
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    Willpower

    Will power that helps the discipline and emotions in trading is a matter of practice. Importantly, this practice does not end when the trade is over, it goes on 24 hours even in sleep. So next time you win in a trade then do not start jumping like a monkey in joy and opposite. Psychological...
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    Private Equity Firms

    Does anyone know how does working for private equity firms work out in terms of salary etc. Are private equity firms like Hedge Funds charging a percent of the profits or they just get 1-2% of the assets under management. Are partners like Hedge Fund managers who earn more if they return more...
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    Forex Options

    Which are the most popular forex options on the daily volume basis. Forex being a $3T daily market should offer good potentials in options.
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    Managing money for others

    CPT good post indeed!
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    Managing money for others

    Joetrade to have $10K set aside for each high speed lines.............does that include nudy darlings sitting and rubbing on your lap the whole day? :D :D :D :D :D :D
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