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    Buh-bye girlfriend. Hello, more $$$$!

    this is an interesting topic as well. i was planning to do some research on this. maybe there are statistics to be found somewhere. does anyone know if the above is true or not? it seems to me as well that most of the times it´s the female who breaks up and the man being the one remaining...
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    Is trading that hard? Or are people that stupid?

    1) you get to find your *edge* 2) you have to be d*mn good in executing this edge, because you won´t be the only one working this edge. (most never even pass the 1st stage imo)
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    How to self clear

    i bet if you keep negotiating and looking around, you can get clearing rates so low, you wouldn't even think about the hassle..
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    Pair trading huge companys??

    depends how frequently he trades. if he trades intraday, it might be very difficult with 30mln eventhough these are largecap companies. if you can disclose: what´s his strategy in general?
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    Is Sadism The Key?

    or..you are gonna stomp his ass, but before you do it you have a knife between your ribs.... why such a violent tone? anyway, yes it´s my belief great trading comes out of some kind of killer instinct.
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    Anyone heard about Title Trading

    this must be the first time ever on ET that I compliment anyone with their humor, hilarious! ps. i wanna work there! phonenumber anyone?
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    You Can't Trade Without A College Degree!!

    Sometimes (especially if my self-employed career isn´t going well) I wish I finished college so I easily could land a cushy 9-5 job. Other times I realized I ain´t fit for/aren´t interested in a 9-5´er anyway, and gotta do things my own way.
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    man vs machine

    it´s not a matter of if, it´s a matter of when will computers take over. the trend is undeniably apparent. 30 years ago, the only thing where computers were involved in the trading process were the simplest backoffice tasks.
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    Marrying for money

    biologically, a love relation of about 3 years makes sense, because that´s the time it takes for a child to become somewhat less dependent, so the man and woman can have their options open again. maybe if the man and woman decide they don´t want to look for other options, something nice can...
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    Executions quality of hidden orders on Island

    if the next best price is an other ecn, and the smart router only routes to destinations that are shown on the bid/ask, the smart router can bypass the hidden order. thus it depends on the smart router. most smart routers probably only route to shown destinations imo. hidden means totally hidden.
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    FDAX Fair Value

    maybe there is "free money" at the moment for index-future arbs'
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    Automated Trading Seen Dominating Futures Markets by 2010

    you forget that simons is not trading against "people who trade to make money" as you call it. they are trading against investors, mostlly pension funds etc. who have to trade.
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    FDAX Fair Value

    i guess you could try to figure out the expected dividends and combined with the interest rate and you should have an answer. i don´t know how accurate everything has to be though.
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    So. Cal. Prop Firms

    don, you forget that at your firm the really active traders pay through the nose for commissions, while on some true prop firms the commissions are truly at cost, and therefore nihil. would you rather have 50% of 100k without commissions, or 100% of 100k and paying 70k on commissions?
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    Artificial Pit Noise for Electronic Contracts

    yes i have heard about it. goldenberg heymeyer or whatever they are called were selling i think, but aren't selling it anymore. "marketsound"? i am looking for this kind of service as well.
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    Trading in Dubai

    is it easy to get a residency permit for western nationals?
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    Why highly intelligent people are NOT happy.

    use the money to get some top notch life transforming therapy, if you can find a good one
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    Trading in Dubai

    i was under the impression that if you connect to a eurex hub anywhere in the world, they delay the faster hubs so everyone has the same speed?
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    Why highly intelligent people are NOT happy.

    everyone can be happy, it just takes hard work and some luck, yes same for daytrading
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