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    should i pursue a trading career?

    I think you guys are looking at it wrong .... it's not an equity curve, it shows returns by month. If that is right, it's not too bad. Some firm out there will take you :p
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    Straight Talk Phones

    I am thinking of switching to Mingo wireless ... some nice prepaid plans and you can get a smartphone. But before investing in a phone - I think I'll wait for one of the new Android world phones, that supports GSM so you can just pop in a SIM overseas.
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    Economic self-education

    I found it http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2010/201041/201041pap.pdf
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    Economic self-education

    And now I want an orange.
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    Bad idea or a smart solution?

    Hey I did .... 5k at a prop firm
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    A few health tips for traders...

    I enjoy your posts deadbroke .... I appreciate foreign cultures as well. But I think you lose the experience if you don't know the language. I would love to give myself a crash course in a foreign language, and then make the trip and get some practice. Something to do when my health improves.
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    New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states

    There are 4 postulates of Koch, but they can be easily summarized as "one species of bacteria, one disease." But now we know there is an almost infinite array of bacteria. The next challenge is to identify the ways that they cause disease in the body. An acute superbug infection is easy to...
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    New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states

    Yep it's called horizontal gene transfer. And it's not just this gene, bugs share any and all genes, and do it so often that you can throw the postulates of Koch out of the window.
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    New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states

    Antibiotic resistance is the rule these days .... the critters are not stupid. This makes the news because it is a superbug that can kill you, but what about the majority of superbugs that only cause chronic illness. Maybe they are even "smarter" for allowing the host (you) to live.
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    Poverty in American approaching levels not seen since 1960s

    Yep they are all socialists
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    Who Am I Now Friends With?

    Ok, back on topic ... <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HU2ftCitvyQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed...
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    Request IB Tick Data - JAVA API

    haha it was a wild guess - the IB API is a funny thing :) The rest is easy. if (field == TickType.BID) System.out.println("Holy cow this is working, I got bid " + (float)price); else if (field == TickType.ASK) System.out.println("Holy cow this is working, I got...
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    Request IB Tick Data - JAVA API

    I hear yah ..... try removing the local symbol line altogether. It may treat null and blank differently. Other than that I dunno - your code looks the same as mine.
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    hey HFT scum, yeah, you. Watch this

    Schumer wants to fix a few things that need fixing .... good. I just hope that any speed limits would target real abuse, and not a "No Child Left Behind" initiative where everyone has to wait for stock777.
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    Does it really cost 20% to trade emini?

    Yes ES is wide, TF futures have a tighter spread
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    Request IB Tick Data - JAVA API

    Ah yeah you got it right.... Well the IB API is a delicate beast :) So looking at my own working application, I see two differences in our code. When adding a stock I am setting thisContract.m_currency = "USD"; When adding forex I do not have this line thisContract.m_localSymbol = "EUR";
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    Request IB Tick Data - JAVA API

    Close - but your class must implement EWrapper and create client object with "this" instead of some random PrintWrapper. You get your quotes in the tickPrice callback funtion. I hacked this together so it won't compile but here is the structure. public class InterfaceIB implements...
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    Step by Step How HFT's will SCREW YOU on the payroll number

    I use IB and it was just fine this morning, as usual. ES trades in the blink of an eye.
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