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" In our system, the Federal Reserve can buy all the paper the Treasury can issue, and the Treasury can pay the government's bills with the Fed's newly printed Federal Reserve notes. But at some point, the scales will tip, and debt investors will decide they won't be repaid with the same buying...

"though they did not have a commercial need for crude oil." So they can only buy oil if they need it? They are outlawed from speculating? Sounds pretty constitutional to me!!! :confused: The price discovery process involves bigger players temporarily manipulating prices. There is no...

I live in MN, there is tons of food here, fish, game, nice soil. I'm fine unless there is nuclear fallout. There are places in Minnesota where you wouldn't even know other humans exist. I don't really care about what the masses are doing on the coasts or major cities. They can loot each other...

Textbook companies are the devil also. They have a great system going , charge 100-200 bucks per textbook per class because the gov't will loan anyone with a pulse to go to college. Just like subprime crisis. How do I short college loans? Education is important.... but college is a joke.

Spot on, in a "shit hit the fan" scenario. My brother in law has been stockpiling ammo for 3 years now. I think it's a little crazy..... but I know where I'm going if shit hits the fan!

I would like to see "Cheese" chime in on this one. He has talked zero sum before but not in too much detail. From what I understand Futures are no doubt a zero sum game. "In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which a...

You're right. If one can't make at least 4x their commision on avg per trade then it'll be tough.

What is the median wage in California? a $400,000 dollar house in the midwest is a mansion compared to a $400,000 dollar house in California or east coast.

-$494 ZN 6B YG Was done per my risk limit rules around 10am. Accidentally over levered on my first trade with a messed up "on the fly " calculation that shouldn't have been made.

Playing a first person shooting video game or any type of war game has similarities to trading. Just like the "art of war" . Find a niche, and exploit it. I usually like camping in safe cover and sniping the numpties running around the middle of the map with their submachine guns.

Hi, I know what you mean when you say that all of a sudden you have nothing to do. When I first found an ATS that worked I was bored to tears . I was not profitable trading discretionary when I had developed my first working ATS. Since then, all my"sitting" was put towards developing a...

+$327 Traded YG, ZF, ZN, QM, NG I wish more people would post in this thread. Personally I started posting so I feel more accountable. I understand that a lot of people think it is serving the ego by posting but its fun to see a big dog post here once in a while to remember what is...

No risk no reward. High risk high reward Find somewhere in between where you are comfortable and model your risk well . Diversification is the closest thing to a free lunch. Also, keep in mind, EVERYTHING went down together in 08 so those diversified well still took it in the chin if...

NYHOOD, no need to beat a dead horse, move on with your life and forget about it. It's only money, and i'd suggest trying to keep what you do have left at this point. (family, new ventures ect.) no need to focus on the negative things that happened in the past but look towards the positive...

I take profit when volatility expands greater than the previous 3 bars on whatever time frame I'm using. Works well for me.

small capital in "the market" is pwned by real capital, much more than in any other competitive industry. just imo. the imbalance is greater in finance than in any other productive enterprise, exponentially. [/B] Two different people trying to do different things, "real capital" can't get...

Yes I effed up the right version of "wear" . I'll be the first to admit i'm not the brightest bulb on the tree but damnit I love life and don't give a shit.

+1 seems that there has been more than usual number of "Daytrading is impossible" threads lately. It's like sitting in front of a slot machine at the casino, you're going to lose! Learn to count cards or find a way to win with statistics to back it up! Some people are so addicted to...

+$785 Traded Ym NQ YG 6B

In my state, there are tons of districts getting rid of sports, art, music, ect. Some are even only having 4 day school weeks. Our education system is turning out to be a joke. My girlfriend was a teachers assistant for a while and she said kids would say fuck you to the teacher like it was...