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what percent of the posters admit it when they have a bad day ? heck ... I do not post my $$$ amounts won or lost only my % gain or lost I had a huge drawdown once late last yr made it back and then some but other than perhaps PM to Don Bright about it I am not sure if I was willing...

why did you not sell futures thurs in the overnight session to hedge yourself ? or even sell early thurs am before the dump into 1 pm EST that day ? sorry to hear you had a problem in 2000 I had an order that was cancelled and I did not hear about it until the next day ... cost me a...

good week ... at least for me 6 % to the green for the week in my main trading acct enjoy the weekend everyone ! :)

www.dailyfx.com comparing today with other extreme moves in the "carry trade" in recent yrs -Japanese Yen Crosses Get Decimated, but is the Sell-off Over? The Japanese Yen surged to fresh monthly highs against all of the majors. The last time we saw trading ranges of this magnitude was...

another angle ... could these massive swings affect prop firm liquidity? do most prop firms "rein in" their traders BP wise or tell them if they lose a certain amount that day to cut down in their size ? I would assume some prop traders have made hundreds of thousands of dollars (...

there was an article in the WSJ recently about their exposure to mortgages maybe 1 pm EST was the panic bottom of this move we will know for sure in the weeks and months ahead

-secrecy of the large hedge funds- sort of like the secrecy of the "prop firms" :)

nice short covering rally in silver ! :p

08-15-07 12:59 AM the "dark side" has been in control here silver is going down 3 times faster than gold so far this week I noticed that the other day ... past experience has shown me to be extremely careful ... leverage can "crush" anyone who steps in front of a steamroller the...

time for you to update that comment ! :eek:

nice call ... dude ! :)

excerpted from bloomberg news wires www.bloomberg.com - Investors are scooping up U.S. Treasury bills like few times in history as an expanding credit crunch makes it hard for companies to roll over short-term debt. The yield on the three-month Treasury bill fell 0.44 percentage point...

Commitment of Traders Report (COT). "ted butler" mentioned recently that the largest shorts in silver had their biggest boatload of "short positions" since late feb. in late feb silver dropped huge too there can be many other reasons why silver is dropping but this is one of them

don ... do you think Carlin had as many success stories as your firm ? I know yrs ago they had a star trader ( one of the partners I think his name was " Mayer " ) which reminds me ... does shoney have the rep for having the best traders ? perhaps all prop firms can show some "star"...

the "dark side" has been in control here silver is going down 3 times faster than gold so far this week :eek:

why don't you try to teach your brother some of what you know or share with him some of your contacts in london who might know of intern positions in nyc with some investment banks? it will not be easy for him even so but good luck

in my opinion silver looks better than gold right now but this could change in a few days or weeks time :)

don't forget to watch the "carry trade" :)

the markets in the stock index futures ETF's were steady to higher in after hours trading friday ... no panic selling there for what it is worth

glad I ended the week to the plus side but the volatility scares me up 1 % for the week :cool: