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Just finished "A man for all markets". I recommend it not as a trading methodology book but for motivation in life in general. It's incredible how much he conquered by going the road less travelled. I would have loved to read somewhere " I completely suck at( insert activity )" but this guy...

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Ukraine-based trading firm accused of manipulating the U.S. markets hundreds of thousands of times and the New York-based brokerage firm and CEO who allegedly helped make it possible. The SEC's complaint alleges that...

I use Seasonalgo for spread analytics. It's great. Backtesting + historical curves... Also if you want to chart more obscure spreads( delivery point basis, OTC stuff...), long historical datas and fundamentals, have a look at DTN ProphetX. I really liked it.

I am not a specialist but if you route your order, IMO it goes directly to the market center. If you use SMART, IB send it first to dark pools( including IBKRATS ) before sending it to a common market center like BATS...There is a "Do not route to dark pools" option in smart routing preferences.

You mean as a non-routed SMART order?

I am one of them and if you read my first post, I say it is done on a mid 6 figures account and I wouldn't be able to do it with significant capital.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mfglobal-pwc-idUSKBN16D2HP I am not used to the US jury duty system. Are these people chosen in relevant business or do they just put random people to judge such complicated stuff?

There is a ski resort 30 min from my house so when everybody is at work and it has just snowed, I take a morning ski pass and do the first track on my own. Then I come back home at 2h PM to prepare for the US open at 3h30 PM. Haven't done it this year to date though.:cool:

Finally someone who works less than 16 hours/Day... Pretty rare.:D Just for comparison, I live in rural Switzerland 15 min from Lausanne and 1 hour from Geneva. I pay 2400 chf for rent. 2 bedrooms. 110m2( convert in square feet ).

I was with Crossland LLC and DDT was an introducing broker to Crossland at the time( then Crossland got bought by Wedbush ). Heard good things about them. Some people were telling me I would get a better service dealing with DDT instead of directly with the FCM...

Hello Dustin, Have you got some advice in terms of order types and routes for exiting really bad trades( price is running away in the wrong direction ). I don't like to place hard stops as you sometimes get caught in a fat finger which may get arbed back to equilibrium rapidly. I am wondering...

And PFG too...This one was nasty and it took one of our finest members Bwol... I know about the large brokerage bankruptcies, but I am more interested in the small props like Tuco, Title...Can somebody explain how they went under?

ZR curve is not really bullish and historically seasonality isn't with you. But I agree it is a good looking support. It can be explosive to the downside if it breaks.

http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/274853/secdb-goldman-sachs-slang

A few are quite funny : -Korea and centrafrican republic -Portugal and Angola( former colony ) -China and Japan

I am interested as well. A lot of times we read about a prop firm " not paying its traders", but what are the reason the money is trapped there? One trader blew up and the prop firm capital went too low or negative? Regulatory freeze? One partner took the money and flee?

Bought some Czech Korunas. http://www.euromoney.com/Article/3656954/Category/0/ChannelPage/207413/Czech-koruna-prepares-for-lift-off-as-speculators-dive-in.html

I have 33% in HYIPs, 33% in carribean prop firms and 33% invested with Nav Sarao in London( the investment part, not the spoofing...). That way I am sure to never invest more than 1% in nigerians who want to get their money out of the country...:cool:

When I first visited the pits at the CBOT building, my broker, who had been in the pits since the early 80s, told me a story about Charlie di Francesca willingly losing his own money on a trade to teach a lesson to a particular member. I don't remember what happened exactly and if this story has...

Damn...I will look for a fight somewhere tonight...LOL