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    Looking to purchase a laptop Cheap :)

    why would u want to buy something that was worth 2000+ around 1999-2000?
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    Trader P/L 2006

    -126.32net 1600shares average in, did not follow my what-ifs and did not exit at appropriate levels. i did not follow my plans to get in & out of position. i tried to force things to go my way again.
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    Trader P/L 2006

    0 0shares proxying over the firewall didnt work out very well... it did allow me to get my data at the proper rate, but the latency is too high when fetching new symbols... back to trading tomorrow.
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    Interview Advice

    unless your birthday is 420... don't mention your username.
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    Observations on the NYSE specialist.

    I was told it is the case. I never checked up on it. My shorts are usually harder to get filled. Does anyone know if its the same for ECN? I've always assumed that if my shorts got filled, whatever left on the offer at the same price are shorts as well. Once they get filled, then I would...
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    Observations on the NYSE specialist.

    you were sitting on ARCA? haha, you're at the mercy of other market makers trading through ECN. I'm not sure of the process of how specialist system interact with the ECN system. Today, i had trouble of selling my long's on CHK using ARCA... everytime i try to sell my 100share order, a...
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    Observations on the NYSE specialist.

    (assume you routinig through SDOT) if market is 30x35, you sell long limit at 34. someone could've offer their stock at any price lower than 34 to get their order fill first, even at 34. the process is called price improvement. however, they cant print 35 without filling your order as...
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    Trader P/L 2006

    15net 800shares all from the middle of the day churn on CHK
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    Advice for best traveler's laptop requested

    i have a dell 600m w/SXGA+ screen 1400x1050. i am very happy with it because of its large resolution. the text is not too small. however, it is an older model... dell still sell it... very interesting. im using it to type this message right now i've been recommending people to...
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    Trader P/L 2006

    11.91net 1000shares got into trouble in the morning... & then took a few even trades...
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    MBA Project

    you will experience what true statisticans call, the sampling bias. period.
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    Looking to purchase a laptop Cheap :)

    512 is a bare minimum manufacturers put 256 so you can pay higher prices for upgrades.
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    Looking to purchase a laptop Cheap :)

    Last day. Dell Home has the new Inspiron 710m Compact Notebook for $857 + $24 handling = $881 shipped. # Pentium-M 1.7GHz, 1GB DDR, 40GB Drive, 24x DVD/CD-RW, 12.1" WXGA LCD # 10/100 + 56k + 802.11g, Integrated Audio/Video, XP Home, 1-Yr Warranty Dell Business has the new Inspiron...
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    Observations on the NYSE specialist.

    You can't make money in a pefect market. The markets you're trading in (NYSE, NAZ) are very inefficient. that's why you see prices fluctuate. a hoard of people bidding up the price or selling it off. If we have a "perfect" stock market. You would be buying stock with barcode on it and...
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    Trader P/L 2006

    12.95net 200shares very short day
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    Trader P/L 2006

    -18.04net 400shares not in the trading mode... stopped very early in the day.. trying to figure out how to write a program with runge kutta on trajectory with velocity = drag squared
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    Windows 2000 vs XP

    As an admin, he can reset your password. log on to your acct and read what he pleases. but at that point, you might know your password has been changed
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    Trader P/L 2006

    -4net 200shares followed my rule to cut my losses. from hindsight.... this could've been very costly if i had double down.
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    Olympic Snowboard Cross

    that was awesome... saw it yesterday 2/16 on NBC...
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    Trader P/L 2006

    -87.41net 1600shares rules were broken... enough said
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