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    98% of Traders Fail? Says Who...?

    look around for turnover in futures and equity broker accounts. That will tell the story.
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    Russell 2000 iShares ETC Index Options - using Yahoo data

    Can someone please explain why yahoo data posts two quotes for all options in this series? The 70 sept put for example has two different prices 70.00 DIWUR.X 0.89 0.13 0.91 0.94 9,296 60,136 70.00 IQQUR.X 1.24 0.04 1.20 1.26 3,509 129,487 The previous close, and todays closing price...
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    What to short if Argentina markets collapse?

    I read that Tenaris is about 75% of the index, no?
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    Who buys the crap on trader monthly?

    They do sell it retail here in Canada at the local Chapters. They charge $40 for international shipping. The subscription is free if you apply for it online. The trade top 100 is well researched. Some of the traders interviews are good. But other than that its like a ripoff of...
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    Series 7 Securities License

    Robert Walker - pass the 7.
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    Peak Oil is a myth

    Last time I checked, the Market doesn't always care about the truth. Soros has admitted in the past that he would invest in a false pretence if he thought enough people would believe it. This is written explicitly in his books. It doesn't cover exactly your point about peak oil, but you...
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    Peak Oil is a myth

    Eric Sprott has made investors 28.6% annually for the last ten years based partly on a peak oil theory. Americans with their USD in his Canadian funds the last 5 years are pushing close to 40% returns. But I suppose this self-made billionaire is an idiot in comparison to the Market calls...
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    Hedge fund forced to liquidate equities

    The SEC should just hand everyone diapers to wear over the next 6-12 weeks.
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    Modern Wizards

    read inside the house of money - it's the Macro traders guide to hedge fund traders. Drobny wrote it. Read the Trader Monthly annual guide to the top 100 traders - complete with annual earnings. Probably better in some ways, but lagging in the in-depth type of interviews that Schwager did...
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    Why just there are NOT many female traders?

    haha. A friend of mine had to write a paper for his "womens studies" class- The final paper is due and he needed an idea, so to save his ass I said write a paper on woman investors. I found some literature with statistical studies, and on average they did better. But remember, all the...
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    Dynamic Portfoloi Selection

    dima- The short answer is that the only good books on trading you will ever find are books on trading psychology. No one is going to give away anything that works. And what was relevant in the 90s momentum Markets (What most books you see these days are written about are mostly useless)...
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    Dynamic Portfoloi Selection

    theres a function in Amibroker that will rank stocks. It hasn't really improved the returns when I tested it based on any criteria such as Rate of Change, Rate of Change divided by the Stdev..... etc... I assume if you design a model which tracks behavior of individual stocks you can arb that...
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    Would Prop be the way to go?

    Study for your series 7. Get sponsored. Maybe consider Susquehanna or Assent as a starting point. JMHO.
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    How to hedge GOLD and GBPUSD

    someones going to criticize this- it only took 5 seconds to consider. Why not buy some OTM Calls on Financials as a hedge? (I would not put this trade on myself, but if you are already hedging against a global economic correction with a pound short and a gold buy, it might be worthwhile to put...
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    Short US Steel Maker

    This is the bottom for steel stocks - you should be buying not selling. Through the 90s the industry was depressed courtesy low cost steel from poland and the ukraine. That excess supply has been taken out of the Market. The input costs (iron ore, energy) have doubled, so they pass the...
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    Starting at a day-trading firm soon

    experienced posters should have access to a menu starting with a DESTROY thread button.
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    Series 7 license

    Robert Walkers - Pass The 7 is very good. I have yet to take the test but I have alot of confidence in the book.
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    Starting/Working for a Hedge Fund

    keep in mind his moniker comes from a former Quebec based motorcycle gang, the "Rock Machine".
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    Determining Scalability: Seeking Guidance

    You can use whatever number you want.
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