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    who is liable for a loss due to a software problem ?

    sorry Paul, don't agree with you, actually I'm not sorry. I don't agree with you. "blame a loss on anyone but themselves (for them not being prepared)" maybe I'm spoilt but I have Never had the sort of problems that NinjaTrader seems to continually have in various varieties plus the various...
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    Should I take the leap and quit my job to trade full-time?

    best wishes LF to your successful trading but, I have to say DO NOT borrow money to trade, you would be compounding your losses
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    early call - ES top/reversal completing ?

    I was going to end this thread thinking the top had finally appeared and it was all down from here, however, I'm not so sure now that there won't be another wave up that might break the 1500 level, but, could then be a possible H&S formation that would be completing a formation begun in 2000...
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    Bloomberg TV Sound Effects

    I stopped watching CNBC a few of years ago because of all the crap flashy visual transitions and sounds effects; I thought one of their producers' children must have just graduated from a tv graphics course and been given a job which resulted in the crap visual/sound effects I'm in Canada...
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    FX vs Futures

    futures are cheaper for daytrading, fx for o/n commission less than $5 rt for one $125,000 6E Euro FX futures contract via AMP Futures: daytrade margin is $500 o/n $5,400 http://www.ampclearing.com/trading_hours.html via Oanda: day or o/n margin on $125,000 @ 1.42685 @ 50:1 is...
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    whineeeewhineeeewhineeee noise

    jeeeze Went Fishing, have you seen the price of those things ? what I might have described the sounds as is wheeeezewheeeezewheeeeze - the noise was a result of the insides gasping for air because the ventilation was blocked thanks for the tips
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    transition from pit to computer trading, from computer to pit trading ? ? ?

    yea, the first trailer gave the impression the pit traders hated each other so it's a surprise about the relationship point, never thought of that think Jack Schwager mentioned pit to upstairs - computer trading in one or more of his books but can't remember what the personal anecdotes were...
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    transition from pit to computer trading, from computer to pit trading ? ? ?

    this comes from the thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3257170#post3257170 and is related to the trailers of the film 'Floored': http://flooredthemovie.com/community/?page_id=11 the second trailer “The Transition” prompts the questions why did/do some pit...
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    whineeeewhineeeewhineeee noise

    so the summer's finally arrived, at least a form of it, and yesterday afternoon was hot enough I had the window open I live near a busy 7a-6p road that is that much more noisy at this time of year - what's going on that noise travels more ? sounds louder now than other times anyway I start...
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    'The 4 Scariest Economic Graphs I've Seen This Year'

    the grabby headline site: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/the-4-scariest-economic-graphs-ive-seen-this-year/242997/ the original author's boring headline 'Recession Measures' site: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/08/recession-measures.html
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    We Need More Gay Men!

    "We Need More Gay Men !" why ? has the fire gone out ?
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    We need the gold standard back.

    I don't have an answer when gold hit $800+ in the 1970-80 period and crude hit $40 a barrel I was thinking that it was the 'Arabs' trying to break the $ because they had the money to buy gold so if 'you' were going to peg a currency to a precious metal, what would be the amount ? do you...
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    who is liable for a loss due to a software problem ?

    great posts guys - gals the thread originated because one, AMP/NinjaTrader/CQG trader on Big Mike's forum posted he'd lost 10 NQ points because of a disconnection problem AMP wouldn't refund him but it was a CQG problem - the disconnect would alarm with NT then re-connect all within a...
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    who is liable for a loss due to a software problem ?

    do you agree that chart/order entry program authors, brokers' usually only ? account software, and data feed providers including exchanges are liable for any and all losses that are a direct result of a problem with Their software ?
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    comparing a trading Decision.

    millions - 'do you want milk in your coffee ?' etc, etc, etc all individual decisions are binary - yes or no the difference with trading is it's about money, win money lose money the closest emotional/psychology I know of is 'buyer's remorse', having bought something the buyer now doubts...
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    Live Record your charts and platform for real-time analysis

    thanks for the thread ybfjax don't personally have any use for streaming but did appreciate you posting the sites particularly http://www.fxintel.com/live/ where fx brokers' spreads can be seen in realtime - click on pair which brings up additional list of brokers
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    We need the gold standard back.

    "We need the gold standard back" — which 'gold standard' ? reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard it's obvious that the gold 'standard' has had many variations, as well there being sometimes concurrent 'silver standards' none of the 'standards' have ever resulted in a...
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    Futures Chart for 9/11

    Daily 500 and DJ
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    RTH only chart in MT4 ?

    has anyone 'coded' or constructed an MT4 chart that displays regular trading hours only - that is price bars from 9:30am - 4:15pm EST only attached image is 5 min charts via NinjaTrader: top is the 6E Euro FX futures contract - 23 hour day bottom is the 6E Euro FX futures contract - rth
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    Is Forecasting Methodology of David Williams (Reflected Wave, etc.) any good?

    WOW ! a 12 page non-disclosure agreement, and you have to be photographed !!! http://www.trade2win.com/boards/day-trading-scalping/18302-page-trader-s-p-messenger.html http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=144128 http://www.mypivots.com/board/topic/1228/1/pagetrader...
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