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DOW JONES (11)-MINI DOW JONES INDEX (YM) Spec $6,500 $5,200 Hedge/Member $5,200 $5,200 Here it is...TOS is using the full exchange margin requirement even for intraday trading. Ridiculous policy IMHO. 1/3 of overnight requirements should be the standard for daytrading. I...

Does anyone have a recap / listing of popular emini futures brokers and their current margin requirements per contract ? I just discovered TOS jacked their margins up to incredible levels, without warning of course. One YM contract now requires $6500 !

I don't quite understand this...was she blowing you during a huge trade or something ? How in the hell could she cause that kind of loss ?

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Surf - I think we could still see 600 on the S&P by year's end. Housing prices, lack of credit, high oil prices, and the horrific job market all add up to : great depression deja vue all over again.

Good job Surf... AAPL highly overpriced IMHO "in this economy".

Omigosh, does this ever hit home. I quit trading a few years ago, tried to start a business, that didn't work-out, then starting to work temp jobs here and there. WOW, DID THAT SUCK...working hard to feed "FAT CATS" at the agencies who make 3-4 times what I was making. 8-5 = NO FUN INDEED. Now...

Surf - did you catch that consultation rate of $900/hr ? Truly speaking, Neely appears to be the next Joe Granville (remember him ?)

I've read most of these posts and there's something no one has really mentioned: LUCK (or FORTUNE). Long story short: frat bro who was not that smart in school (he was kind of a goof-off) but had a lot of gumption became a lawyer. I had graduated as an engineer and was making good money...

How is this done ? How do you recognize the markets have turned against your approach ? What is the criteria ?

The charts imply 2 MORE YEARS OF THIS ENVIRONMENT ? If so, then WOW, we are in huge trouble....especially from a SOCIO-ECONOMIC standpoint. I see ROVING BANDS OF HOMELESS scouring the country. Grab your guns !!!

The "invisible hand" in action. I was taught economics by a student of Hayek. Most economics taught today is Keynesian....which is flawed. Obama is going to prove that.

Props don't really support automation very well. Most use the ever-so-awful Sterling platform. Again, most props don't promote auto-trading. They want you to get involved emotionally, so you can trade more. They LOVE revenge trading !

I absolutely agree. Schiff made a great call 2 years ago. This market is going much lower. Actually, I see NO SUPPORT whatsoever....just total panic.

The "somewhat" great Jim Cramer made most of his fortune with options, yet his own show does not promote them...at all. So the big question is : WHY NOT ? And the obvious answer is: It's beyond the grasp of the "masses" of which Jim wants to influence.

Open discussion of trading ideas, no open criticism of trades gone bad, comraderie, free lunch, topless masseuses every Friday, good tech support, trading contests/events, etc. When I traded at a prop firm, NONE OF THIS EXISTED. Miserable. It was miserable.

Just make another copy. Duh.

Let me get this straight: $10,000 initial capital 5% bet size Bet $500 Heads, result Heads Bet $1000 Tails, result Tails Bet $1000 Heads, result Tails Bet $2000 Heads, result Tails Bet $1000 Heads, result Heads When does the progression restart to the beginning ? I don't quite "get it".

technically speaking: 950 level in the S&P is going to be a critical technical level. It must be breached with high volume however for the bull case to continue. I don't think it's going to happen. This whole rally has been on tepid volume. fundamentally speaking: Unemployment will remain...

Now THERE'S a motley crew ! Sheila Bair so reminds me of Nancy Pelosi....always dolled-up, looking fine, because it's meant to overcome the lack of substance in their statements.