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    Nice HSI gap

    Only a $3,400/contract loss for those who bought ATC for the rebound....................................
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    shocking (NOT) IB down AGAIN @ night. help finding an alternative PLEASE...

    MAN offer those markets, as do the futures divisions of banks e.g Calyon as above. I and others had disconnection issues in the past due to Asian ISP's discarding packets and TWS then being set up for much higher spec connections. In fairness they [eventually] adjusted the parameters to...
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    ¡¾Should I go for Goldman Sales or Prop Trader with a smaller bank?¡¿

    Yes you are right! They algorithms are posting! I can see it now, that is why every thread in ET just gets stuck in a loop or goes off topic after a few posts, or somebody comes in and says something outrageous (cf a flippers fake size).
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    ¡¾Should I go for Goldman Sales or Prop Trader with a smaller bank?¡¿

    If I really believed this poster had an offer I would say Goldman should firm up on their recruitment policy, not only are they making offers to people who can't make up their minds, they also feel obligated to recant everything on a web board. I mean really, can't the site owners think of a...
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    Daytrader's Age

    Eventuallly you find youself staring at the screen thinking 'when did that happen?' Daytrading is like being a commission only telemarketer, Daily timeframe is like being a sales manager who just sits there with his hands clasped across his belly racking up the override. In aother words...
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    how to judge a system no longer profitable?

    If they reposess your car this can be an indication that a system is no longer proftable.
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    Computer freezes at open with IB?

    Stocks.exe is Quotetracker. Does TWS say 'Not responding' at the end of the Line ending Trader Workstation at the top of the screen? (sorry no solution, just similar problem with recent builds - although not at market open, seems to be after I have had a chart or account or option window...
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    Firewall + Antivirus

    I had a similar hang issue with AVG - managed to get back by using restore function. No more antivirus after that. I use hardware router, WinXP firewall, and a couple of alerter type prgrams like Winpatrol. I expect to have to swap out my harddrive to the freestanding back up every now and...
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    what really makes money in real life?

    Very good points. You can only do what the market will let you do. You can't make extraordinary profits in ordinary markets. I am thinking mainly of stocks here, but this also seems to apply as much to locals scalping the floor as it does to trend followers. Livermore, Baruch etc made their...
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    Trading KOSPI option contract just like a futures contract

    I'd love to see Korea and Taiwan cash equities from IB. Comm, FX treatment, and min order size make these difficult markets for a staratgy I use with existing brokers. As for Joesan's comments about the nature of Asian markets, when the TW or HK syndicates get hold of a stock like it's a...
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    Firewall + Antivirus

    I am abot to install Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware - the attraction is that it seems the way it works is to know all the ways malware can attack a computer and blocks this. It does not actually scan like the AV programs (that I stopped using years ago because of all the issues).
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    The Spooky Echoes of '87

    Markets are at their most alluring stage when they are also at their most dangerous stage and you are at your most complacent from too many easy profits. Follow a web board all the way through they cycle and you will see when the wall of worry that applied all the way up crumbles literally...
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    Traders Bought Options Hours Before Hilton Deal!!!!!

    The conclusion will be that Insiders only do it because they are unaware of modern financial theory and their position as insiders gives them a cognitive bias that makes them believe it is possible to make money buying options ahead of an unanounced takeover at a premium to market. Poor deluded...
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    Traders Bought Options Hours Before Hilton Deal!!!!!

    Actually it will be titled Anomolies in the options market prior to takeovers. Does sumbody know sumpin? There will then follow an abstract in which the authors point out how it is impossible to make money on inside information if the strong form efficient market hypotheses holds etc etc
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    Fundamental data for Asian stocks

    http://capital.jp/search.php Bloomberg $1,700/month onmin 1 year contract. Try the url above first..................
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    Equity Analyst Trading Own Account

    A bit off topic but is there any way that an account with a broker other than the one employing you can be kept open within the spirit and the letter of US law/regs. I am interested in US law as this would be the "most strict" and thus the one I would technically be bound by. e.g can you keep...
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    Sub-Prime Reality

    "BTW, just what DOES Gummint do for us except spend our money and confiscate liberties?" It seems its purpose has been redefined as 'helping big business'.
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    Yo, trendline guys

    As a general rule if you want to sell snakeoil you have to find people who are stupider than you to sell to. It doesn't work if you are stupider than them , they just laugh at you.
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    Yo, trendline guys

    "Her first trade with my system she says made her over $700 in one day." Did she do any more trades, how did they go?
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