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  1. traderjb

    U.S. bitcoin exchange makes debut

    I signed up for Coinbase, seems like forex trading from a decade ago. :P Need more better charting!
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    Transaction-tax plan brings fresh Wall Street battle to Capitol Hill

    Reaffirms my belief how these idiots don't understand how markets work.
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    PFG freezes accounts, CEO attempts suicide

    I highly doubt Junior is shocked. He ran the day-to-day operations, he had to have known for a fraud like this to be pulled off. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/11/us-broker-pfgbest-idUSBRE86A1AK20120711
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    PFG freezes accounts, CEO attempts suicide

    Probably the same Nigerian helping out Blue Turtle :D
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    That is what a lot of folks do not get. They think that just because they are long term investors, that this won't affect them in the long run, well they are wrong. By any chance do you have a link to that Vanguard estimate?
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Stupid question, probably already been asked so forgive me for bringing this up. But if for some horrible reason this damn tax gets passed, wouldn't that widen the Bid/Ask spreads to something like we saw prior to decimalization? Say if the tax is $10, that the spread on your average stock goes...
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    BOJ strikes again!

    Looks like the Bank of Japan made another move on the Yen to try and lower it's value against the Majors.
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    CNBC Mark Haines Dies 5/24/11

    I practically grew up watching this man. He was, out of most of those on CNBC, a real business news journalist. Like many have said on this board, Mark Haines didn't hold back and told it like it is. He knew the market, he knew the malarky that guests could pull. In his own right, Mark Haines...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Probably for now....but it wouldn't take much once they ensnared the others like futures and options. If they could, they would tax oxygen and say it's for greening the planet.
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Well, it seems that the "Progressive Congressional Caucus" made up of mainly the Democrats in the House, have come up with their own plan to counter the Ryan one. In it, they've included a tax on derivatives/futures/forex/options dubbed the "Wall Street Gaming Tax."...
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    TOS down?

    wait...there's two?!? really? hrmm, gonna have to go on their site and see which one I got (probably the bullshit Amtrade one).
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    TOS down?

    And it probably goes all downhill from here.
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    TOS down?

    I think you're right. I remember Open ECry way back when they first started. Ironically enough, I never went to them because when I demo'd their account the platform kept crashing. This was almost 10 years ago, perhaps it's changed. How's Advantage working out for you?
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    TOS down?

    My own damn fault for not having a back-up broker. Yeah, they may have good charts, but holy shit are they horrible in the reliability department! And don't get me started on their quality of quotes! :mad:
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    TOS down?

    Anyone else having problems logging or using Think Or Swim right now? :confused:
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    Bloomberg.com new layout WTF?

    Reminds me of the Reuters free news site.
  17. traderjb

    Swiss's big move

    It was the SNB. They didn't say anything about the Franc on some call they did.
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    Swiss's big move

    Did anyone else see or hopefully take advantage of that big move in the Swiss Franc around 2:30 am CST? European open I get, and in the past have seen moves, but wow this one was something! I was on the CHF/JPY and that thing just exploded. Was there any econ news from Switzerland today or...
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    Mainly going short or long?

    Just tossing this out there because I'm noticing a trend in my trading that I'm not sure is healthy or not. But do you folks find yourself mainly doing one side, say the majority of the time going long? Lately I've notice that I tend to do well going short than long. I trade currencies, metals...
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Very nice, Robert, do you think the UK will be the firewall in Europe against the FTT under the Con-Lib Coalition government?
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