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    Thoughts on naming minor as life insurance beneficiary

    You can name a minor as a benificiary, however no insurance company will release the funds to a minor. It will go to probate and a guardian will be appionted and thye court will determine the distribution of funds. Bad idea.
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    Any idea who "The Muscle" is?

    I used here that too. I always thought it was a large local but have no idea.
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    Looking For A Futures Prop Shop with a 50/50 split

    I can trade for sure. I have no problem showing the firm my brokerage statements. As for individual stocks, I never had too much luck with them. But I have great sucsess with the NQ and ES. I guess I could trade qqq and spy, although commisions would be much higher unlesss they offered me a...
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    J-Trader. . . . Now TURBO TRADER

    I used J-Trader back in the day, and I think Turbo Trader 2 is the same thing and a pretty good platform. That is what I use now. I just find it difficult to change lot size qiuckly in fast moving markets. had the same problem with Nija tradrer as well. Nothing beats X-trader though, I...
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    Is this a good deal for a trainee

    sounds like a pretty good deal to me. When I traded prop I put down 5K and was paying $7/1000 with no desk space or data fees. Training was non existant like most prop shops, but I did learn from what few profitable traders were there. Just be carful they don't have some rule that ties up...
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    Looking For A Futures Prop Shop with a 50/50 split

    Does anyone know of any proprietary futures firms out there that may be able to accomadate what I am looking for. I am not looking for buying power, I have enough already in my retail account to blow myself out 10 times over. Basically I have been trading a small 20K account scalping NQ...
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    Anyone Here Familiar with the CME Electronic Corporate Membership

    I am clearing with Global Futures. Despite mixed reviews here on ET I am very happy with them and feel no need to move unless I can get a better deal than 3.5 RT on avrerage vol of 1500-2000 cars per month. Any suggestions? I did the math and and IOM seat lease will work. I used to...
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    Anyone Here Familiar with the CME Electronic Corporate Membership

    I am thinking about taking my trading to the next level. I have been throwing down some good numbers this past year trading the NQ and ES. I have a few friends and family that want to put up money and have me trade it for them. The IB Universal account won't work because unless I am a RIA...
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    Part Time Jobs for Traders

    Maybee get a job as a waiter or bartender. I bartended for 10 years as I traded part time during the day and went to school part time and got my B.S in Math. I used to make 800-1200/week bartending tax free and averaged about 500/week trading a small 25 k account. When I graduated I could...
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    Who has the most post on ET

    I remeber a few years back there used to be a list of the top posters on ET. Anyone know what happened to it and who the leading posters on ET are.
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    I have never seen anything like this

    Yes I was , I funded my 1st trading account 3 weeks after 911, and I don't think it was this bad.
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    I have never seen anything like this

    Yeah, Like Dow 5K next stop.
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    I have never seen anything like this

    I'm looking at my charts today for usual supp/res levels and I can't find anything except for dow at 7500. I have never seen anything this bad, I even had to swith a couple weeks back from trading the NQ and YM to the qqqq and DIA because the volatility is so huge and risk of loss...
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    Matched pair of 4 gig 667 dell ram, very negotiable price

    I have a matched pair of 2x2g sticks of 667 mhz ram from Dell. It is brand new and still in the box. I paid over $800 bucks for it. It was supposed to go into my Dell Precsion 490 worksatation. I upgraded to a new P.C and did not return the ram in accordance with Dell's 21 day return policy...
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    Everest The Highest trade of the World

    Thanks, My website should be up in a month or so. The organization is called the Himalayan Helping Hands. We hope to build 1 to 5 schools through my charity climb. Anyone got any other ideas about large corporate sponsors who would be interested. I sent proposals to : Rimm, E-Trade...
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    Everest The Highest trade of the World

    It's possible now because of a new cell tower that was just built in Tibet. Check out this link: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020138 It can be done, and I intend to do it. I will keep everone informed in the months to come regarding...
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    Everest The Highest trade of the World

    Yes, That is the idea I have, I will be sending proposals to compaines like MSFT, GE, exct... and ask them what there Bid is to have me but there stock from the summit. This will be good advertising for them, because if I get interviewed and maybee on CNBC, who knows, people will ask why did...
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    Everest The Highest trade of the World

    Not a bad idea, I'll talk to Baron and see if he is interested in some sort of sponsorship. Yeah ,Elite trader from the summit of Everest.
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    Everest The Highest trade of the World

    Well, Here is my idea and I am looking for some feedback. I am a trader and a financial consultant. I also climb mountains in my spare time. This year a man who was sponsored by motorola made the world's highest cell phone call from the Summit of Everest. I am climbing Mt. Everest next...
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