User Names On Elitetrader (a fun thread)

nitro = [short form of] nitroglycerin

From www.dictionary.com

\Ni`tro*glyc"er*in\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion. [Written also nitroglycerine.]

Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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I'm sure you guys can figure out why I chose it.

[And no, it's not because I fart alot when I am trading :mad:]

nitro :)
 
nitro- or nitr-
pref.
Nitrate; niter: nitrobacterium.

Nitrogen: nitrile.
Containing the univalent group NO2: nitromethane.


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[New Latin, from Latin nitrum, natron. See niter.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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nitro

- \Ni"tro-\ 1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

2. (Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene.

Nitro group, the radical NO2; -- called also nitroxyl.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


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nitro, WV (city, FIPS 59068)
Location: 38.41763 N, 81.83111 W
Population (1990): 6851 (3065 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25143



Source: U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau


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nitro

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nitro-: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
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nitro
 
Nitro wrote: "I'm sure you guys can figure out why I chose it."

Knowing a bit about you, I dont understand. Your methodology is more contrite, stable and calculated. You don't at all envoke thoughts of: "extremly unstable"..."terribly explosive"...

Perhaps this harkens to your earlier trading days...I equate your style today more with:..."opportunistic"..."calculating"..."disciplined"..."methodical".....

Not to shoot a hole in the boat....

I myself feel more inclined to adopt the moniker as a literal descriptive...
 
Knowing a bit about you, I dont understand. Your methodology is more contrite, stable and calculated. You don't at all envoke thoughts of: "extremly unstable"..."terribly explosive"...
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Hehe,

_BUT_, once the trade is there, the action must be explosive and decisive.

Trading "should" be/is like falling in love!

_NO_THINKING_IT_JUST_HAPPENS_

[and love can certainly can be exposive!]

nitro

PS You are correct - I am very calculating, but I realize that this is a "style" of trading. I feel that to be a true master, one must "enlist" or "absorb" [possibly many] other styles. I am also a very intuitive trader, but I do not always trust it [hence my lack of mastery of the intuitive style. Really, the lack of mastery of the _INTEGRATION_OF_ the intutive style with the calculating style.] IMHO, it is the intuitive trader that is explosive and decisive. For lack of a better term, this is the true "Yin Yang" of trading.
 
Originally posted by neo_hr
Hey Aldrums, I play the guitar...Perhaps we could do some gigs together :) thought the distance may be a "bit" of a prob.

Cheers man!

Thanks, anyone the same first name as me is OK in my book. Nice Strat. Or is that a Tele?

P.S. I could upload some wave files and we could do a virtual gig. Isn't technology wonderful?!
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I chose my nickname because I strive to reach a state of unconsciousness where I observe the market and react without distraction or emotion!
 
I chose my nickname because I strive to reach a state of unconsciousness where I observe the market and react without distraction or emotion!
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Don't you mean a state of _consciousness_ ? It might be hard to trade while unconscious.

:)

nitro
 
Originally posted by Bono
Mine is simply the nickname of U2's Paul Hewson. I happened to listen to them a lot in the 80s, but I still happen to like it cause it sounds Italian :)
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Originally posted by aldrums
My initials are A.L. and I play the drums.

http://www.geocities.com/aldrums
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Just an idea ... how about doing the opening drum play of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" for the daily grove on Sunday ...

As to my name, how original :)

My first ET handle was StockWizard cuz of my last name. Then, I was "awarded" the title StockJunkie cuz I am addicted to the market, so that was my second handle. Finally, I just used my real name.

Confession: When I used to visit the Elite Trader Chat Room, there was this gal that would PM me every second for a trade. Consequently, I had to come in undercover (with a different handle, so she won't bother me). My buddy Len had to do the same. I'm sure Baron remembers the days when our screen would be covered with pink letters, lol. Anyhow, one day I came into the chat with the handle Laura. Oh man, that was the craziest day. Within seconds the entire male population in the chat room sent me PMs. The screen got covered with pink letters and I had to logout again. The good old days ... AMZN up 8 YHOO up 14 DELL up 5.75 and trading at 160 about to announce another stock split :)
 
Don't you mean a state of _consciousness_ ? It might be hard to trade while unconscious.
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Nitro, im LMAO!!!:) :) :)

Aldrums, its a strat (Mexican though, I payed like 200$ for it couldnt cash out a grand for the real US thing). Works for me just fine...Does anyone know how to convert the sound I record with CoolEdit2000 or Cubase into mP3? I cant upload wavs as it would take my entire webspace

Tradesmart all...
Alex
 
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