Recent Content by moron28

  1. best way to get fired so I can collect unemployment and jumpstart my trading career?

    Just ask the boss to lay you off. Who knows, he might actually agree.
    Post by: moron28, Mar 7, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. IT engineer compensation in a hedge fund

    Are we talking about Peter M. here? heh heh heh ... :D
    Post by: moron28, Mar 23, 2009 in forum: Prop Firms

  3. A new problem with TWS DDE API...

    IB keeps updating the TWS API. Some order fields that were optional before could now be mandatory. A missing order field could be causing the...
    Post by: moron28, Oct 27, 2008 in forum: Automated Trading

  4. ET Official Bottom Watch Thread

    Is there any good reason why the US markets cannot end up doing a Nikkei where the bottom after the 1990 peak came 13 years later in 2003? It...
    Post by: moron28, Oct 9, 2008 in forum: Trading

  5. The Snubby Revolver Indicator

    I've never understood why people would want to use a 357 snubby for self defense unless small size was an absolute requirement? A lot of the...
    Post by: moron28, Oct 8, 2008 in forum: Technical Analysis

  6. Where are we headed?

    Still have a bunch of assault rifles I'd bought prior to the '94 Clinton Assault Weapons ban. Sold most of them for 2-3X the purchase price around...
    Post by: moron28, Jul 14, 2008 in forum: Trading

  7. Only fools are complaining about gas prices

    Your driving skills ultimately play the most important role in avoiding an accident in the first place. Go for a Skip Barber course (even the most...
    Post by: moron28, Jun 30, 2008 in forum: Economics

  8. US Dollar Up 10%, OIL DOWN 40%

    "Oil to $70!!!" "Gold to $350!!!" "EUR to 1USD!!!!" "DOW to 18,000!!!!" "Money to grow on trees!!!"
    Post by: moron28, Apr 28, 2008 in forum: Economics

  9. Can Opponents "SEE" your stop.. emini NDx100

    It is a well known fact on ET that many of your opponents can even see you mental stops.
    Post by: moron28, Apr 25, 2008 in forum: Trading

  10. Credit Card debt is next......$951.7 Billion worth....

    Any info as to how much of this $55 trillion is liquid? I guess this number includes home equity and retirement savings. IMO, including home...
    Post by: moron28, Apr 18, 2008 in forum: Trading

  11. Lose vs. Loose

    If you are loose with your money, you'll eventually lose your money. I.e., loose = lose QED
    Post by: moron28, Apr 14, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  12. Where is the recession? Show me ?

    In some ways, it does. During a recession, there will be less newbie traders entering the game with a lot of money to lose, hence less candy for...
    Post by: moron28, Apr 8, 2008 in forum: Trading

  13. Where is the recession? Show me ?

    Things are actually getting pretty tight now on Wall Street. I am a software vendor to various broker/dealers and asset managers and the slowdown...
    Post by: moron28, Apr 5, 2008 in forum: Trading

  14. Ever Blow Up Your Account?

    $1.4M to $60K in 6 months trying to trade the post-.com bubble back in 2001. Considering that I had started with about $30K in 1998, this was not...
    Post by: moron28, Mar 18, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. If someone paid too much for their house, I don't pity them.

    You are so wrong:...
    Post by: moron28, Mar 18, 2008 in forum: Trading