Thanks for pointing that out, Darkhorse, sounds like an interesting read, I'll look into getting that. Also, trader99, i think we can all...
Ooops. :D That old, huh? Hmm. Not sure what that means. Maybe I'm just plain getting old and senile. The second is oh so true, but...
Darkhorse: Quoting Seykota by any chance? I met him once, at a little restaurant on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. I was on my way in, he was...
Thing is, poor Def is at a time zone disadvantage being based in merry HongKong, so he can't really engage in all this gun shot typing here to...
They felt called but simply were never chosen. :D :D :D :D :D :D
Haha, can I ever believe that. You ever read this here, although you experienced that first hand anyway: Title: An Analysis of the Profiles...
True about size, although different markets - and I believe a market is a market and trading is trading - have hugely different liquidity...
I can fully sympathise with that point of view.
Actually I think there wasn't really all that much disagreement, apart from some strong personalities feeling the inevitable need to clash a bit,...
Again, sounds great. It'd be really something to have a true success story come out of these boards, and then be able to say, hey, we talked back...
Tudor Jones, yup, that's true, but he also had great contacts that brought his assets up double quick - he'd broked for Soros amongst other stuff...
Hehe, I added that in my prior post about performance having to be seen relative to your size. It's like that PIMCO guy talking about one of...
True, and that, together with the fixed income markets, is where all the big macros are playing because of liquidity. But even then there are...
Well, last I heard is that it's problematic if you start out with less than 5 million, as overheads will drag down performance by say 1 - 3 % per...
I agree, although there are a few, very few, exceptions, take the macro strategy funds of Robertson and Soros, both with something like 20 billion...
I think it's not just a question of bad apples or criminals running off with your money, although even just that alone is a much larger problem...
Feudalism You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. Fascism You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of...
Haha, that had me laughing, thanks for a funny start to the day:D :D :D :D :D
That must have been a very interesting experience, working for Ludwig in the "eighth" continent. Gosh, that really is starting to kick in, the...
Hehe, I've had some really great times in the US, in Ireland, (also the UK, although I probably shouldn't say that to an Irish;))France, couple of...
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