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September 19th, 2016, 11:23 AM
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I don't know that I'm really that humble. One of...
I don't know that I'm really that humble. One of the things that always attracted me to trading was that we have very objective measures of performance. In corporate life you can be good at your...
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September 19th, 2016, 11:14 AM
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Yeah, I hear that 59 is the new 29. But I don't...
Yeah, I hear that 59 is the new 29. But I don't believe it, my arthritis tells me otherwise, as well as the fact that I've become invisible and I can't text worth a damn and I don't know how to use...
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September 19th, 2016, 11:09 AM
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Stopped rooting for the Vikes the moment I moved...
Stopped rooting for the Vikes the moment I moved to Chicago (January 1 1986, just in time for the only great Bears team ever). Being a Vikes fan was painful, and in Chicago could have been fatal...
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September 19th, 2016, 10:40 AM
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I loved the Twin Cities, and cold is something...
I loved the Twin Cities, and cold is something you get used to. When I was in college in Northfield it would never get above zero the first week of February, and -20F was common. Three friends and...
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September 18th, 2016, 11:20 PM
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I am old, very very old! (59). And I've been in...
I am old, very very old! (59). And I've been in various parts of the commodity business since I was 22, just out of college. The futures pits were a unique and colorful place, but the truth is I...
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September 18th, 2016, 10:12 PM
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No problem, I guess your use of the term...
No problem, I guess your use of the term "arbitrage" in the post I quoted threw me, though you did say it was just what you call it, and that there might be better terms.
To me arbitrage has a...
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September 18th, 2016, 05:13 PM
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Not what I was looking for. I traded interest...
Not what I was looking for. I traded interest rate futures on the floor of the CBOT for 16 years and for another 4 years on the screen after that, ending in 2006. On the floor I was a scalper,...
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September 18th, 2016, 03:14 PM
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How do you determine the relative sizing of your...
How do you determine the relative sizing of your positions? Do you base it on the dollar value of the underlying asset, ADR of the respective instruments, or something else?
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September 15th, 2016, 12:44 AM
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It would never work for me. I'd eat the cookies...
It would never work for me. I'd eat the cookies first, especially the Thin Mints and the Samoas.
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