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To: Spekulatius who wrote (31281)5/12/2019 12:10:53 PM
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Or trade with more confidence after a couple of pints and shots.

Long ago I worked as a programmer in an office in London, in an area where the density of pubs was quite high. And lunch on Fridays was frequently long in duration and liquid in nature. Any code "confidently" written on Friday afternoon was always discarded first thing on Monday and re-done. In your broker/lounge scenario, it might be a little harder to persuade the exchanges to undo those "confident" trades the next morning.

But obviously your SI handle was carefully chosen (g).