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Are you considering quitting your dayjob to daytrade?!
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36 SpongeBrain : Golf Handicap Now 14 Prime 8 Best round 77 (+5) on reasonably tspeedbird-1/17/1999
35 " I was DESTROYED in the month of August." --> Funds vs. Trading SpongeBrain-1/17/1999
34 How did you lose 70% and 50% ? In one shot? Did you let a loss run away? PleasSpongeBrain-1/17/1999
33 Offtopic: Speedbird, whats your handicap? What was it in your prime? SpongeBrain-1/17/1999
32 spongebrain: I've been looking at this phenomenon with great interest... hBonnie Bear-1/17/1999
31 I was close to finished twice - but clawed my way back I lost 70% of my cash ispeedbird-1/17/1999
30 "I was cleaning my files and was review my monthly fund statements. I was gonzongo-1/17/1999
29 Move from Golf to Trading or trading to Golf.. that is the question I was on tspeedbird-1/17/1999
28 Good Point Northstar I was busy trading then and I was glad I had a job to gospeedbird-1/17/1999
27 Irrational exuberance? How many wanted to quit their day jobs during Septemberadvinfo-1/17/1999
26 Good article from Forbes, but LBOR didn't go down to short sellers. The comxcr600-1/17/1999
25 Cut and paste the text... Interesting reading this week in Forbes. While much jttmab-1/17/1999
24 Add a couple of UPS systems to your configuration. Nothing more boring than havjttmab-1/17/1999
23 <<However, I've lost more trading than the total tuition costs of botSpongeBrain-1/17/1999
22 << xcr600: What's your current profession? What size capital are yoxcr600-1/17/1999
21 I'd like to hear what types of jobs people are willing to give up in order SpongeBrain-1/17/1999
20 I use Datek for streaming and am switching offline to Yamner from Merrill Lynchxcr600-1/17/1999
19 Ask yourself: Can (mutual funds + dayjob income) > trading profits? When yoSpongeBrain-1/17/1999
18 If you can do it at work, I'd do that for a while to get a better feel. A SpongeBrain-1/17/1999
17 Well, I am close myself I have been doing well after a learning period of 6 mospeedbird-1/17/1999
16 Thanks very much Eagle-1/17/1999
15 xcr600: What's your current profession? What size capital are you gonn workSpongeBrain-1/17/1999
14 There are many other threads to discuss trading software. Also, try elitetradeSpongeBrain11/17/1999
13 I use two brokers too----found during past 10 days had problems with WaterhouseEagle-1/17/1999
12 Great timing for this thread. This is exactly what I have been contemplating rexcr600-1/17/1999
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