Feel Free To Give Us Your SS# As Well

Posted by Bess Levin, Jul 21, 2008, 12:55pm

The ad people in this asylum have a couple questions they'd like you to answer so please do so below sans "Why the fuck are you asking us this" since it obviously has to do with some sort of money-making (Ponzi) scheme they're cooking up. Then, we can return to the important work of analyzing this man-on-mouse pic for clues re: where things went wrong.

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 1:11PM

SEC limits "active trading".. 30 day holding periods.. at least here

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Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 21, 2008 1:21PM

@ #1

30-day rule is compliance/HR here, they tell me, so that we focus on our jobs and not trading our PA. Rubbish if you ask me.

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 1:33PM

1:21 is right. Also, the rules are very firm specific - some firms will allow you to short stocks, some will let you do nothing.

Nonetheless, it hardly prevents 'active' trading. 30-day holding notwithstanding, you can still pretty much be 'active.'

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 1:36PM

Does make that second poll question seem pretty pointless though.

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 1:54PM

Why would that make it pointless? I have to hold onto any trade for 30 days but I can execute as many independent trades as I want to in a month!

Jeez, this does not augur good for dealbeaker - what kind of 'finance professionals' is this site exactly drawing these days!!!

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Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 21, 2008 2:02PM

@ 1:54

if you think thats bad, you should hang around for a while, it gets much, much worse...

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 2:49PM

457-55-5462

-Todd Davis

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 4:38PM

pffft... 30 day rule....

Try 60 days and no derivitaves except protective puts (not even covered calls).


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Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 21, 2008 5:01PM

@ 4:38

Thats freakin horrible man, ouch. I just hope that like me you're not relegated to using a heinous trading platform thats at least 10 years behind the datek offering I was using a decade ago, blechhhh

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Posted by guest , Jul 21, 2008 5:04PM

wait until hedge fund regulation kicks in.

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