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I find it interesting that this was the only response to my McD post.
In a message dated 7/17/99 9:34:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ntw@xxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> And even today. You will not find more than a handfull of TS at the Board
> of Trade. Tell that to the list. Neal Weintraub
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TradeWynne@xxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 4:15 PM
> Subject: re. McD and MkWizards
>
>
> > Tom Baldwin (in Market Wizards) became a floor trader after a job in a
> meat
> > packing plant. He had no computer experience, yet he supposedly took less
> > than 25K to over 30 million in six years and trades upwards of 20,000
Bond
> > contracts a day. I guess you could say the guys at Omega who came from
> McD's were in the meat packing business too (1/4 pound at a time). The
point is
> you can become a great trader (or whatever) regardless of what you did
before.
> > You don't have to be a great programer. You don't need six years of
college.
> > You don't need a fun toy like TradeStation. In fact, Market Wizards was
> > written in the late 80's before TS existed.
Many of those guys used computers
for little more than quotes. Some of them still do charts by hand.
> > That said, I agree that Omega Tech is frequently bad. Most of the best
techs
> > seem to pass through system and are gone or promoted in a few years. Too
> bad, but it's the nature of the beast.
> > Bill Wynne
> > SmartTrades.com
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From: "Neal T. Weintraub" <ntw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: re. McD and MkWizards
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And even today. You will not find more than a handfull of TS at the Board
of Trade. Tell that to the list. Neal Weintraub
----- Original Message -----
From: <TradeWynne@xxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 4:15 PM
Subject: re. McD and MkWizards
> Tom Baldwin (in Market Wizards) became a floor trader after a job in a
meat
> packing plant. He had no computer experience, yet he supposedly took less
> than 25K to over 30 million in six years and trades upwards of 20,000 Bond
> contracts a day. I guess you could say the guys at Omega who came from
McD's
> were in the meat packing business too (1/4 pound at a time). The point is
you
> can become a great trader (or whatever) regardless of what you did before.
> You don't have to be a great programer. You don't need six years of
college.
> You don't need a fun toy like TradeStation. In fact, Market Wizards was
> written in the late 80's before TS existed. Many of those guys used
computers
> for little more than quotes. Some of them still do charts by hand.
>
> That said, I agree that Omega Tech is frequently bad. Most of the best
techs
> seem to pass through system and are gone or promoted in a few years. Too
bad,
> but it's the nature of the beast.
>
> Bill Wynne
> SmartTrades.com
>
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