QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: rmaxQuoteTrader to rmax: Either you go or I go!Lol, that's one dumb trader!That's bad! In a former life, a client (an English guy) shouted at me (I am from France): "go and die in Germany" which was really tough, too.

"ETF HQ. We are making money and we can prove it" -- ETF HQ website

Story from a friend of mine. CPH Stock Exchange phone him up: "Are you doing YE trades?" my friend: "Boss!". Boss comes on the phone: "WTF: How dare you accuse us of doing YE trades! XXX is a reptuable bank. How f*** dare you" followed by many other swear words etc... Of course they were doing them....

"(...) the fact that financial markets are fractal." - http://etfhq.com/

"My hunch is that the method of making a continuous contract is not very important (...)" -- seykota.comWhat?

"All the real traders keep the good stuff to themselves" -- indisclosed

"Trading is ALL of mathematics, philosophy, tactics, instinct, psychology and more. You can survive without specializing in some of them but one way or another a trader uses all of them." -- DavidJN

"Wall Street only knows three kinds: Losers, winners, and schmucks who become teachers." -- some trader

"Did the ladies ever tell you that you look like a f#cking optical illusion?" - Frank Slaughtery to a guy wearing a striped tie with a striped shirt, in 25th Hour

Exotic option trader to quant (me): "We just did this trade. Can you help us model it?"

"Dear America,When the Dow was at 3,000, a 200 point drop was a scary thing. When the Dow is at 16,000, it's less scary.Sincerely, "

QuoteOriginally posted by: tagoma"Dear America,When the Dow was at 3,000, a 200 point drop was a scary thing. When the Dow is at 16,000, it's less scary.Sincerely, "log scale ?

This is one of my most memorable exchanges ever:Corporate IR sales: ummm could you give me the results for this deal? Does it fit into our lines?CB: I sent the results and the approval to you two minutes ago and approved it with you on the phone. What's up?Corporate IR sales: I don't remember things that happened like a minute ago, bear with me here..CB: (cutting him off mid-sentence) man, that sounds like early onset alzheimer's, you might want to get that checked out!He hung up immediately and apparently complained to his desk head about my comment. A colleague of mine was sitting behind the desk head and told me the guy just started laughing in front of the salesman. He quit week later.

"Even with powerful algorithms and sophisticated tools, it is difficult to build a successful strategy." -- inovancetech