I interned after 2000 in a firm that blew up, at least I learnt what not to do. After that in (around 2002---not sure about the exact date) I interneed for a hedge fund, worked their for a year and after I figured out the business, I found a guy whose dad was loaded and was willing to throw some money our way. Made some money for him, he told his country club friends and all of a sudden we got serious amount of money. I was 25+ that time and I'm going to be 29 later this year. Anyway, I'd rather keep this offline because people here seem to be more interested about little stuff. minidowtrader@yahoo.com. If you send me an email, I'll ask you to verify here so that I don't discuss the strategy with some lunatic racist. Good Night.