Wow, That is a shock!!! I'm not gonna ask why but this is sad! I wonder what the problem could have been. Anyways, I might get more active now now that the market's been slaughtered. Look for stocks that are screaming "short interest" towards the end of the month. i may post a scanning mechansm that will help you see such stocks. Next year I'm taking some courses in time series analysis, regression analysis and much more. those of you familiar with engineering courses must have done something of noise reduction, etc. I might end up doing those as well. I'll try and get a layman's version of quantitative trading to this thread as I advance in my academics. Still looking for a job. I hope Goldman calls. hahaha Till then, lets hope we keep this thread alive and running. Can't go back now. this is one of the most heavily posted threads. emini: if you really are leaving, why don;t we allow your older posts to be kep as is? they contain valuable information for many newbies. It's upto you. good luck with your future endeavours. TT