<![CDATA[Quote For The Day II]]>"Although [the Volcker rule] will never be implemented, we need to be honest about proprietary trading. I spent 25 years as a prop trader, many on this site have spent decades at it and we KNOW - although we never admit to it - what it does to markets.

We want volatility, that's the lifesblood -- the key to making real dough and when we have control of the product as well as the mechanism of the trade -- well, honey -- that's the best, we are unstoppable and can ratchet those trades back and forth every day and plan to buy boats and big houses.]]>