[eternalnewbie]

I have been looking for arbitrage/scalp type opportunities suitable for individuals. Although I believe that I have spotted opportunities, I have found that all of them either (i) would not be possible for me as an individual because the transactions costs would eat up the profit unless the orders were very large or (ii) would require purchases or sales in markets that are thinly traded enough that I would be worried about execution risk.

I believe that you mentioned that you did not want to discuss your current positions, but can you give some examples of particular trades of this type that you have made in the past? It would be great if we could get a full - "this was my original idea, this is how I found it, this is how I executed the transaction, and this is how I closed it out" type analysis. I am basically looking for insight into how you scout out your plays.

Thanks again for this thread!