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We had them in the US before the SEC, which regulated them out of existence.

It’s likely the term is a pejorative referring to the Liverpool setup you describe.

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Sorry, I meant Jesse Livermore's "Confessions of a Stock Market Operator," worth a read to anyone interested in the history of this stuff.



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