Recent Content by HedgefundJim

  1. A crude awakening: the oil crash

    LOL!!!
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Economics

  2. Still Having Trouble Letting Winners RUn

    Hey those are great results! But the real measure of success is not in 9 out of 10 successful days (what if you blow 95% of your principle in...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  3. Doing virutal or actual trading could damage human brains?

    Quite frankly, the only way to remove the emotion is to experience the highest of the highs, and the lowest of lows so as to no longer fear or get...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  4. A sense the housing market has bottomed.

    Excellent forecast! You, my friend, understand real estate :) -Hedgefund Jim
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Economics

  5. scalping

    Agreed with Div Arb, You're also going to need capital. Lots of it. A smartl scalper with tons of ammunition is dangerous, Any...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Trading

  6. Why do I feel like the sky is falling?

    That will definitely throw a ringer in the markets. A sad day that will be if it ever comes to that. Truly sad. Could cut my profits...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Wall St. News

  7. Jittery feeling before and while in trade

    Good lord if you are experiencing heart palpitations when you trade STOP TRADING NOW! This means that most likely you are potential...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  8. Doing virutal or actual trading could damage human brains?

    I think there are definitely physiological consequences of trading for the uninitiated. It is much like riding a rollercoaster, some people...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  9. successful traders with no math or finance schooling?

    Hey Simon, glad I could be of inspiration. And about myself, I am a private equities fund manager and am largely self-taught. So to respond...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading

  10. Types of traders here..... where do you stand??? Dare to find out?

    Well, to be quite frank, about 99% of all traders are not profitable, It is like that at any prop trading firm you visit, from 1 to up to 5%...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  11. Still Having Trouble Letting Winners RUn

    In my experience in the hedgefund industry and among my colleagues who are traders, In a daytrading firm of 100 traders, maybe 2 are...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  12. successful traders with no math or finance schooling?

    That is a great question! Among my hedgefund colleagues, and traders I know at other private firms, there is no pre-requisite to being a...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Professional Trading

  13. Can you all feel the tension ?

    For many of my hedgefund colleagues, the last two weeks (today not withstanding) have been rangebound and sideways for the most part. The break...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Trading

  14. scalping

    This is a great thread with great potential for sharing knowledge, where to start! Scalping is a fantastic daytrading technique (I am a...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 24, 2008 in forum: Trading

  15. A sense the housing market has bottomed.

    Well, I don't know if I agree that it is "senseless" to believe that home prices will increase. Historically, on a decade by decade view, home...
    Post by: HedgefundJim, Jul 24, 2008 in forum: Economics