Points well taken. All that time is spent reading a blizzard of paper -- advisors, web sites, annual reports, value line, newspapers, morningstar....
I really don't know. It seems like this lease is the biggest secret in the futures community. Thanks for the info.
I was wondering what got you so riled up.? don't take it so personaly Mr. Ipanama or what-ever that place is where you hale from. I couldn't...
OK -- well then you can do it your way. I have no problem w/ that. My futures trading is based on taking advantage of short term dis-equiilibiums...
Is that caused it to spike down? I was wondering. Thanks. The bonds are weak anyway.
No booya your missing my point. This is my job. Anyone who does this part time really has an uphill battle. When I'm not trading -- I'm...
This is the best market in the world if you know what you're doing -- blows away the ES. ZB is my bread and butter.There are quite a few...
You guys gotta be kidding me. I trade and work at this 14 hours a day 5 days week. Saturday and Sunday too. That's what you are up against....
Good luck rookie.. I started when I was around your age (mid 20s). Many times I had wished I never heard of the futures market. I've done it all...
That was f....ing sick. For a sell the extension/buy the extension guy -- today proved to be really tough. Fortunately I'm hitting em pretty good...
Everybody trades a system such as: 1. Buy all of Cramer's recommendations 2. Buy Trading systems but quit at the 1st drawdown 3. Trade markets...
A couple of ideas. Don't be afraid to change strategies. I started off as a trader but was terrible. I became a fundamental long term investor and...
What makes trading difficult, especially for newbies, is that a lot of those intra-day movements are totally random and can't be predicted with...
I wasn't clear in my post Smoothie -- I agree w/ what you said. I'm interested in getting short on a bounce off the short term trend. But I...
I started in the mid eighties about 1 year before Boesky got busted. I bought a seat on the NYFE and thought the money was just going to roll in...
I like the grains too but have cut back in this area. I now only focus on the very best trade setups vs. the good. I'm willing to let a bunch of...
I second Maxpi's opinion -- I just like it better too. The YM's got a nice feel to it. I also like the OEX at market extremes (used on rare...
I won't touch that crap. Rule of thumb -- when it's slow -- Stay out!! Shut the computer off, go to an unrelated site. Just don't short for a few...
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