Jay Gould - very articulate and extremely focused. Cornered the gold market for god's sake. Charles H. Dow - summarized speculation the best....
This thread basically says most independent traders are Introverted. ISTJ myself. Which makes sense of course.. it's a one-person job. And you...
I only turn on CNBC to get a general idea of where NOT to put my money. Come home from day job and watch Cramer's Mad Money for lots of...
Continental US only. I understand this question could more or less be subjective to personal taste. But if you had the option to just pick up...
What to think of Cramer? Well at least he's funny. As a person, yes, he knows how to make money. He ran a successful hedge fund obviously...
Just being himself violates a cardinal rule of trading: Never get emotional about stock..... my god, his show is nothing BUT emotions. My take...
Markets are NOT a zero sum game because: 1) Markets are not efficient, which is why secular booms and busts occur every 20 years or so. History...
Ebo, thanks for the links. Trader tax status.... right now the IRS sees it as the number of trades you do for the year, not the quality of the...
Tax season always pisses me off. As the saying goes, "If you win, the government wins with you. If you lose, you lose alone." It's so...
From everything I've read, it seems that to qualify for trader status in the eyes of the IRS, you pretty much have to be a manic daytrader with an...
Just know that NO degree will actually teach you how to trade. Having college degrees will always help in life in general, but how it would help...
I'm surprised by the number of people starting with less than $10k. Are there any traders here that actually built that up to over $100,000...
I guess you're referring to stocks that pay out dividends.. assuming you're on the long side.
How much was/should be your initial stake?
It means go after women indirectly. Don't expend energy chasing them; expend it on yourself first. Start focusing on your passion in life,...
Then you are just lucky.
Read up a little on Dow Theory. It would've prevented a misread like that. The Dow Transports made another new closing high on thursday... no way...
It's never a good idea to have all your eggs in a single basket. That's good advice in any field, not just trading. So in general, when should you...
The University of Wall Street doesn't hand out diplomas.. not to anyone, no matter how successful some traders may be. Trading for a living is the...
What if you had a government job? Job security is pretty much guaranteed.... that's my dilemma.
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