I agree with you in large part. I just ignore the "idiots". Plenty of immature people out there posting. Over time ET may evolve into another...
If you're serious about trading I'd find a direct access firm. After you make your 20 "free" trades with Freetrade then what? I'd never trade...
Two thoughts on Mr. Market ... (1) If you're here to read and post seriously on trading and related issues then reading Mr. Market is a total...
Great post; agree with all of them ... a few related comments of my own. On #1 above, it helps greatly if the woman is supportive of you if you're...
I also now trade SPY much of the time intra-day. But I still do swing trades in individual stocks. Don't have to do any real homework (TA or...
My sentiments also. This bs of continuing to lower rates is garbage. Reaching the point of desperation with further cuts.
Yep, those "investors" have prospered a LOT over the past 3 years! LOL As far as the superior intelligence you alluded to above ... if the...
I would recommend that you keep your goal the same (9 pts) for some period of time until you consistently hit that target week in and week out....
Bottom line is that you and the moderators are in a "no-win" situation. No matter what action you take (or don't take) there will always be...
I think that's why many people choose "safe" careers. To work for someone else an individual minimizes their risk personally. At the same time...
Why 75%? I believe an earlier poster said that in training BT stated the success rate was 1 in 10 or 1 in 20. To divulge such up front is at...
First, psychological testing is not applied to all types of people who undergo stress in the workplace. Maybe you misstated what you meant. But I...
Does the college degree guarantee employment? Nope ... Option 2 (above) ... no law says that a failed trader could not go back and finish (or...
Sure the degree is more valuable AFTER you've blown out trading accounts. But .... would you be making that same statement if you'd doubled your...
I prefer to trade alone. That way I'm not influenced by any outside factors, people or otherwise. My experience in trading with others (in an...
Let's look at the above points ... 1. LOL ... No one is "forbidden" to cancel an order he/she places. Second, if you're penalized costwise to...
Personally, I don't put mine in separate accounts. I find it better to mentally split my allocations of money and have the entire account...
I think he was suggesting that it was very profitable to do BOTH ... which I agree with. Even though the market was in an uptrend in that time...
But being a position trader the last 3 years since the bubble likely would have been less lucrative than scalping (i.e. daytrading). But in the...
In my opinion it's the 3rd option mentioned above. If our intelligence was (is) so damned good ... and I recall Colin Powell stating his case...
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