I posted this a while ago: From "Speculation As A Fine Art And Thoughts On Life" by Dickson G. Watts (written around 1880):
Today was a religous experience, netted 235 points per contract in the YM today today - a new record for me.
Its just weird how funds try to bid the markets up every morning only to lose that game in the afternoon. We'd be much better off if they just...
Great...took a 40 point hit on that trade and it was my first attempt at an overnight/MRC trade...perfect timing...the day the news of human bird...
YM down nearly 70 points after hours. I went long at 11083 as a scalp/MRC trade. What is the afterhours schedule for YM? CBOT website not very...
When is one safe from an audit? How many years have to pass or is there no limit to how far back the IRS can go?
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notice that when markets are going up the sell-offs can be near very steep and when markets are going down the rallies can be very steep...like...
How about: $$ Gravity Is Your Friend $$ g = 9.81 (m/sec)/sec = $$ cha-ching $$
This is absolutely the best advice ever posted towards college kids interested in trading. All you have to do is set aside 1 semesters worth of...
Rockets, Icebergs, etc. - you guys may want to create a glossary for these terms for those unfamiliar with Jack's methods. The search function...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic
Anyone who thinks that monetary policy activism works and wants to point to the Great Depression as an example, thank you for pointing out the...
I don't support activist monetary or fiscal policy. The non-activist approach: markets are self correcting so keep interest rates steady and...
Porgie, you're the most entertaining guy on ET. Would do you mean by 100%?
How can a keypunch error result in getting filling 200k shares of SPY at one dollar higher. SPY can easily handle that size without too much...
I'd suggest you get another job in a big city. I left one job for another a year ago. The new job ended up being the wrong move as the hours...
Very well said MAK, thanks.
I agree. The number one thing all new traders are told is "cut your losses." I think this promotes too much emphasis on money, on the result of...
SCT (seamless continous trading) = hold/reverse right? What advantage does this offer over the stop-loss/profit-taking approach? I think many...
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