tradermike, There have been no studies as the one I suggested. Risk of ruin is basically nil if you are implementing sound money management...
tradermike, I suspect we are talking/thinking about two different things. In your post you mention, "the avg guy with an online acct" while I...
this is interesting first of all no indicator is perfect, otherwise there would be no market. I agree with pretorean2. Simplify, simplify all...
tradermike, you make some interesting points and I honestly like your style (I watched you trade on SI and on your original/first web site...
WMGI ipo was not available through IB (system wouldnt recognize symbol!) why? are they going to fix this? when?
curious what is Ken's style of playing b/o ?
Baron, I agree that nothing is perfect but painting the tape with a few 100 lots is easily identified as such. When you see massive volume...
trading b/out downs I believe is rather rewarding (as long as it has room to run -- as opposed to resistance/support close by) because if you are...
I dunno, I mean if you follow the relevant sector index/futures/major index you can get a feel for the break out/down.
I agree, with all the mm games and head fakes I don't understand why people use LII? then again maybe I'm missing something. The way I figure...
lets be objective here, traders go both long and short. what about the danger of stops being triggered on short positions and causing a pop in...
I've been rolling this thing over in my mind and I just can't come up with one convincing argument against trailing stops. C'mon guys, just...
when I started learning about trading I heard from some smart people that trading was 90% psychology, 9% money mangement and 1%your system or...
who exactly 'proved' that portfolio insurance caused the crash? With all due respect to the chairman's view,this is bunk! After every crash...
"Press on: Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent....
forgive my ignorance but isn't the clearinghouse where the buck stops for borrowing?
RT symbol for indices: $[symbol].X Example: $SOX.X There is also a symbol search option in RT
Any strategy based on capturing dividend needs the stock to be moved *only* by that event. However, securities are susceptible to a host of...
this may not be what you want to hear but I would advise you to start swing trading and then to slowly reduce your trading/holding time. the...
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