In "The Predictors", author Thomas Bass talks about how a group of physicists used chaos theory to crack Wall Street. There's not much math in...
I have a copy of an interview that Williams gave in which he talks about the $10k to $1.1 million. His objective was to build market presence...
I understand that there are [relative] bargains to be had on so-called boutique hotels in downtown SF. They're supposed to be very nice (quaint...
All the the previous responders are right, at least to some extent. One consideration nobody has mentioned is liquidity -- it's a lot easier to...
It's not specifically about money management, but covers the topic about as well as I have seen: Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Tharp...
My guess is that there are at least 10 times as many Nasdaq as NYSE scalpers who make steady profits. The good NYSE scalpers tend to be...
I heard about the Albania mess -- no laughing matter. Albania was/is the most backward country in Europe due to it's long term alignment with...
I think one of the things that is so insideous about Ponzi schemes is that they actually work (or appear to) for the few who are lucky enough to...
I have never heard of a DSL modem coming with an ethernet card. If it did, there must be a reason. If you make a change to your system, and...
My experience in strading stocks in all timeframes, from daytrading to long term trend following, is that when I trade against the index, it is...
I use Excel for day-to-day tracking of my performance, and I use TradeKeeper (http://americanware.netfirms.com/) for tax reporting. Tk is free,...
When I was a young man, I was assured that a college degree was my meal ticket in life. I believed then, as now, that I was getting bad advice....
The only thing I like about NYSE is that I can do size, as long as I am willing to pay up. Nasdaq is easier money and better looking charts.
I was a long term trend follower from 1994 through 1997, the last two years of which I was registered as a CTA. I analyzed the markets using...
With the second income, it could be done. You will need to be VERY patient, especially at first.
I started trading stocks with my present methodology about a year ago. I am trading MUCH better now than then, but I was making more money then....
I believe they do. I was short the SPY and got hit with dividend payments a while back. The dividends are based on holdings.
Some really bad systems can look good for a considerable time. Taleb talks about this in "Fooled by Randomness". What makes a good-looking...
There are some free programs in the Yahoo discussion group that do that: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TWSAPI/
I use Dimension 4 (http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/). It's free and works well.
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