I set up my charting software to plot daily pivot ranges (ala Mark Fisher) on my intraday charts. So far I'm not really impressed by them because...
I was very impressed with Van Tharp's book, but he kind of pooh-poohed the value of backtesting. I guess people assume that any system that...
I used to think the flat tax was a good idea to eliminate loopholes, but several years ago, using IRS data, I analyzed the consequences of a flat...
I've had a few more jobs than you have and they always started with "irrational exuberance," thinking "this is it--I've found a home," shortly...
Security and success provided by employment are also illusions. Three months after my boss was toasting my success with champaign and giving me a...
The latest issue of Active Trader has an article about candlesticks that basically said they are worthless. My take on them is like all of the...
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator amplified the same basic messages in your post. It's also obvious when you watch CNBC and read popular...
Cool. Thanks for the quick response.
I encountered a similar situation with Fidelity yesterday. All of a sudden my cash available to purchase securities was $0. I called and was...
Who do you use now? Also, I was curious whether you ever trade NTO.
Mac, you're trading 1,000 shares for 70 cents per trade? Who's your broker? Interactive Brokers would charge $5 per trade and Fidelity would...
You're right, F-T. Sometimes I think I should leave CNBC off because it gets me into trouble more than it helps: all of "the Fed blah blah blah"...
I have no idea what WiseTrade is, but I have never laughed out loud as much at anything I've ever read. Thanks, guys.:D
I am kicking myself today because I got in and out quickly of a couple of GG trades this morning on which I didn't make or lose much, but after...
Very interesting. Do you just trade gold stocks?
Sounds like you have a good system. I'm just wondering how you set your stops. If you look at a 15 minute chart for GG, the average true range...
Thanks for the quick reply. I can live without the saved layouts as long as I can open some charts with different time frames and have them all...
I've been playing around with this since downloading it this morning and it's very impressive, considering the cost, but I wonder if any of you...
Thanks for the responses, guys. I think this might be one of my first option trades when I get my IB account set up tommorrow. UAUA looks like...
Sorry for asking an elementary question, but I've never traded options and I'm trying to understand them, so I hope one of you guys will help me...
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