I can identify. When I started trading my wife felt she had to comment on every profit, and most especially, every loss. I finally had to draw...
You got it. Straddles always look very attractive on paper, until you're watching a move in the underlying that doesn't show a profit in your...
I've had to kill the sound when I have the channel on, as I suspect many other viewers have done. I've also called and written to complain. So...
I use MyTrack for data. Your limit is 700 symbols real-time active. I believe IB permits you to track only 100.
NO RISK, NO REWARD (I'm too conservative. Could have easily doubled my gains last year.)
IMHO, stocks and the stock market are still moved by emotion. Advances in information technology only speeds up the process, and if anything,...
The starting capital matters a great deal. If I am holding diversified positions in a portfolio and trading with any degree of frequency,...
Given that, hard to understand why the site developer would start an account with only 10K to trade.
Stock is sitting right at a 50 and 20 day EMA, and has very little volatility. Borrrrrring. In, IMHO, their products suck. Thanks, but not...
Nevertheless, an improvement over tradingbug's "THEN" mentality. :eek:
So much for your concern about current market conditions. LSS and HOS are both up sharply today. You may find, as I have, that your opinion of...
Diversification. I try whenever possible to not get tied up in just one instrument, but to hold multiple positions. I've had many days when the...
Now, imagine how Gabelli's "friends" feel after he allegedly set them up in "business" to win these licenses, and they're facing federal...
Sad report in the WSJ about Mario Gabelli and his support of "small businesses" (aka friends) who profited from FCC license sales. If true,...
No, that's a lame idea. You're assuming (dangerously) that those trades you elect to take, are, for some reason, going to be more profitable than...
Anytime you can gain the risk benefits of diversification, you should take it. Your take on the strategy is to reduce diversification, which is...
"Be greedy when others are fearful." -- Warren Buffett (Appreciation of why this simple concept is so important established my entire...
Anyone have a source for historical options data? Just looking for daily data over the past year or two for a study I'm doing. Thanks.
And a lot of terrible calls. She is just one of those talking heads that makes calls in general, and hopes something sticks. For a few years...
Yes, it will help down the road. The concept of risk isn't TRULY appreciated until one gets wacked. It reminds me of the definition of a...
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