Hey guys, total curiosity here. For the last few months someone is moving say 3.5K to 7.5K contracts at 10 minutes before the close. Of...
Good story. I was in a lighting storm and the pole was hit. I thought, oh NO, power surge. When the UPS went off, the alarm was not the most...
Yep super quiet. About the same as the monitor. You can tell it is on, but that is about it. I agree the fan can be annoying. That is one of...
Pump and Dump happens. It is a standard tactic. Your job is to not be on the wrong side. Know that it happens with certain stocks and other...
Also Whip, you can set limit orders, and change them to market orders if they don't fill.
To the OP, I agree with Norbert, start with stocks. Liquid stocks. Things over 6-10 dollars, and over AT LEAST 250K daily volume. And perhaps...
I think peoples attitudes towards wealth and towards people has changed. Back when the internet was just getting going, the masses were...
I think JP Morgan said something like that. "put all your eggs in one basket and WATCH that basket". I think though he was probably alluding to...
yeah we were all sitting around the halls of MSFT thinking, should I sell some MSFT to buy some too? Nah, this is a charity deal to keep the DOJ...
I agree. Usually manual backtest reveals a lot of issues. It is an essential first pass. It is also the fastest, as in one night of work can do...
And being Gump he would not have been concerned when they were on the verge of going under when all the Claris architects (application division)...
Yes right here. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/pages/hall-of-fame/ I was here when ET was a kinder gentler place, IMO. Maybe start with this...
The initial post comes under the heading: "non-actionable" information. Sorry OP. Things ALWAYS go UP, DOWN or SIDEWAYS. (or delisted!)...
He could speak in smoke signals and his points would still have value.
Lindq is correct. This is one of the "things against you" that one has to overcome in the market: Spreads and Fills. By default you start on...
Total Bummer!!!! Perhaps the additional warning is stay away from: Low volume stocks too. This happens. Margin too. Margin calls are a "Bad...
It is sort of interesting people think a desktop is not overkill but a powerful laptop is. In any case, I think the best part is not dealing with...
It is always reported in the standard reports. Along with the number of shares, the float. It is the shares held by institutions. Here is a...
Very cool. One could be interested, in the total amount over a period, say 30 days or what the total is for that company (all officers e.g.) of a...
A lot of trades or a lot of leverage, or both. Either way seems like a bit of a mismatch. Akin to driving too fast in a car not built for it or...
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