Also, a lot of brokerages severely limit the types of options trading you can do in an IRA, even if it is a "safe" strategy that wouldn't involve...
Art, could you explain a little more about how you traded this system to get the results you posted? Did you just sell at the beginning of the...
Agree, people were stupid, but I think that even more than that, we've been conditioned to not trust ourselves for so long that you're almost not...
Aww, uptik, cute kid. Here's my double motivation :) Red Ink, sorry for the day :( . I know how it feels, I had 2 about that size in a row...
Couldn't get my head in the game this morning, so it was just a lot of small wins, got it together early afternoon, then my mind started drifting...
Haha, yes, that probably would help. I was under my patio umbrella, but the Texas sun is brutal.
How do you keep the glare from making it impossible to see if you use a laptop? I've tried it, but it's just too hard to see my screen. Got any...
No, I haven't automated anything yet. There are quite a few people on here who have, though. So, it can be done and is still a future goal....
I haven't been at it long enough to really say, that's part of the reason I'm posting on the P/L thread, to keep myself honest. It's an incentive...
Another OK day. +1454
OK day. +1513
I'm done for the day. I'm out of patience, have a short bug still, and the market is currently slow and moving up, not a good combo for me...
Having discipline problems myself (not today but in general). Enjoying reading the thread. Thanks for starting it. There was a blog post posted...
IMO, Zanger did it right. Made enough money to really enjoy life, and now he's doing just that, enjoying life. From the blurb on him, my bet is...
Haven't reported here in a few days. Got busy with family stuff. Tuesday was a bad day. Did some undisciplined trading and lost because of...
What are your thoughts? Here are mine. Retail sales report doesn't account for inflation. Plus, there were the stimulus checks. I'm not so...
Looks like he's setting the stage: Bernanke: Danger of downturn appears to have faded :confused: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080609/bernanke.html
My baby's up from his nap, so I'm done whether I want to be or not. +1736 for the day, and feeling good about it since I remained disciplined....
Whatever it is, I do agree it's a tell. Seems to happen a lot on the individual stocks, too. Probably would be worth writing some code to look...
I think of it more like a quick liquidity test. Testing where the bottom or the top is going to be for the next quick move. Trade through all...
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