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My Dearest Boy, PLEASE be careful on the streets. You know how dangerous they can be especially around lower manhattan where all those sleazy Wall Street people tend to roam. I think keeping you pockets turned out may help somewhat with the pickpockets, but still, you may be exploited by the Midnight Cowboy types. So be careful. I think it is very nice that you aspire to help the other fellows at this bulletin board place that have identity problems. Being sort of like a den mother here, I have received several private messages from some of the folks you have talked about. So I am beginning to understand the problem, and see it needs to be addressed. You are providing a great service. Darkhorse has written me. He is presently arming himself in the mountains somewhere in the Great North West. He is preparing for his Crusade. Chasinfla is giving away all his possessions and moving to North Korea. I have no idea why. But he wrote me asking if I could recommend a travel agent. Daniel M. is packing for his pilgrimage to Mecca. RS7 has admitted himself to a hospital in Stockholm for a sex change operation after which he is going into a convent to become a nun. Nitro has entered physical rehab for his carpal tunnel syndrome due to overposting. His prognosis is good. Tom P. has been in restraints and heavily sedated at a state run mental health facility and is expected to be distilled down to a mere 3 or 4 aliases. But he will remain on medication for the rest of his life. Sad. Publias is leaving for Tibet as soon as he gets his visa approved and is bringing his laptop and coloring books. Gordon Gecko is just lonely. Faster(unmentionable)cat is going to probably run into you down on Canal St. where he intends to sell photo copies of his Elite Trader T Shirt to the tourists and Wall Street maggots who stray that far north. And watch for his performance in some kind of art film he mentioned to me. Something about a club with several women a few men and a dog. Tampa has written me asking if I would adopt him. I am considering this, but so far I am still leaning toward the poodle. Magna is going back to school so he can realize his dream of becoming a dental hygienist. Baron is considering replacing all of the moderators with Henry Kissinger, who needs the work. Don Bright has proposed marriage to me. Going to look at his books before I make up my mind. We would make a lovely looking couple though. If I can get him to shave his beard. One is enough for any couple. Your father has sent me a box of chocolates, but I knew from previous experience that they were loaded with cyanide. And ground glass. Love, Your Mother, MrSubs' Mom
Considering the long weekend break, my start wasn't too bad. However I took a gamble staying in long for the 10 o'clock ISM number and lost (6.5 points to be exact). From then on, it was only a matter of when I would hit my daily stop loss, and even then I couldn't fight off a bout of just-one-more-trade-itis. -13.25 pts / 15 RT / 2 ct lots
-10.75 pts. I have an unwritten rule about staying flat for economic numbers, but because it's unwritten I violate it on occasion. I have also benefitted from these numbers, but perhaps it's time to put it in writing? I'm also looking to lower my daily stop loss which is currently 10 points. Edit : The -10.75 points refers to the daily stop loss violation only. There were some countertrend infractions as well, so the answer to your question is anything from - 10.75 points to ....
This is not good, Subbie. Do I detect a bit of over confiddence brought on by two solid weeks of good trading? When are you going to catch on that the friggin' market can read you like a book, and will sneak up on you to put the hurts on?