Traders' Most Commonly Asked Questions

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by AskSlim, Oct 13, 2003.

  1. This is a surprise to me! I figured you would have higher maintenance requirements when trading the equities. I sure did. You seemed to have put a lot of effort into selection and methodolgy, then.

    Probably, I'm missing something. But those kinds of explorations seem to have been limited here.
     
    #61     Oct 15, 2003
  2. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    Life was simpler then. "Maintenance" involved re-arranging the flowers, not trying to put out the fires that threatened to destroy the house.
     
    #62     Oct 15, 2003
  3. Thanks for responding. But that is more of a background kind of question. Good luck with your research.
     
    #63     Oct 15, 2003
  4. Well, range issues appear to be weighing heavily on traders' minds. Some advice I've heard involves 'bulking up' to compensate for the lack of it. If you can't trade well with one lot, then you are going to have trouble managing five.

    As for technical issues, I was thinking yesterday what would be the result of only getting to trade the NQ 8 days a month because of constricted ranges. Now, that's a fire! I don't have any real simple answers to questions like that.
     
    #64     Oct 15, 2003
  5. Boomer

    Boomer

    i got a free issue of the magazine in the mail, and loved it. at what bookstores can you buy it? i have never seen it. thanks. also, how long has it been out?
     
    #65     Oct 15, 2003
  6. We have it at Barnes & Noble.. but thats in New Olreans.. We do everything backwards down here
     
    #66     Oct 16, 2003
  7. AskSlim

    AskSlim

    This is actually the first month the magazine is on the newstands. It has been published for over 2 years with a subscribership of over 100,000.

    You can subscribe at www.sfomag.com

    Thanks,
    Slim
     
    #67     Oct 16, 2003
  8. Slim,

    Sorry.. I was thinking of Stocks & Commodities something or other..

    Had the 2 confused ..
     
    #68     Oct 16, 2003
  9. burnin

    burnin

    will there be specialists in 2 years?
     
    #69     Oct 16, 2003
  10. AskSlim

    AskSlim

    Not in the form we have them now. I can't see them losing their fanchise, however. The NYSE will figure out how to help the specialist maintain income... It might mean fees go up for online trading.

    Slim
     
    #70     Oct 16, 2003