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    How to improve your laptop performance?

    If you do a lot of I/O or heavy processing, try using a ramdrive. Way faster than a HD and still noticeably faster than an SSD, while using very little power.
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    Day Trading Tokyo Stock Exchange

    Anyone know if IB access to TSE includes stock options? url pointer to info and fees ?
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    Trading Long Straddles

    +1 Got that right. Takes a lot more time and effort than one would think going in to figure it out enough to make real money. If you ever get to that point, though, it's worth it. One not-so-obvious approach when wondering where to start might be: Instead of figuring out all of the...
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    Trading Long Straddles

    HA! You got caught in beginner's luck. Nothing like opening a two-way position and watching it INCREASE el quicko, eh? :confused: What happened yesterday(I was watching this most of the day) was that the VIX shot up to the moon. If the VIX goes up enough, it'll balloon up a straddle...
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    Jon Najarian's Pick For The Next Decade

    Oh, btw, I don't have anything personally against the Najarian boys. In fact, I kinda like them; probably be cool guys to hand out with. And, they definitely are quite smart and personable. I was just commenting about the overall setup there. One needs to keep in mind that Wall Street on...
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    How to avoid being one of the 90% of small traders lose

    +1 Wonder if we're related? Separated at birth, perhaps :eek: LOTS of time watching. LOTS of analysis. Most of all, LOTS of TIME doing this. As I have told a few of my friends: "How many times per year do you have to trade quarterly earnings reporting cycles?". "How many times per year...
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    Not an expert on all of the Hawaiian Islands, but I've been there many times and love it. For a trader, Honolulu would probably be the best choice, with maybe Maui #2. Not well known is that Hawaii is a junction point for the web between Asia and North America, so connections there can be...
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    Thanks; just the starter info I needed. Dunno when, but have Belize on the list now :)
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    Why Fat is the Preferred Fuel for Human Metabolism

    NOW you're gettin' it :) I first started experimenting w/diet in 1979. Tried everything(almost) and when I found something that made me feel better, I kept that; something not so good, I dropped it. Unfortunately, whatever you wanna believe is out there in print somewhere. Can make it...
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    Why Fat is the Preferred Fuel for Human Metabolism

    ^ Good for you. You obviously have an ax to grind about Vegan diets. The stuff I posted is plant-based, but not totally Vegan. Once again, read up a bit before shooting first; you might learn something. Doesn't matter to me whether you love or hate Vegans. Is irrelevant to what I posted...
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    Why Fat is the Preferred Fuel for Human Metabolism

    Gundry diet is much lower carb than typical Western/U.S. diet. In fact, he goes out of his way to stress -not- bloating up on all of the carbs we like, such as potatoes and super sweet fruit stuff. Not clear from write up how much of the mouse improvements are from added protein vs. lower...
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    Close it for a nice profit, hold it, or adjust?

    No, logic not flawed, just smoothed over for an example. While you're right about $150 --> $200 being a 33% move, you have to be practical and realistic; especially for illustrative purposes. It's actually a sliding scale as you move up... One way(among many) ways to deal with this...
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    Jon Najarian's Pick For The Next Decade

    I don't doubt that these guys are rich. However, I'd like to know how much of their $$$ these days comes from actual trading. It's usually easier and more profitable being the guy who sells the book on real estate, stocks, biz ideas vs. being the person actually implementing those plans...
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    Best island or place to trade from?

    I, too, would appreciate a couple 'starter points' on Belize. When looking at a globe, heading south jumps out, but due to unrest in Mexico, I'd kinda written off that part of the world. Could you list a few areas that'd be worth a first look? Also, what's the airport situation like down...
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    Why Fat is the Preferred Fuel for Human Metabolism

    Bacon's about done; why don't you head out to the kitchen for a while... :D
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