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i was in a worse boat than you when i made the final decision that trading is what i wanted to do. i had just made the decsion to quit work and trade for a living, and met an extremely beautiful but crazy mexican lady. ended up taking more and more out of the account to try and save the...

i have to agree with scaling out also, especially for swing trades. i would also look at using targets but not in the way you are currently thinking. instead of using targets as a hard exit, use them as points of reference to review the position and make a decision of whether to exit, or just...

i can't believe you guys missed him sitting up the hummer.... RFT how long you been blowing bulls anyway?

funny that you started this. my trading partners and i did something similar to this back in 2000. we started with the minimum to open a futures account($2500), picked a strategy from Bernstein's "Compleat Day Trader" and rolled the dice for a year or until you were broke. and we were just...

there have been some good books and sites mentioned. so here is a tip. pick one book. just one. doesn't matter which one. read it till you understand it. then check the biblographyand pick another one. and keep this up till you start reading the same thing over and over. by this time, you...

depends on the person. its 2 pages long and posted above my monitors.

could be several things from a bad power supply. is it new? will it boot into the BIOS?

i have been a night owl for 15 years, and can sleep in the front yard now with the guy next door mowing the grass. so until you grow your vampire eyes, here are a few tips if you just can't quite get to sleep. * if you are not asleep within 30 mins or so, get up and do something boring for...

i always prefer to just the look the naysayers in the eye, smile, and say "Good Luck With That."

doesn't everything on this site start with...it all depends. well that applys here to. lots of factors go into the decision of which entity to form. i am in an LLC with my brother and several friends. we are involved in more than trading. we are more like a cross between private equity...

Spyder hit the nail about the free money. You would be an idiot to not at least put the minimum amount in to get the maximum match. but complaining about the mix of funds? come on learning how to trade a limited market is ideal for learning to play in the tall weeds with the big boys...

if you have that much fear, don't touch the network....but you are in more danger of someone snatching your password(s) if you go over a publicly accessed wireless network. something like Starbuck's or a hotel. but to answer your question. they could possibly have the ability, but most likely...

you are exactly where i was when i started. you didn't just get divorced did ya? if so we got one more thing in common. before i go any further, you don't know me from Adam. so be skeptical of everything i write. this is only to get you to thinking, researching, and forming your own opinion...

i just got back home from visiting my brother in Portland, and i just had to share a little side trip. after i got settled in one of his buddies asked me about trading. he had just signed up for the intro brainwash, and wanted to know if i wanted to go. after i stopped laughing, well why...