Recent content by GatlingGun

Short ESZ @ 1126.00

stopped out

Double top at 1122.00 Going south again... stop -> 24.00

Bailing out at 1121.25

Short 20.5 Stop 21.5 Target: I will know it when I see it

Thanks trefoil, Technical Analysis certainly has its place in my short-term trading... but when I think about strategic decisions like inflation hedges, solid economics lights my path.

Boli, Routing is not the most common application of two ethernet ports on a server... typically this is used in a public / private network situation... such as having a server with one port facing the internet and the other facing the inside of a network. Routing *could* be enabled in the...

As a lifetime engineer, I'm sometimes confused by real and potential economic developments... for example, let's suppose the Fed starts publicly leaning closer and closer to QE2... that would drive the markets to react... but I don't understand how they should be expected to react when the US is...

Dow TICK > 10.0 right now... anyone long is trying to catch the falling guillotine

I can think of nothing more miserable than being stuck visiting relatives in North Dakota for two-weeks with little else to do than listen to the old-ladies tell you the same stories they have for years. Regarding netbooks... When was the last time you successfully traded using three 12"...

Get a laptop with Windows whatever, and pack one wide-screen monitor of your choice in a thin carry-on box that will fit in the overheads... Set up dual displays in 'doze.. primary being the laptop, secondary being the LCD... my travel kit -> done :-). I basically trade and watch...

Sounds good in theory, but economics works against it... more competition for the same entry and exit means the entry prices get pushed higher and the exits are more fickle and jumpy. This also discounts the reality that she will feel the pressure of 100s of people depending on her for trade...

Forgot to mention two concepts to save your capital and your victim ("partner")... * Ten years of backtesting ES... * At least several months of paper trading a live acct using your rules. I don't think you want a partner... you want a victim who is naive enough to trust you with money.

I personally think capital is the most powerful qualification for being a successful trader... closely followed by mindset and discipline... however, you need less talent if you're well-capitalized... So, if your system is so great, why not continue turning 2k into 20k? 20k into 400k... and...