Recent content by JBTrade

I totally agree with you on the first half, but the question is, what are those strategies based on? what is truly taking place underneath it all? Other traders are the market, and market activity is the only thing that matters. Without it, you’ve basically got a market of stagnant prices that...

CaptnDustBall, There are countless books and other forms of media published about the subject of trading, and along with such a high volume of information comes a lot of bad information. Sorting the good information from the bad information is one of the first monumental tasks you’re going...

This type of debate is a only a matter of terms, phrases, and semantics. Stock is only worth as much as somebody is willing to pay or it, that’s the only truth, any other value assessed is an illusion. If you think your stock is worth more than it is currently selling for in the market, go...

CaptnDustball, Aside from politics and religion, nothing is more plagued with bull shit than books, videos, products, and seminars about trading. Trading knowledge is not cumulative, what’s not totally repetitive is either going to be contradictory or out of context. Trading is hard, and...

I really couldn’t tell you why programs from reputable manufacturers are attempting to hook your keyboard without a thorough understanding of their features, or without knowing which languages they were developed with… but you might want to read the following articles in regard to yahoo and...

I can hook a keyboard, I might be able to help you. You should know though, hooking is a legitimate programming term, it doesn’t inherently imply something malicious is taking place. For example, any program that has ‘hot key’ features must hook your keyboard, especially if the hot...

Its really just a matter of marketing and advertising to people who don’t know any better, plain and simple.

Perhaps, but you could also probably find 50 professors of constitutional law that have blogs and don’t think that Bernake’s job should even exist. Seriously, the Fed is supposed to fight inflation and prevent economic crisis, that’s its mission, and it has failed miserably, time and time...

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If I wanted to give a relative 10K as a gift, is there any IRS nonsense that either one of us would have to go through? I’ve already done some searching and found that my relative will not have to report it as income, but on my side of the deal, all of the information I’ve found is tangled...

Are you only referring to times when a trader enters a position, but then something happens, and they know the trade is not going to work out… but instead of just exiting then, at a better price, they just sit there and wait for their stop to get hit? If so, then yes, that is sort of...

This statement is too broad, especially when you consider the variety of strategies and approaches used by different traders. Your own mistakes are the most valuable educational resource that you have at your disposal. If using stops has a negative effect on your trading, and eliminating stops...

One day, out of the blue, I just made the decision to master the stock market. That’s it. I’m still not exactly sure why. It was all totally new to me; I had absolutely no trading or investment knowledge at the time, I didn’t work in a field even remotely related to anything economic, and...