Recent content by Longcat1982

Ironically, seeing the headline of his rampage in Time Magazine back when I was in high school initially sparked my curiosity to investigate what Day Trading was all about.

It's only useful if your strategy has a remotely small chance of losing money. Otherwise, following the Kelly Criteria is just asking to blow up your trading account.

Yeah, I'll be swing trading fairly liquid ETFs so temporary loss of connectivity won't be a major issue. I already have 4G access with tethering on my rooted phone with Virgin Mobile (which uses Sprint's network) and the coverage has not been great outside of urban areas (although it...

Which national provider has the best internet coverage along the US Interstate highways so i can trade while my friends are driving the car from california to new york. Verizon? At&t? Sprint? t-Mobile? Can i realistically expect to have the coverage to trade while driving on say i80 in...

I'm looking for a stock screener that is capable of programming a stock screen like the following: Screen for stocks trading within 5% of their 52-week highs. Then sort them by the # of days that have passed since their 52-week low. Keep the stocks with the shortest # of days since their 52...

Assume: Both accounts are under different names. The owners of both accounts are related by blood. The owners of both accounts live in separate households hundreds of miles away. Both account owners are adults Neither person is someone else's dependent.

Let's say you trade and so do some other members of your family. You all trade and are very careful to avoid wash sales. I'll assume you all know what wash sales are but if not, please see: http://fairmark.com/capgain/wash/ws101.htm Let's assume there's a popular stock XYZ that both you...

I'm just curious if anyone has paid attention in past years.. I heard the person who rings the bell will dress up on Halloween but never had a chance to verify last year because it was on a weekend. Anyone?

Just curious if anyone has been able to do this.. Can a person with a blue-collar career and salary be expected to get "rich" in his lifetime through Trading stocks? Assume this person is very motivated to learn, might make mistakes but learns to correct them quickly, and lives below his...

I've started using the Equivolume Charts in Incrediblecharts (Incrediblecharts.com). While I like this style (making fatter bars for the higher volume days), I don't really like the charttng package overall. What other charting software is out there with Equivolume charts? These don't seem to...