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    Anyone use Trending123 or breakpoint trades?

    Have used Breakpoint Trades for over 2 years. Site is geared in my opinion for short term or day trading. nightly updates are very detailed but confusing. Different scenarios for what the market may do are given. almost every statement has a qualifier, so in the end I find the updates CONFUSING...
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    Anyone use Trending123 or breakpoint trades?

    TRENDING 123 IS A SURE WAY TO LOSE MONEY. Stocks picks were terrible and no stops and positions that were closed out had huge draw downs.
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    Should you close your IB accounts now?

    Let's say you are 100% long a portfolio of blue chip stocks worth $1 mill, with no margin. A market crash happens like yesterday, so you sell an equivalent amount of ES futures to completely hedge your exposure. Then, due to stop-loss selling on electronic markets, the bids for all your stocks...
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    thinkorswim prophetcharts lines move and expand

    I dont use chat. Find comunicationg by voice much more effiecient. Find chat a waste of my time and have no use for services based on them.
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    thinkorswim prophetcharts lines move and expand

    was going to open 2 accounts with them , had the fromrms filled out and readt to tranfer the accounts from another broker. Called tech support twice and got voice mail. This was just to test the support. I called customer service and asked them if tech support was voice mail and they said only...
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    For several reasons, I have decided that ETFs are just not suitable for trading

    risktaker how much money would you need to buy each stock in the S&P 500. Oops for got my dentist has all my money 2 root canals and 3 caps ago. Thats why I buy ETFS. Seriously I would limit my selection to the top 20 in volume and have been around at least 3 years. :)
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    For several reasons, I have decided that ETFs are just not suitable for trading

    I agree with zgtrader. I only trade ETFS both long and short time with no problem. You have to pick the right ones. Never pick a new one.
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    Trendline Trader

    Has anyone tried Trendline Trader for swing trading stocks or ETFs? If not can you recommend any software or indicators to use . I have Trade Station and have not been able to come up withy a trading system that makes money. I have some services but so far have managed to lose my shirt.
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    Avoiding Curve fitting

    Round and round she goes. I have reads thru 10 pages of posts on curve fitting and nobody seems to agree on anything. Whats the point of even testing since I know of nothing without parameters. I saw an interesting comment on I think on DR Clayborn's site where he states that he re-optimizes...
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