Recent content by rogersmithiii

This question is the result of reading / listening to Van Tharp, and trying to understand position sizing. I played Van Tharp's marble game, and was amazed at how position sizing can drastically change the results of trading efforts.

I'm taking a trading class at a local university, and I'm confused about a very basic point. In class, we learned that position sizing is a major part of success in this business. The instructor suggested risking 1% of your equity on each trade as a beginning position sizing method. Does this...

I think I understand that a stock can be considered to be trending if it is showing higher highs and higher lows (or visa versa) over a number of time periods (bars, hours, minutes days, etc). My question is how many periods does this have to happen for a stock to be actually trending? If it...

As someone who is just getting started with trading, I didn't find the post trolling at all. I don't care what someone's opinion is about a book. I appreciate the fact that someone is posting that the book just plain exists. I can then determine if it's worth my time. I actually find the...

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I've decided to upgrade my home-built PC, by installing a new motherboard, a new CPU, memory and video. I'd someday like to run 4 monitors. I currently run 2. Talking with Nvidia, they recommended a PNY VCQ420NVS-X16-DVI-PB Quadro NVS 420 512MB. This card has 4 DVI ports, but sells for...

I know that Mel's organization runs an in-person class on his trading system, but does anyone know if there is a book, an on-line publication or a detailed FAQ on what this is about? I'd like to learn this system to practice using a trading system. Since I'm not yet ready to choose this system...