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    Minimum holding days for return of capital

    It's ok to pay the tax. The primary goal is to have a gain. Trader should concentrate on optimizing gain instead of optimizing tax saving. :)
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    does the money make you happy?

    Money cannot create happiness but money can destroy happiness. Money is the root of all evil, shortened from The love of money is the root of all evil. :D
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    Your Favorite Indicator

    Indicator <-- { Price } { Volume } [ Time ], where { } = mandatory, [ ] = optional.
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    A stock market top right here?

    For now, I'm no longer interested by the Market direction as a whole and careless about any predictions. The most important is the stocks that I want to trade. I'm aware about the Wall Street famed phrase Win the battle, but lose the war. The battle is the Market and the war is your stock.
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    A stock market top right here?

    I agree with only one and unique condition, if you are or a group of big players then of course you can move the Market. It seems on these days there aren't a lot of people who can have this authority since too many players got involved and more often than not they are not in consensus. If...
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    Modafini

    A sauna and a massage could help greatly. I prefer to avoid any non-natural remedy if possible. This happen to every programmer, we're exited to get the result and tired as well. I remember one computer scientist said, he used to give C++ course, as a programmer we are lazy since we want...
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    how do you do your fundamental analysis and get fair value?

    The Cash Flow is a true thermometer to determine the company's health.
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    A stock market top right here?

    You will get lots of different opinions and even with a majority of a yea we're still not able to know the truth. Mr. Market neither knows nor cares our prediction whether it was right or wrong. He is a real dictator, never listen to us and want us to always listen to him. Once a trade is...
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    Very elementary, dumb question

    Sounds good. Let me add something that I want to emphasize how important the number 2 since when we are under-cap we're tempting to play with penny stocks and high flying stocks, and experience confirms this is wrong way to do.
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    'Better' markets for automated trading

    For me, it depends how you read the list. A top-down reading, no. A bottom-up reading, yes. :D
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    Poll: What are your financial certifications?

    I have NOA and NITO. NOA = None Of Above NITO = Not Interest To Obtain :D
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    Manhattan Day Trading Firms

    I don't know much about Poker, I just played a bit. A good common point is money management. The difference I could find so far between Poker and Trading is Poker involves less emotions while Trading involves a lot of emotions. In Poker, there aren't many reasons to justify your holding...
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    'Better' markets for automated trading

    Did you finish 1st in your class in math when you were 15? No, I started school at 18. :D Greed minus Brain = Securities Industry Profits That equals to Brain = Greed - Securities Industry Profits Then, I know how to increase my intelligence by having a lot of Greed and less...
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    C++ Programmer

    Interesting! The location is in New York City I guess. What about canadian candidate, USA Work Visa / Permit?
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    billion dollar plus bet made by buffet on equities

    What I find contradiction in his investment decision is his move to currency. He didn't like technology stocks because of many reasons I don't know but maybe due to its high volatility and instability compare to Gillette, Washington Post, etc. But currency is more volatile then technology...
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    Sophistication of Different Automated Trading Systems

    Fully automated, great. Gain speed and abstain from unhelpful emotions. I think that in any automated system, the Master (you) must have an absolute authority on entry/exit decision at any time if wish to intervene. Imagine if you have a robot that can decide everything at any moment on its...
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    billion dollar plus bet made by buffet on equities

    I still think 10-20 years ahead... Wait a moment please - How old am I? :D I hope someday he will reach his goal since now he's pretty closed to Bill Gates.
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    How much money is considered good enough for trading?

    Definitely agree with hard work. The point is hard work doesn't always lead to success if we don't know the truth. I'm seeking the truth...
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    How much money is considered good enough for trading?

    JMowery1987, Stop to think rationally, we have to. Experience and some reading have changed my view on Wall Street, it doesn't follow any rules. I'm going to read this book Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas.
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    How much money is considered good enough for trading?

    I see that smart people are not in the making. There's a book to confirm that. :D http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684859386/sr=8-1/qid=1144094964/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1245050-2212804?%5Fencoding=UTF8
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