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Mr Market -- After having read through your stock picking model, one question sticks out. You clearly state in your model to "Buy this stock. In a typical bull market, the stock will, on average, achieve a 15% gain within 4 to 6 weeks. Sell the stock and repeat the process." And yet, in...

I think FF finally gave up on this thread.

Sounds like you suffered a number of buttkickings in grade school. I'd expect you'll get the same treatment from the blokes at Oxford. Great thread. Definitely one for the archives.

An IQ score of 145 already qualifies you for Mensa. Every time you post, either you drop more tidbits on your intelligence or you are defensive, two traits that clearly demonstrate your tremendous insecurities and utter lack (contrary to your protestations) of humility. Maybe you should...

I'm sorry, what did your manager say about you again? I think I missed the fifth time you stated it.

Wow. I started reading through this thread initially thinking that this guy was being given a hard time for asking an innocent question, but with each response he's just getting more and more obnoxious and arrogant. This last one -- thowing out HBS as a fallback -- takes the cake. Who...

Seems like a good resource, but is it assumed that in exchange for the free service, that any ChartScript you develop through that website gets posted in the public domain?

In the end there's probably no single system out there that's infinitely scalable. But who cares? Based on my calculations MRNBBO is pulling in close to $1M/yr pre-tax, which would probably put him in the elite of elites, assuming he trades on his own account. And if he's transacting 200k...

Those are sick stats, man, if you're legit. The kind of results that encourage me to plod onward. I saw a previous post of yours regarding your $2k-3k/day in commissions. What do you trade?

But when does a person cross the line into curve-fitting? I've manipulated variables that have resulted in improving the yield when backtested, and I've managed to convince (or fool) myself as to the rationale for using them. But seriously, I think as long as there is some correlation with the...

I agree with both of you. I didn't want to provide any specific timeframes for defining "consistent", since the word probably has different meanings for different people. My own personal definition is that, considering how much effort I am placing into my system, I would consider "consistent"...

In my quest to define a winning trading strategy, I'm obviously worried that all my work will be wasted, and that trading is more of an art form than anything else. So, you can backtest as much as you want, but in the end there is zero bearing on your potential future profits. Or is there...

I'm pretty sure that they will still treat short term gains as ordinary income. Sucks for us.

I've only dabbled in options over the past eight months. I made a total of 12 trades, with a total investment of $9,850 and yielding a total ROI of 27.82%. They were primarily call options with a couple strangles thrown in for good measure. However, I've decided to abandon options for now...

To provide some context, despite the dollar's fall, the current euro conversion is still at its 1998 levels, when the euro was first issued. From the euro's inception on 12/98 the dollar proceeded to climb 42% until its peak in October of 2000, shortly before the US economy and market bubbles...

From the above article: So, don't be fooled by Buffett's populist diatribe. Considering that he is so passionate against the dividend tax cut that he is willing to write an op-ed piece in the Post and trek up to Washington to lecture legislators, there's got to be more to it than some...

I would use $1 million of it to have all of my enemies eliminated. The other $4 million I'd use to buy Powerball tickets!

What's funny is how he blasted Greenspan for taking excessive inflationary moves, while Larry Kudlow prevously blasted Greenspan for not taking enough actions to reflate the economy. Who's right? Rogers seems to be one of the few people I've seen worried about long term inflation / rising...

Unfortunately you're working under the false premise that the members of this forum are somehow providing a service to you for a fee, and therefore they would be eager to provide FAQs, verifiable data, etc., according to your requirements. Furthermore, your initial post was worded more as a...

A lot of hilarious posts, though the level of bitterness and sarcasm exceeded even my own expectations! My goal has been to get ~2.5% return on my account per week (I currently have 30k), so the return I got over the last couple of weeks (36% by Fri) was truly welcome. I have been...