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    Investing sages: where can I putmy money for long term security?

    This may not appeal to mostly anyone but buying forested islands along the west coast of Chile is a good long term business deal. The locals are so nice and the living style is diverse. Rich people are understood and can feel like part of society. The medical level of support and service is...
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    Trading is NOT a business

    I use two line indicators. Three of them. I decided the defaults for each two line indicator. The above may make me real. Maybe if a person uses two line indicators (one or more) he may be considered real. You probably have a more severe test for what is real or not. For one of these...
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    Neeed Help i'm a newbie

    We can put up some P, V charts as the day passes and fill in each move on the failure preventer illustration. After a few charts are up we can see how they work through "experience". As a person acquires more and more skill he trades more frequently by moving to faster and faster fractals.
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    Neeed Help i'm a newbie

    sure. You bought a good laptop (wide screen Microsoft) or a PC that has two screens. Mount the screens vertically if you go the PC route. Go get a good viewing platform and get a good trading account. Fill up the account so you can get used to seeing how it is working as you view it...
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    Neeed Help i'm a newbie

    Most people fail in trading. Attached is a Failure Preventer. No one wants to fail and no one wishes failure upon anyone. Trends are three part moves. But most people trade as if the market were up and down. So most people fail because they think in pairs instead of triads. If...
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    averaging down and pyramiding; a problem which i can't figure out....

    In trading stocks a person uses a plan to trade a Universe of stocks. And within this Universe is a hot list of stocks that are in the Present as stocks that are and will be providing a profits segment. You continually rotate through this hot list of stocks which, in turn, is continually...
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    Beginner analysis (local market)

    If you wish to improve your TASI trading add volume to your charts. Once you do that, then you can do P,V analysis. To your illustration I have added the next 13 moves after the Present. I did this to come to the close of the current outer fractal that is showing. Go back to the...
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    Books Better than Dale Carnegie's "How To Influence People"?

    Please feel free to express your preferences. I'm sure they bring out pertinent aspects of your quest. I can imagine you enjoyed those to the hilt. I googled myself to see if I had mentioned these favs of yours. My search is still running as it glides through this and that; the ETA's are...
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    Investing sages: where can I putmy money for long term security?

    Different strokes for different folks. You point out how OPPORTUNITY is hammering on a person's door and the door is never opened. It is an interesting thing to travel such roads and have the experience of "putting the pieces together". Often small tweaks just simply eliminate the...
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    Trading is NOT a business

    You chose the wrong signals ... that cannot be corrected. The indicators and their proper signals were invented long before the PC, computer science, and the financial industry making money with anything other than fees and commissions. Most indicators produce leading indicators of price...
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    is the US the next Argentina?

    Keep a lot of seeds around or know the local flora and fauna. Warlords are women; go to the movies more often. The hierarchy is money, power information. A neat recent book is about fighter pilot of the vietnam era. He was a german youth who came to America. Post WWII his mother...
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    is the US the next Argentina?

    Personal "immunity" is very very important.
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    When are you optimizing too much?

    I do bar by bar delete add on a 1600 bar sample.
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    Has anyone else noticed this March - July 2010 daily chart pattern?

    For n00bies, make up a log that has five columns on the right. Label them wait, buy, hold, reverse, and sell. Divide the rest of the log into columns that help make the five decisions on the right. As a starter put, from left to right leading indicators and the traded intrument's...
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    Has anyone else noticed this March - July 2010 daily chart pattern?

    So what is the big item that has to be dealt with? Item 5. Assume all prior items are dealt with and this chart is the outer envelope of the actual money making strategy. We deviate from a set of mediocre strategies to just one parent strategy that has application throughout all...
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    Investing sages: where can I putmy money for long term security?

    In any econominc process, there is one "most" advantageous box. As you look at the cradle to grave line up of boxes , you will notice the one that deals with the shift from buyer to seller. One box is a buyer--seller box. Take leveraged postions in these opportunities. Start with the...
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    Has anyone else noticed this March - July 2010 daily chart pattern?

    trader28 has re-arrived. your comment above is one of the most humorous you've gotten off in ages. why all the pm's. resist. what if you had computer skills and could assemble the record? what if you were really skilled and could reverse engineer? what if you could take the...
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    Books Better than Dale Carnegie's "How To Influence People"?

    A nice 7th book is Sally Hoghead's "Fascinate" , subtitled Your Seven Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation" This proffering would not be considerd off topic, however. It kinda takes Carnegie on his level and jacks up the level to newer higher ground. what is the need servd by "winning...
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    Books Better than Dale Carnegie's "How To Influence People"?

    The first two were done by Galliup and the focus was on leadership and good management of businesses. Some times this involves interpersonal relationships, and influencing people. The brain stuff is just a way to consider maturity and yout potemtial in life. I noticed that not all of you...
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    Has anyone else noticed this March - July 2010 daily chart pattern?

    It is possible that you want to shoot the messenger. And that is just part of the humor of ET. Take a look at Donna's suggestion to you for a second. With respect to other things look at the scale on each pane. Look at the lines drawn on each pane. Lets call rhis item 1. And check...
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