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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% Good tech D+D points+ farm points. I'm still trying to figure out why an above average fund manager+ worker like IBD Newspaper founding father , ''never liked last week of the year''?? It did get ultra cool[polar bear cool] in temp this week:D:D, but he was meaning something else. Because...
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    TSLA Crashes to $5 per Share

    %% I like mr Musk, free speech absolutist+ better than average WORK HABBITS. TSLA is still in a good downtrend/ no wonder IBD founding father never,, ever recorded open price on all his red white + blue charts\LOL:D:D I'm still trying to figure out[for sure] why an above average earner/fund...
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    Anybody here collect coins as an investment?

    %% YES/ but have to invest so much time, have to want to really, really do that. Insure them maybe. I like some still; metals are stronger than paper. Huge bid\ ask, but that'$ fair enough for low volume stuff. But skip stuff like the weird Susan B metal dollar that was quarter size...
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    Violent crime and one’s culture

    %% Exactly; that's why crime in Great depression was fairly low [1929--1930s] Ignorance can be a big problem. One black lawyer[[on radio] said in his New Orleans LA,neighborhood, only the crooks had guns; so he a had a wrongful, bad attitude about guns for years. The 10%or so violent muzzies...
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    Chicago’s Shaky Pension Funds Face New Hit From Looming Downturn

    %% NO wonder so many left a hi tax/hi crime\hi regs city . Wonder if the casino solves the problem/ a stupid tax on people that cant do math?? Amazing how so many things line up or down with a trend; no bail stupidity/NOW:caution::caution: Actually ,even another goof= late mails on property tax...
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    The search for your system....

    %% PAY for a trade system?? May work; CS or one of those Swiss banks bought Enron's.[sure not an ad for CS penny stock\ESG nonsense] But back to your question; Rich dennis says do your own research, as matter of public record. Like your pic implies\ go back in back\testing to the time when...
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    SMAs - what are they good for

    %% I tried a lot of ma+ then a lot more moving averages; i liked a 55 more than 65. 50 week can work well; IBD some times uses a 40 week moving average; but i'm not now using a 65 or 55, or 40 ma. I remember when the WSJ had no moving averages, but IBD took so much of thier market share +...
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    SMAs - what are they good for

    %% YOU dont like the WSJ 65dma ?? i dont use it, even if it works somewhat on DOW/DIA, in thier hindsight paper. Its[65dma]= too little + to late for me to clutter up my charts.
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    TSLA Crashes to $5 per Share

    %% THAT Fed Reserve Note looks so real\ except they went the other way on a super size order\LOL:D:D
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    SMAs - what are they good for

    %% Good line in sand; i've used bullets + brass all of my life, no such thing as magic bullet+ as you imply\ ammo is important. some ammo is more accurate + reliable than others. Paper, waxed shotshells never were good with extreme moisture\LOL:D:D General Haggerty [Head, the Fidelity Capital...
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    A history of short squeezes

    %% Probably\ + i think he[Boy Plunger] used Western Union\Telephone + ticker tape\ but things were much more primitive then+ SEC was not watching then.
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    Execution speed

    %% I got one of my better profits on a fill that took several hours\ when i called the broker he said bluntly ''dont worry about that \we are working on it+ tech trouble'' LOL funny now, but i remember thinking= good thing that was trend + not counter trend exit.:caution::caution: 3-4 sec...
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    What's the most high probability combination of indicators you've ever witnessed?

    %% Good pic\ + warning; her scream may signal she does not agree?? LOL Farmer Jo\ one of the best high probability deals is this, even though he used many MARS/lagging. [ Not the planet Mars ; moving average ribbons] "NEVER confuse a Hi probability; with infallibility'' Amen and agree with D...
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    A history of short squeezes

    %% BOY Plunger actually made more on his longs, he disclosed. I looked up the word plunger in my old Websters dictionary + would suggest any do that, if you like to read:caution: He went broke several time \once due to huge lag delay[fill times, amazing long] in a bear trend:thumbsup::thumbsup::D:D
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    News in your Opinion?

    %% Investors.com [IBD newspaper website]. Most in media are '' talking snakes ''; SRN NEWS, FOX NEWS, AFA News, CBN News Help i truth telling. MRC[News watchdogs] explain exactly what I 'm talking about, John K. As far as Europe, on SRN NEWs, click ''world'' @ top of thier...
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    SMAs - what are they good for

    %% I like the way some traders hate ma\ they say ''too much lag''. LOL Perfect; markets dont work when all try to do the same...
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    can we talk about traps in the charts that noobs fall for?

    %% ANSWER, Partly to Your Headline Question; IBD founding father[Edit\ Investors Business Daily Newspaper] noted in his books with charts ''new traders,investors want to much, with too little work''
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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% SOME of those Tech leaders make some amazing %% gains:caution::caution:[+ lossesLOL:D:D IBD founding father liked to short those leaders in a bear market @proper time; i prefer shorting, sort of\ with SH \ [SPY inverse+ related ]. Super liquid, proven...
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    Excuses that traders always make —

    %% Blackstone[Bear\spit\Bs or BX\ thinks it has a pretty bear good excuse\ESG\LOL:D:D Warren Buffet calls BX policy of ESG\asinine[ stupid] LOL DEC\ WSJ article on Blackstone blames it on investors dont seem to understand\LOL\ looks like they understand ESG + BX\ Bs , just dont like...
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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% SPX [SPY, same] still looks like a down trending bear, this week + most of year. CAT/DOW[DIA. same] still looks like a sloppy uptrend or acceptable uptrend; VALE/ not in that one/ but good uptrend................................................ Due to short week 4 days LOL, if Saint Nick...
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