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    Realistic returns expectations of successful day trading

    That's waaaayyyyy optimistic.
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    Realistic returns expectations of successful day trading

    107% for the contest winner is reasonable, but even that was with small money. In the MMVR of years ago ($1MM to enter), I recall only 2, +100% years among all of the contestants... and for the most part they were pro investors or aspiring to be. Claims, hopes, expectations of 500% annual...
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    What the hell is going on in the bond market?

    'Cause Trump threw a fit!
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    China announces it seeks 'calm' end to trade war, as markets tank and currency hits 11-year flatline

    Of course China "seeks a calm end to the trade dispute". That happens if it all goes away and they're left holding all of the chips. Personally, I think that's how it ends... minus a couple of fringe scraps for Trump so that he can save face in "getting a deal"... but he won't get one of...
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    China announces it seeks 'calm' end to trade war, as markets tank and currency hits 11-year flatline

    Commie elites don't want the hoi polloi to wake up one day and have the epiphany..."Hey, this Chinese Commie crap sucks"!
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    AOC calls the Electoral College a 'scam,' ....

    Knowing they'd never get ratification on a Constitutional Amendment, they've come up with a work-around. That is, the state legislatures pass a law which mandates that regardless of the outcome of the state's election, their EC votes be cast for the winner of the popular vote. When "enough"...
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    The Empire Is Coming For Tulsi Gabbard

    LOL! Good one.
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    Managing risk of unpredictable, abrupt tweets that cause volcanic reversal action

    A note FWIW... In my entire trading life, I've rarely had my capital levered even 2:1.
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    Managing risk of unpredictable, abrupt tweets that cause volcanic reversal action

    Agree. You don't want to be "penny wise and pound foolish" when you're playing defense. Even your stop order may be overshot a bit. Suggest not exposing yourself to a possible "weekend gap" where feasible also.
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    Managing risk of unpredictable, abrupt tweets that cause volcanic reversal action

    Use TA to buy support and/or sell resistance with a hard stop. Then when the tweet/news/spew comes into the market.... if it's against your position, you get stopped out... maybe 4-5 ES points? If the event is in favor of your position, you make maybe 20+ points. (Last night's jawboning was...
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    Trump admits ‘second thoughts’ about trade war with China

    No surprise. One day Trumpy acts tough on trade (well, at least a little), and the market has a down day. Next day he backs away and the market recovers. Rinse and repeat. Wouldn't be surprised to see the Dow UP 600 on Monday.
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    One of the worlds most evil men has died

    Aw crap. I was hoping OP had news about Soros.
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    AOC calls the Electoral College a 'scam,' ....

    1. She knows absolutely nothing. 2. She is merely the mouthpiece spewing the rhetoric of the political group pulling her strings. 3. She herself is the SCAM!
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    American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China,

    "They" didn't treat America "bad" at all. America was always in control of the negotiations. Our leaders hosed us all over for their political gains (as always).
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    American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China,

    Authority to what.... tell companies to "start looking"? No authority there. It's not like he's saying, "you can't buy from Chinese manufacturers"... at least not right now. He seems to be going in that direction on Huawei though.
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    American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China,

    Ditto. Trump is correct that the trade imbalanced should have been addressed years ago by prior admins..... but Bush and Odumbo gave away the farm... and China ain't giving it back.
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    % of people who speak each language, who is your guess for #1..

    Most spoken language on the planet is likely English... international language of finance, you know.
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    Is Powell Flapping His Gums Today?

    If so, anybody know what time?
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