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Not to mention 3% commissions and day old newspapers. And just like today, he had people (justice department) who wanted to see a screenshot of his brokerage statement.

Buy stocks that are going up and cull the losers. What a concept!

You can't possibly know. But then you don't know which stock out there in the market that you don't own is going to double tomorrow. How long do you hold onto a stock because your afraid it might go up if you sell it? You don't want to let FOMO control your trading.

Get rid of your worst performers

Well that explains why they're down. Probably won't go up without some help. :D:D

Shotgun strategy? Buy a bunch and count on at least one gaining more than you lose on the rest.

I can see the value of block chain. Although where to invest is the question. All the blockchain stocks I have found are trending down. (I should add at this time.)

How do you short bitcoin? Is it possible to borrow from crypto dealers?

That explains the shitty returns. :D:D

I'd say it was more like learning how to hit a draw on the driving range as opposed to learning while your playing for 10 bucks a hole. If you can't make money on paper, what makes you think you'll do better when you throw in the emotions involved with losing real money?

When I started I traded on a simulator (IB practice account). I used it to forward test strategies. If you can't make money with a simulator you certainly won't in real time. 2 advantages I could see. One I learned the program and could experiment with order types and build hot keys. Secondly I...

It's not very scientific but here goes. I took every trade I made this year and compared the price I sold at with todays price. If I had kept every position, today I would be down just over 4% (Maybe even less as January hasn't been very nice so far) My returns for 2021 were over 30% with my max...

You must have a lot of confidence that the market will recover. But not enough to mention which stocks. :D:D

Let me take a look this evening. I'll get back to you

Hard to compare. Last year I made 55 trades, so which companies would you compare to my portfolio that holds at a maximum of 10 stocks. Usually not that many. Some of the stocks I sold and then rebought, some higher some lower. Some just kept falling. Some recovered but the stock that replaced...

I have yet to have a situation where a stop loss didn't work. There are gap downs where I didn't get filled where I planned but I have always been able to get out of a position that was moving against me. I use SPY as a benchmark. I guess it's comparing apples to oranges but it seems to me that...

Haven't read Margin of Safety (Pretty rare by the look of it) but do have Greenblatts Little Book from back in the day when I considered myself an investor. Now as a speculator the method doesn't have the risk control I desire.

I assume you have read O'Neil's "How to make money in stocks". What is your take on that book?

LOL what exactly does that mean? Which dip? Just a plain french onion or something a little spicier with jalapenos?

Star of the "Many loves of Dobie Gillis". Co-starred Bob Denver as Maynard G Krebs probably the first hippie on TV (Beatnik at the time)