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    It's not fair. Why must I be wide awake with my mind racing when the world sleeps?

    if you want to get good sleep. it is very simple. 1 .read books, those most boring books,for example static facts,theoretic junks 2.go to church, sit and listen to those everyday blemny preach, priests are the best sleep pills. that is my secret. 3.do heavy labor work, work at Mackdold, or...
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    market weakness

    time to be bearish. no way FED can sustain this artifical bubble type dysfucntional market. common sense. glad FEd finally realized how stupid todo band-aide thing. no use, next crisis may be bigger than 2008 crisis. the fundemental problem is not solved. Newton's law: how much action...
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    2% Rule

    give you a small example. if you have $1m, you can almost manipulate a stock under $5 if its floating shares are just 1m. against you 10% , even 90%, you still can breathe (still $100k account). but if you just have 10k, against you 90%, you are dead, each trade's commission fee will...
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    2% Rule

    do not forget when you are arguing about how much you want to trade, someone is smiling. then who? your brokage. why? when you divide limited resource into small pieces, you create lots of commissions. that is their sale point. in a war, the winning side always wants to keep...
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    71.2 % Win Rate

    there are three ways to solve a problem. 1. rational 2. intuitive 3. mixed I found the worst is way 1 to do trading. the more you tested, the more you believe that is an edge. trading is not science. it is an art. do not waste time on those backtests. the market sometimes...
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    Why the S&P 500 will be much higher in 5 years?

    I saw another five years S&P 500 will go back to where it is. I am pessimistic. the market is leaking pitch. the rally those years is caused by the FED. fundemantally market always fades. when you put more money in the leaking picth, the speed of leaking is slower than the speed of...
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    Why Profitable Trading Is So Difficult

    trading is not simple,not easy neither. trading is not teachable. singlers, artists are not produced. they are born with. traders too
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    GOOG next report

    if I short call and put with strike at 1110, and the market no move, that means my money doubled? any expert opinion on this trade
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    Why Profitable Trading Is So Difficult

    chating is part of work work hard does not mean being productive. nomatter how hard you work, the market still goes where it wants to go. no direct relationship between working hard and rewards. look at those CEOs, because they work hard, they get paid high. Not really. they get paid...
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    Options trading question

    that is not true. option is the best tools for small retail traders. 1. high leverage, that can nullify the effects of little trading funds 2.quick results, maybe one day, or half hour, your money is doubled, in stocks, the chance for this kind of quick results are very little, almost...
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    What is your preferred exit method?

    one rule for me is: close out before it hits red. another rule is: donot trust the trend, cash out profit agressively I do not favor stop loss, most time get in and out is just gut feeling. never regret getting out too early. but always feel sick if I overstay.
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    does anyone sleep exactly at a fixed time?

    I mean anyone here who fall asleep exactly at some fixed time, for example at 9:30pm, or the within a tiny range between 9:25~9:40pm, every evening, and wake up exactly at the same time such as 6:30am each moring ? how many days in a year? or I can call it consistent sleeping. first I think...
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    Is counter trend trading a disease?

    when you are losing, that is counter trend trading. so basically no one can avoid acounter-trend trading,since no one can predict trend precisly each time. it is not a disease. pretty normal trading activities. if you mean when it is dropping, you are buying, called counter trend...
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    Merry Christmas

    ho ho ho, merry christmas still trading? it is time to enjoy Santa is coming dash through the snow jin.. bell ....
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    Getting out of trades too early

    never think you leave money on table. when you think that way. because you look back. when you look forward, you will "yes, that is what I should do". fact is meaningless. focus on fact, you are stuck in history. No one can precisly target each trade. if I make money, I am just...
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    block option trades, how to work the order ?

    another way is using IB's floating rate, take advantage of that. dump 100lot here or hit 200lot there. with fixed rate's firm, big lot often end up with several blocks, end up expensively too. use the "lower ball hit" strategy works great to me, though it reduced some profit. or trade...
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    block option trades, how to work the order ?

    wait there, then when offered a big lot, hit it with a little off-of-thebid price. for example, if offered at 0.9 with size 1000lot, you want to getout with500lot hit the bid with 0.88 or0.89, that way those guys can notsneak out. that is my strategy.
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    Pattern Day Trading Loophole??

    big fish eat small fish wolf attack sheep just darlvinism the PDT rule favors big players, not favor small retail traders. like old days, there is no such rule. Jessise livemore cat day trade with just couple hundreds. definitely SEC should pose another rule such as BIG SIZE rule...
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    Breakout and Gap Stocks

    like your list! appreciate it.
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    Aggressive Weekly Option Trades

    trading itself is gambling. whether you trade option, future, individual stock. first, before you hit the button, you know nothing about what will happen second, after you hit the button, you still do not know what will happen third, when you are riding, you will never know what the market...
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