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I own TWO HP 12c's. Once you get used to RPN, it's hard to go back--I bought one to carry around in my bag and one that stays on my desk. DON'T GET THE 12c Platinum. It's slow as molasses and cheaply built. You'll want the original 12c if you can find it. Some of the upper-line HP...

The perfect job for each person is a job that he/she loves. I know a guy I used to work with that has always wanted with all his heart to be cop. But, because he believed that in order to support his wife and kids he needed to take a corporate job, he's suffered for years in crappy...

Wait, isn't the demo user account delayed by 15 or 20 minutes? Wouldn't do much good for intraday trading. I assume then that by "paper trading account," you mean one that is funded but that you won't trade live with. But then, why not just sign up with a real data provider and get the...

These books are more general than specific but apply wonderfully to trading psychology: "Deep Survival," by Gonzales. "Learned Optimism," by Seligman. What you'll gain from these books is the foundation of successful trading psychology (and survival and sports and a successful life in...

I started managing my emotions, which usually manifest as strong feelings in the gut and which usually prevent me from doing the right thing (such as cutting short a loser instead of holding on and hoping for a breakeven exit).

LOL! I've been an IT consultant for 15 years on Windows, Mac, and UNIX. Believe me, there are plenty of good reasons to consider a Mac today: 1) low Total Cost of Ownership--this is the truest benefit of owning a Mac. I am constantly billing Windows users $75/hr. to fix their crappy...

Finding another rocket-ship like Google isn't too hard. Just watch the IBD 100 and look for fast-risers. They start out near the bottom of the list and climb like a single climbing the Billboard chart. By the time the stock hits the top ten, enough people have seen it to start piling in, and...

I used both Macs and PCs in trading. In both cases, I was using the desktop version of IB's TWS (Java-based). The Mac was superior in terms of: 1) easy to set up, start up, use, and maintain--cold boot to live trading took only a couple of mouseclicks and under a minute. My PC setups...

I feel your pain... I was getting stopped out all the time when using a 5:3 bracket of 2.5pts:1.5pts on ES. It was dropping my win% to 34% from around 54%. Finally, I got tired of it and cranked the bracket up to 3.5pts:2pts, which is close to the original 5:3 ratio. It works much better...

Considering that money is a social construct--emphasis on the word social--and that happiness is completely individual* and mostly internal, the saying "money can't buy happiness" is definitely true. * Some might argue that happiness requires social interaction and while that is true, the...

You'd be surprised. Only entrepreneurial companies would value your entrepreneurial spirit. I found out the hard way that bureaucratic companies aggressively persecute entrepreurial-minded employees within their ranks. The best advice for job-hunters is to find a company whose values and...

I think that there are also tariff benefits. If I recall correctly, the tariffs are higher on complete Japanese autos than on unassembled Japanese-made parts or on raw Japanese steel.

I've heard of this. If I remember correctly, it was bandied about regarding Internet2 (www.internet2.edu), which is to the Internet of the Future as DARPANet was to today's Internet. Personally, I think it's a great idea to charge for two-tiered service. It's the same as what we have in TV...

If you have trouble instilling the discipline needed to keep small losses from turning into much larger losses, try doing this: 1) Start keeping a trade log. 2) Compile your trade stats, including the large loss you speak of. That loss will pull down your win/loss ratio and dramatically...

Followed the "pay yourself 10% first" plan espoused in George Clason's "The Richest Man in Babylon." It got me out of debt AND funded my trading accounts. Every so often, after I've saved up a few grand or so, I'll drop it on bills or add to the trading account. Basically, I'm treating...

Agreed--the same thing happened with me. Anyway, I think a lot of people who spew ad hominem attacks against NLP coaches are reacting to the (advertised) impression that NLP is a magical, no-effort-except-writing-a-check, quick-fix to all of life's problems. Their inner skeptic is right to...

Having had a "real job" for too many of the last sixteen years (as well as plenty of freelance and self-employed-small-business work), I can definitively say that having a "real job" isn't what it's cracked up to be. I'd say that your 9-to-5 rat-race friends should be envious of YOU, for...

I understand what you mean: could a German tourist couple visit Miami, give birth to a healthy baby boy, and apply for his citizenship? I'm not absolutely certain, but yes, I believe that any child born on American soil is eligible for automatic citizenship. Soldiers can probably provide...

An excellent idea that we can take a step further: AUTOMATIC SUNSET PROVISIONS IN ALL SPENDING BILLS. In other words, every spending bill, when created, has a built-in deadline and clearly-stated, objective goals. When the deadline is reached, the bill (now law), will automatically be...

This one rule would have prevented all of this mess if it had been in effect a long time ago. The reason the politicians are even waffling about this matter is that they're afraid of the growing Latino voting bloc, and the Latino vote wouldn't have grown so rapidly if not for two major...