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    List of 5 Traders Worth Studying

    Considering the resulty my strategy has yielded so far, I couldn't give a lesser s**t about posts like this.
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    List of 5 Traders Worth Studying

    Those of you criticizing Dan Zanger absolutely haven't understood the edge he has capitalized on. Out of all the traders mentioned above, Zanger is the one offering the most precise strategies to make money with. I'm trading a strategy very similar to his, and the results I've achieved so...
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    How to become consistently profitable

    1. Learn about your brain. Everybody is given a highly complex parallel information processing unit, but pretty much no one ever cares about how to use it efficiently. He who can use his own brain most efficiently has an edge. The conscious mind is as fragmented as the PC you're staring at is...
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    This is absolutely amazing

    I can't await the day these displays become available. I think by drawing trendlines with your own fingers and interacting with the markets in such a direct kinesthetic way, this would be the ultimate trading process.
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    This is absolutely amazing

    BTW, the song is "Who am I" from peace sound orchestra.
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    This is absolutely amazing

    http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ Watch the video in fullscreen mode! Imagine what trading will be like, once these experimental displays go commercial some day...
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    Trading pure supply/demand

    That's the way to go. But I differentiate between psychology and strategy. Psychology/NLP are the right tools when it comes to fixing your own inner game and understanding the inner games of other market participants. But since we as traders are rather interested in exploiting other people's...
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    what screen size is best for daytrading?

    Your strategy should dictate what screen setup you should have. More doesn't mean better in this business. For the second last account I traded, I had a setup of 2x19", 2x14" and one TV-Out. For the current account, I basically use a 14,5" Laptop screen. Guess with what monitor...
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    Trader Myers-Briggs Personality Type

    The result of this poll so far confirms an observation I made while working for different brokerage companies, i.e. that by far the biggest of their client groups usually consisted of engineers. Don't get me wrong here: I just stated the biggest, not the most profitable :D
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    The Breakout-Shakeout-Fakeout Indicator

    No, it means that there also is a logic behind "fakeouts" and "shakeouts" and that it is possible to trade them profitably with sound risk management. At least, that is what I do by trading ascending and descending triangles globally.
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    The Breakout-Shakeout-Fakeout Indicator

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_strategy
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    Free lunch anyone?

    Confessions of a rate 'tart' Banks can no longer afford to finance 0% credit card offers, according to a new report, as the deals are costing £1bn a year in lost revenue. One self-confessed rate tart explains how he has made the most of cheap credit, by switching frequently between...
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    GOOG ecosystem

    I almost feel sorry for the management, because they constantly have to communicate the impression that they actually have a grand strategy for this company. Hey, they went public at ~100$. I bet the two founders themselves are scared by the momentum and expectations this stock has generated...
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    Good Trading Quotable Quotes

    There's a similar ancient roman proverb: Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - He who desires peace, should be prepared for war.
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    Short 500 AAPL at $75

    Actually, there are hedge funds specialized in short-only trading, with Manuel Asensio being one of the best known: http://www.asensio.com/Index.aspx
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    Good Trading Quotable Quotes

    A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. -General George S. Patton Jr. Learn to obey, before you give orders -King Leonidas of Sparta (?) All warfare is based on deception -Sun Tzu He who stays on the defensive does not make war, he endures it -Colmar...
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    It's all about being disciplined and organized

    I'm your candidate - I think you've tapped into something big with your software, a real niche product. This could grow into something big. PM me so we can negotiate on the "useful feedback" conditions :cool:
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