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Hello, I was wondering if anyone on this board might know the contract specs for the S&P 500 since it has started trading. I know that it started in the early 80's and would like to know if it has always been 0.25 as the min. tick and $12.50/tick. Thanks. Or if you could point me in the...

Hey thanks for the reply Dave. I have another question for you. Since you are a swing trader who looks for a strong trend first. Do you have a way to filter out stocks that are just too extended? Or do you like them to be extended? I like to trade stocks with strong trends but are close...

Dave, Just wondering if you keep a journal of your trades? It would seem that once a trader has his plan of action and money mgt. down pat and all that is left is to execute the plan that a journal would be a good way to improve upon or find flaws in the plan. Alexander Elder goes over how...

Dave, Do you like locking in a piece once the initial risk is covered? Why is that? I have read in Van Tharps book (How to have Financial Freedom through trading) and he says that traders that do this have a strong desire to be right on a trade. I have done some testing on a pullback...

This is why I think that every House an d Senate seat should have a term limit like the one that the President now has. Two terms per person and you are out. No more lifetime politician because I truly believe that when someone first gets elected that they honestly feel sincere about making...

The fact remains however that SS is not currently bankrupt and the current surplus is derived from revenue IN HAND - not simply projected. For example: According to the 2000 Social Security Trustees Report, the Social Security fund spent less than 75 percent of what they collected in 1999...

I am sure he knows this. Perhaps he doesn't want the extra competition of swing trading the low priced stocks. :eek: If you look in Come Into My Trading Room of the trade examples in the back there are alot of stocks below $25 which is a direct contradiction to what he says. And another...

<< Of importance I think is the price range of the stocks being traded. I don't think less than $25 dollar stocks should be swing traded because like you said, the reward is just not there.>> I disagree with you here and have a problem when Elder said that you should look for a stock that has...

That is exactly what I do. I like having the high winning % but I also like have the chance to hit one over the centerfield wall.

I totally disagree with you. I think these surveys are a great way to measure sentiment especially the Investors Intelligence survey. The Investors Intelligence survey is one of the best sentiment gauges that I know of. Sure these “experts” may not put $ on the line but they are an...

Ok Mr. I am going to Oxford and get a masters in math. Integrate this one.... [5x2 + 2/x3 - 4cos x] dx = let's see if you really can do a simple calculus problem and you need to show your work not just come back with an answer.

Who told you that it was a sin to drink beer? My pastor is who told me. The bible clearly states all things in moderation. That is one of the major flaws in relying on a teacher instead of studying the major works themselves, page by page, in their original languages if need be. I...

When I was in college I took a class called History of Religion. Since I basically went to church every Sunday I thought it was basically about Christianity. What it actually covered though was the 5 main religions: islam, buddism, hindism, judism, and christianity. It started off going over...

Do you have a Yahoo username? If you do I can let you access spreadsheets that I have uploaded. Let me know what it is and I will give you access. Eric

In a deflationary environment you want to buy bonds because you are promised the original $1,000 back at maturity all the while prices are falling. Of course this is if you buy a bond as it is issued not on the secondary market. The outperformance of bonds over the past several years tells me...

sammy, I am not 100% sure but I don't think the Senate version has a cap gains cut in it and the version I heard about actually had tax increases in it. The House's version is 10x better. Eric

I think they all are good interviews except for the guy who never had a losing week. I think it was Mark Weinstein. If I remember right Jack asked how many losing weeks he had in the past 5 years and he replied "none, but I have had some losing days" Let me just say what a bunch of BS. Then...

It was balanced/surplused when Clinton left, but then again, your denial is generally more powerful in your mind than the facts, so I'm probably wasting my time here... Yes since Clinton was the President at the time then he deserves the credit for all good things that happened and Congress...

The old invisible ink clause. I forgot about that one. :eek: Yeah I agree with you that FDR is the one who seems to have discovered it. But then practically every other elected politician has practiced it since then. I honestly thought that in the mid 90's the republicans would be ones to...

According to the World Bank, Japan's weighted average tariff rate in 2000 (the most recent year for which World Bank data are available) was 2 percent. Non-tariff barriers take the form of non-transparent regulations, discriminatory standards, and exclusionary business practices. The Economist...