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    Buffer "Japan is a buy"

    Actually there have been so many times Warren Buffet is correct. During year 2008-2009 at the worst time in the financial crisis, a lot of investors feel fear because the market situation. Warren Buffet instead recommends, it is the best time to buy stocks because the price is at the lowest...
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    One way you can set profit targets is using the data you have in your paper trading. Actually I use the following formula for profit target: CRITICAL PROFIT TARGET = (%Loss x Risk Money)/ %Wins Where %Loss and %Win are the percentage of losses and win of your trading system that can be...
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    See how much faster your PC will boot up

    I am afraid to just use any strange software or even click link to a strange site particularly when I am using Windows. It is because, hackers are too greedy that they invent malware regularly and often undetected by anti-viruses at first until they spread out wide. Since this thread users...
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    How to Exploit Randomness

    warrren buffet says that be greedy when others are fearful and be fearful when others are greedy. This guy has much more financial wisdom more than any of us here. So that means: a.) if trend is your friend, it may not so. because when anybody is greedy it drives the trend up that wise man...
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    IB TWS - calculating win/loss and other measures

    I cannot find any documentation in the net either. Maybe you should contact their support about your problem. Usually I export the data to Excel and do trading expectancy and risk to reward ratio analysis. In that case, most software I am using such as e-signal provides an easy way to export...
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    Trailing stop

    Some tutorial on how trailing stops work: http://www.stock-trading.me/2010/03/how-do-trailing-stops-work/ I hope this will be helpful.
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    Kill switch for U.S. internet may impair commerce

    Think of internet as a big world, a cyber world - just like our "offline" world. Now if someone will be planning to to put a switch to kill off connections or access, its like a country that is preventing its citizens to go out or denying visitors. I disagree, this is not democracy at all...
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    At $50 Billion, Facebook Looks Cheap!

    People are becoming aware of the main weaknesses of Facebook - a lot of "supposed to be friends" are not really friends at all. They do not even bother to make a comment in your status, say "hi" to you, sympathize you when you are sick or having an accident - despite having a list of hundreds of...
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    What qualification to manage money?

    Its a bit risky to enter a financial markets without much financial qualification or degree. Most people I know who make a living out of these markets are either previous bankers or accountants. If you do not have these experience, I suggest you will need to study seriously first before...
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    Volatility estimators

    Personally I prefer volatility to be measured as %CV or coefficient of variation, it is relatively simple to compute and can be done with an Excel spreadsheet. The principle is to divide the standard deviation with the average. The higher the %CV, the more volatility in that stock. You can...
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    Its the image the media, television, and movies portrayed on traders as "always" rich people with sport cars, luxury houses, working at home and expensive vacation. People get blinded, then they want to trade to get rich as quick.
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    Backtesting Metrics

    One of the important things I will check are the trading expectancy, %win, %loss, average net profit per trade. You can read more details here: http://www.stock-trading.me/2010/11/how-to-perform-free-backtesting-of-stocks-using-ms-excel-the-easy-way/
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    What Analytics Environment?

    I use MS Excel to do back testing and it is not slow, actually I can perform an analysis of a simple trading system in less than 3 hours with over 500 data points providing at most 23 test trades; complete with expectancy and trading statistics. You can read my tutorial here: <a...
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    Internet and PC Security - Philippines

    I am based in the Philippines as an investor. Below are the following advices that you should pay attention if you are serious about security: a.) Do not use internet cafe. b.) If you have your own wireless connect, use HTTPS to send sensitive information. c.) Do not buy pirated CD or...
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    Software for backtesting?

    I have been using MS Excel and E-signal to do back testing and they are quite good. Always remember good guidelines when doing backtesting to maximize the amount of information you can get about your trading system. You can read this guide here: <a...
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    Why don't you just set a small burger stand, instead of daytrading?

    Get your facts straight, I know a guy you made a living out of trading. What about Warren Buffet, all money from trading isn't it? May not in a day, but no one can force you to trade in a daily basis. If you cannot spot a good trading signal to enter a trade, then do not trade; it would be...
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    A tip from a lady who blew out her entire savings on wallstreet.

    This is really a good lesson about someone who trade stocks and decides to risk all of the savings to it. I cannot believe, this is such as risky thing to do. One good lesson is to identify <a href="http://www.stock-trading.me/2010/09/how-much-to-risk-when-trading-stocks/">how much to risk...
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    A few health tips for traders...

    My winning formula for health when it comes to trading: 1.) 3 hours cycling per week at more than 20km/hr 2.) drink tea everyday 3.) drink milk once a week (250ml) Simple but very effective and healthy way to live as a day trader.
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    How much shold one risk in a single trade?

    It is very important to understand the concept of risk management and stock portfolio risk management in trading. With this, you will systematically know how much to risk without being too risky or too conservative, it all depends now on your own preferences. I encourage you read this good...
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    where do you go to see quotes...

    In Yahoo finance, you can see it here: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/indices?e=futures">http://finance.yahoo.com/indices?e=futures</a> and also here: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ESM10.CME">http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ESM10.CME</a> , that is for the June 2010 contracts. If...
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