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    Billionaire Investor Steve Cohen Just Had His Worst Year Since the Financial Crisis

    All I'm saying is you don't become a billionaire by accident or lies only
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    Billionaire Investor Steve Cohen Just Had His Worst Year Since the Financial Crisis

    I used to live in CT and work in Stamford, and this was what I heard.
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    Billionaire Investor Steve Cohen Just Had His Worst Year Since the Financial Crisis

    I thought Steve Cohen was banned from trading himself after the insider trading cases a few years back. Its his firm members and not his trading. I know that he was considered the greatest emini S&P tape reader of all time, and used to generate billions with his trading. Times have obviously...
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    Stop Limit orders outside of regular trading hours

    I have a system that trades only before earnings announcements, and while it does well, you have to watch the risk. Just don't over-leverage your positions - figure about 2/3 to 1/2 the leverage of a typical stock trade.
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    Need help on 'earnings' trade

    one of a few sites: http://www.morningstar.com/earnings/earnings-calendar.aspx
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    what are the two worst things a trader can do?

    1) Not having/executing a sound trading plan with adequate capital 2) Not exiting a trade at a pre-determined risk level (stop)
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    Since 1990, market gains double when this happens — and it just did

    Buying the market on VIX spikes can be pretty dicey. This worked great until around 2008 where it could of easily bankrupted you. I would only try this if the market is above its long term moving average of 200 days.
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    Why Traders Fail

    Poor discipline, set in their ways, doesn't generate low risk ideas, bad with numbers, a dreamer, and of course, lack of capital. Really it is hard, and just takes a lot of passion.
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    Open Sourse AI Trading Software

    I got this up and running on my machine, and so far, I got nothing, not a single trade. But its cool, teaching me a bit about Java, and I will keep playing with it.
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    Open Sourse AI Trading Software

    Nice. I use a few AI systems, and they work if modeled correctly. Definitely not for the beginner trader.
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    Marc Faber says "avalanche of selling" coming

    People always fear bull markets, and this is healthy. Get scared when everyone turns into a bull!
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    BollingBands for use of the 2 SD andddddd ?

    IMHO, Bollinger Bands are a waste of time. Just my opinion.
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    How are my orders getting jumped in the queue at a given Limit price?

    Seems like a pretty thin issued stock with a nickle bid/ask. I am sure this is contributing to your problem.
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    NYC Expo

    I went a few times when I lived in the NE. Its a pretty good show.
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    Entering on down candles

    We are talking about a simple single candle - Close < Open. Lighten up.
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    Entering on down candles

    When I develop a system, I always look at the preceding day's candle, and yes I have found that it is good to buy, under certain conditions, after a down candle, and vice-versa.
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    Ideal leverage?

    This can be a good way to trade, but the system better be impeccable, and you are able to withstand deep drawdowns. But it can build capital very quickly.
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    Ideal leverage?

    When they say 20%, they mean 20% of the account balance. So if there account equity starts falling, they are shrinking their bets, and vice-versa.
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    How many strategies do you Test

    I am a huge fan of Amibroker because it handles portfolio systems very well (applying the same set of rules to a universe of stocks.) I find it much harder to curvefit a portfolio than a single symbol. I also use it to trade volatility (XIV/VXX). I tested NinjaTrader and Multicharts.net, and...
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