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Hey Baron How about starting a trading books thread. There is a lot of garbage out there. It would be nice to have something to help weed out what is and isn't good. rtharp

Win actually the book is by my coach. Dr Van Tharp. My name is Robert. I am recommending it because it's one of the better books I've read. http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=view_list&ID_Community=Rtharpsland&list=1 is a website of books I recommend, and a...

so everyone is there a limit? rtharp

That's close to what I'm looking for. I assume you are responding to my thread on looking to set up a real time chat with messenger of some sort. THe problem is MAC users can't use MSN as I've experienced from owning a message board there. MSN also limits you to 4 people as you mentioned...

Working on using one of the major website's messengers so I can teach a few others real time. Anyone have any feedback on this? More on my trading styles later. Rtharp

The advantages you would get compared to the cost of a P4 compared to a Pentimum 3 are almost nil. The key things to consider is the amount of memory if you are running a lot of applications. The slowest process on a computer is when it has to borrow memory from the harddrive. So memory is...

I'd suggest to long how to long term trade first. If you want to be sucessfull it can be done, but usually takes a few years. Learning to trade doesn't happen overnight. Daytrading can be done, but if you have flaws in your trading style the frequency will bring them out that much faster...

Expectancy is this. Add all of your trades R multiples for a day if you are a daytrader, or month trades for longer term then divide by the # of trades. This average is your average expectancy. It's the # you can expect to make per $1.00 risk over a long term time frame. My channel...

Swings work but actually keep an eye on tradingmarkets.com as one of the traders tests how many breakouts failed and how many worked and then how the working breakouts did. It's less than 20% of the time for working breakouts, and the returns are a lot less. When we have another bull...

What was the virus called? Thanks in advance rtharp

or try ebay with someone that has high feedback rtharp

Hi Michael I have a few minutes so I'll start on this thread. The first thing I need to do is define my risk when I trade. My risk is always my stop price as I put one in. I classify my risk as R. The next factor to calculate in is your # of shares. This is a multiplier of risk. Risk...

I used to trade a momentum system that did swing trades but it doesn't work anymore in this market, like the old bull market months back. I noticed that the biggest point gainers at the end of the day were also the biggest point gainers in the morning. I'd buy a few minutes after the open...

Hi Alex I 've set up a message board on MSN because I hated most of the chatrooms I've seen.There is a chat room there also. Most traders don't talk about what is important to making money. They just want to have my best picks and know what they are. I sometimes though only trade one...

on Seminar Brian is the main trader of the seminar. It went well. I got a few ideas I'll test in the market that will definitely give me more of an edge. I have a better feel for systems in a non trending market, Van Tharp also does trade but usually swing trading , longer term position...

Hi The Wall Street Journal just did an interview with me about what direct access means to the retail investor which should be out next week. Unfortunately Datek and ETrade (both have direct access coming out) are still web based and the minimum for the accouts is relatively low for...

Short the QQQ , spyders,Merril Lynch Holders or S&P and Mini S& P futures contracts. All of the above don't require an uptick. Robert Tharp

EddieG no one has brought it up so I will. There is a very serious reason that a lot of brokers won't allow uncovered option writing, or if they do-- require that you have to have some serious capital. Plain option writing can be extremely dangerous. If you are learning about trading...

Hi guys I am opening an account with http://www.echotradeonline.com. Thanks for info everyone, I'll keep you posted. Any account that has 10-1 margin is a pooled account. (everyone shares) but this firm is mainly risk arbitrage. They have hired someone to watch accounts to make sure not...

Well Bright you trade for them. Put up $25,000 in capital but then use there capital. I didn't like when they insisted that it's best to trade only in their offices, not at home. I disagree with this. The crowd is normally wrong and I would like to distant myself from them. I manage money...