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I am definately trading much better than ever. However, I just broke out of my newbie stage so I am comparing myself to myself last year. Considering the fact that I still have any cash left to trade with at all after a year and a half makes me a rare breed. I am now taking larger profits and...

If you are interested in market cycles you might like the book "The Next Great Bubble Boom" by Harry S. Dent Interesting book if nothing else.

Thanks all. I'll be checking out MB and IB in detail.

I have had a Scottrade account for a year and a half and I consider myself at the end of the learning curve. I know the learning curve never ends but what I mean is, I am at the stage where I finally realize it is more important to focus on limiting losses than it is to build profits. With the...

I had a positive P&L of over $7000 combined in a swing trade of CMED and BNT when I left for a week long business trip. I placed limit sell orders instead of trailing stop losses. CMED came withing .07 cents of hitting my limit order and then........... I returned home to and sold the...

http://www.trendfund.com/ This is Michael Parness' site. He has a feature where they send you the gaps to fade. I don't subscribe but I did take the free trial a while back. It's like a forum that you refresh pre market and into the first half hour or so. They tell you when to get in and out...

I keep a constant list of the IBD Big Cap 20 in front of me. The IBD® Big Cap 20, which runs each Tuesday in the Making Money section, is a computer-generated ranking of leading large-capitalization companies trading in the U.S. Rankings are based on a combination of each company’s profit...

I think we have a blond troll.

May I add "The Stock Trader", by Tony Oz. It's out of print but you can find it online for about $100

Worked like a charm! THANKS!

Bitstream, or anybody else: Sorry for the OT question. But how did you capture that screenshot that you posted? I can't figure out how to capture shots from Scottrade Elite. Thanks.

I like to swing trade the IBD 100. There are many ways to go about it but I like to wait until a stock pulls back to he 50 day MA and shows support there. Then I get in and wait for the inevitable IBD pump that brings in the momo crowd. The main thing to remember is to bail as soon as you...

Here is some info I copied from the net. Mark-to-Market Accounting Information about the mark-to-market election for securities traders. Beginning in 1997, the tax law has permitted securities traders (as well as commodities dealers and traders) to elect a method of accounting called...