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    Most helpful trading books

    It's hard to find a book and after reading it and said to oneself... ah.. ha... I got it now.;) Take for example, Edwin Lefevre's book, an inexperience trader would find it difficult to understand. Trading is a journey and reading a few books just wouldn't do it. It's a difficult journey(my...
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    Billionaire Ray Dalio Says “Capitalism Is Not Working” for Most People

    Vilfredo Pareto observed that 20% of the population controlled 80% of the wealth. The flip side is 80% of the population controlled only 20% of the wealth. Is the 20% of the wealth good enough for the 80% of the population? If no, this thread title is correct.
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    importing vast set of financial data into mysql

    Fundamental data(quarterly) is very much different than price and volume data(intraday or daily). Stock charting software is more suited for price and volume figures. Unless, you want to develop your own TA software, there are commercial packages that you can consider. You can then focus on the...
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    Why Trading is so Hard

    It's hard because one has to do the exact opposite of the majority. In another forum, I posted one of my January trades when the stock was on its way to peak. Others in the forum bashed me for showing off. But I was trying to show them when others are buying, that's the time to sell. Use simple...
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    Do you need to understand where the edge comes from?

    Models or strategies will break, sometimes. :p Simply, do a scan of any market, errr... let's 50 days simple moving average(I know... I know, it's a lagging indicator.) and see how many stocks that are still above it. You then compare it to the past week, month or year.:cool:
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    AMD pummeled any hope?

    AMD released some new CPUs and Intel new Core i9 beat them in all benchmark. Of course, Intel CPUs cost more. AMD just cannot break the clutches of Intel. :( https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/amd/after-hours
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    The Best Trading Proverbs

    The Whipsaw Song ?
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    Choppy Trading and Mentality

    It's hard to find a strategy that encompass all market environment. Volatile market needs wider stops.
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    ozk bank, down 28% connected to Hillary Clinton ?

    The thread starter most likely throw in her name on purpose and see what the respond will be. Just a simple googling on OZK bank, the name Carson Block appeared and 2007/2008 loan bonepile clearing. The more legit questions are... Why take them so long to clear the loan bonepile? More loan...
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    Anyone use moving average indicators?

    Just to paraphrase Jack Schwager, successful ones have something that suite their temperament and give them an edge. All methods will fail sometimes and knowing that it has failed is an edge itself. If a method that makes you money, that's a holy grail for you. Be patient and don't put oneself...
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    Old School - Charting Paper and Steel Rule / Technical Analysis

    The number of stocks have increased over the past, and it's hard to do all the chart manually if not impossible. It's more productive to spend time reading rather than plotting charts. Believe you me, RW Schabacker would prefer the computer over the manual charting if he had it then.
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    Does the Pareto Principle apply to your trading results?

    Vilfredo Pareto is a genius. Taking time to enter a trade is the key as most trends die prematurely. Jake said.... a few good trades.
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    Intel: Volatility, Yeah We Can Trade That Just Fine

    The latest AMD product refresh may not crack Intel's armor. But AMD 7nm may just do it.
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    Does Technical Analysis Work?

    You can get free tip on Excel stock charting here. Just change the year and month in the url to get for more historical tips. http://traders.com/Documentation/FEEDbk_docs/2018/10/TradersTips.html#item5 For serious TA, Excel wouldn't cut it. A simple screen on the stock database will generate...
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    Does Technical Analysis Work?

    For TA to be more effective, one needs to have some sort of charting tools and some programming knowledge.
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    How to Stay Calm & Collected when trading for real?

    First, start with money that you can afford to lose. :sneaky: The moment that you start to trade, treat the money in your trading account as the money that you cannot afford to lose. ;) Capital preservation is the key and keep working on your edge. :cool: Capital is the only thing that keeps you...
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    Does Technical Analysis Work?

    The market operators know how it works. :sneaky: They can use it to their advantage.:mad: Linda Raschke on TA...
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    Help me filter this list of trading books

    Babies do not need to learn how to suckle when they are born. Unless there is someone mentoring, reading and attending trading classes are the next best thing. I have read many related books and I find the following books good. Market Wizards Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager...
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    You are not a trader until you ...

    Oh yeah... it's like Hernando Cortez burning all the ships and there was not turning back.
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    You are not a trader until you ...

    I can see when the trend is breaking most of the time.:cool:
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