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    How to raise money for managed accounts

    In addition to a solid 2-year track record, you need a coherent story that focuses on why your system/method will continue to work in the future and how you're going to scale up. There will be a lot of questions and you need great answers.
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    Scalping strategies

    1. What markets are you talking about? (Stocks, Futures, FX) 2. How do YOU define scalping?
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    Where do you draw the line between these two emotions

    Step 1: Write down a COMPLETE trading plan. Entries. Exits. Stops. Money management., etc. Step 2: Follow your plan to the letter. Step 3: Learn from your mistakes. Update your plan. Step 4: Follow your new plan to the letter. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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    Flight 77 Cockpit Door Never Opened During 9/11 “Hijack"

    Yes. That's the secret code.
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    Loners get easily suckered into daytrading?

    I trade alone, but I am not a loner. I have a wife, children, many friends and an active social life... But I don't need anybody else to make money trading.
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    microsoft antivirus software

    I use it on both of my trading PCs. I'm running a lot of software and handling a lot of data, including bridging data transformations between programs. NOD32 is the only one I've used that works with very low overhead and no problems. (Note: I've only used their AV software. I'm not familiar...
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    microsoft antivirus software

    The best I've found is NOD32 from ESET. Light weight. Efficient. Effective. Excellent product. (www.eset.com)
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    Handling your family and social life as a trader

    The notion that you have to be a hermit or a loner is self-imposed and has no basis in reality except what you ascribe to it. I trade full time, but I'm also married, go to my daughters' soccer games and ballet lessons, have barbecues on the weekends, play golf with my friends, etc. etc. Stop...
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    What happens when a state goes bankrupt?

    Proposition 13 is not the problem. Californian's have the 3rd highest per-capita tax burden in the country. I pay 10.3% personal income taxes and 9.5% sales taxes. The real problem is that the California state legislature is radically anti-business. Business taxes are high (third highest in...
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    Stock Transaction Tax-Prep Software

    I've been using TradeMatcher.Com for years. They're excellent.
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    Anybody know Eugene Steele ?

    I have no personal experience with him, but there certainly are a number of items to investigate. I looked at his "Press Release" and here's what jumps out immediately: 1. A guy who claims to be a lawyer and a college professor doesn't know the difference between "there" and "their." Bad...
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    I've never traded before

    Trade on a simulator until you know you have a profitable trading strategy. Then trade minimal dollars to learn the ins-and-outs of real money trading. You've proven that you have discipline and follow-through in dealing with your debt. Both are important characteristics of a successful...
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    High-frequency firms organizing lobby group

    They better hurry or congress will put them out of business.
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    Sorry doom and gloomers. The real estate market is hot in California.

    I've lived in Southern California all my life and I'm old enough to remember the last real estate crash in the late 1980's. It took 7 years for the market to recover. Those who believe this crash is over are in for an unpleasant surprise. Prices will probably go down another 20-30% before we...
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    How much ram does your workstation have?

    4G in both. No problems.
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    The 10,000 hour rule.

    I tried to mentor a close friend and a family member. Both times it ended with them giving up after about four months. Bottom line is this: You can learn from others and gain some basic skills, but ultimately you have to be willing to climb the mountain alone to learn everything necessary for...
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    Barack Obama’s New Economic Team.

    People talk about the "free" healthcare they get from Medicare. What they fail to recognize is that the system is near bankruptcy. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-28-federal-budget_N.htm http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120373015283387491.html My neighbor is a doctor and he no...
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    How poor white trash like this brought down the house

    If you're looking to place blame for the economic crisis, read the following NYT article written in 1999 which predicts the economic collapse we're seeing today almost a decade before it happened. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/30/business/fannie-mae-eases-credit-to-aid-mortgage-lending.html...
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    When Israel Bombs Iran How Will Market React?

    It's the Middle East. Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. The more Israel postures like they're going to strike, the less likely it is. This is all about leverage.
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