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    How do you interpret Michael Marcus

    I notice the same things but I don't use them for actual trading. This is for long term trading (holding positions for months and years). Fundamentals = I imagine a reason for price values to change. Technicals = I look at the price graph and observe that price values are changing in the...
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    Low Pass vs SMA

    Price breakout schemes are low pass filters.
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    Excess money ? How do you grow/store it ?

    I worry that the exchanges might shut down for months. That happens sometimes.
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    433% increase in 52 weeks! ITP.to

    ITP stock price values have been greater. Perhaps the trend will continue. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=3551267 \img>
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    Stock splits vs backtesting

    I use only the historic price data that is more recent and greater than say, $ 1 / share. That still might provide about 25 years of price data.
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    Jokes 2

    Traders are selling Greece and buying Facebook.
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    Earning a full time income trading?

    I'm a full time trader for 6 + years. I have no other job.
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    Stupid question about stock shares

    Company founders may own large amounts of stock. Only a fraction of the stock may be sold in the public offering. There may be more public offerings, and the greater the price of the stock, the more money can be obtained from the sale.
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    Elinor Sauerwein

    http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/poor-woman-leaves-close-2-million-salvation-army-193537798--abc-news.html "Sauerwein grew her own fruits and vegetables in her meager backyard, and even at the age of 90 would climb to the top of a ladder to pick them. The extreme frugality certainly...
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    How did you do for 2011?

    I lost about 2.5 %.
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    what the hell happened!?!?

    Since the system is a loser will you share it with us? What are the trading rules?
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    Jim Simons donates $ 150 million

    http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/14/9449230-former-professor-wife-donate-record-150-million-to-stony-brook-university The donor is Jim Simons, founder of Renaissance Technologies.
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    How Henry Paulson Warned Hedge Funds In Advance About Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    It looks to me like Freddy Mac stock was showing a downward trend long before July 21, 2008: <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=3372484 \img>
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    Miner makes $200k per year

    Maybe EMR is right about jobs in Texas. Look at these ads: Entry Level Oil Rig Roustabout ($54,500) Per Year (Gulf of Mexico) http://houston.craigslist.org/trd/2695458515.html 15 POSITIONS LEFT!!!! $75,000 First Year http://houston.craigslist.org/trp/2689517742.html TRUCK...
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    If trend following, can money management save you in chop?

    I remember comparing scaling and non scaling methods: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2237697 I trade single entry, single exit.
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    Should I Keep Trading? Help/Advise need

    Athan, are you able to trade other things (such as stocks) profitably overall?
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    USPS on the brink of collapse unless Congress intervenes

    A USA postal service letter carrier told me that the rumor he is hearing now is 125,000 workers are to be laid off January 1, 2012.
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    Backtest help

    I might define support level as the least price value in X days. Resistance might be the greatest price value in Y days.
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    Gaddafi Captured

    European stock market index values and changes: France FCHI CAC 40 3,145.55 -11.79 (-0.37%) Germany GDAXI DAX 5,874.91 -38.62 (-0.65%) United Kingdom FTSE FTSE 100 5,417.94 -32.55 (-0.60%)
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    Warren Buffett gets bent over nothing really.

    How does Warren Buffet experience income of about $ 62 million? I recall Warren Buffet is usually a buy and hold type investor, and Berkshire Hathaway class A and B stock do not pay dividends.
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