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    easy money management advice?

    I mean this is totally sick man...Sorry to say this, I don't mean to offend you...In another post you said you doubled your money to 25k...This means you started with something like 12K. If you have a $2,000 stop which is about 17% of your capital to start with, do you expect to make any money...
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    shares trading

    1. Use variable shares based on net equity 2. Porgram that or use a better backtesting platform. 3. It is the setlement price. Every exchange has different rules. 4. Backtesting is for geeks
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    Is the current Trade Planning and Trade Management a farce?

    I'm looking forward to this new approach not found in popular books by famous authors. Let us not waste ET bandwidth and our time, just give us the formula and we will let you know what we think. First the formula and then the explanations please.
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    What do u say when asked for Investment Advice?

    Tell them that you are giving money away and ask them if they want $50 right away or $100 in 5 days. After they answer, say something happened and you changed your mind and you are willing to give them $50 next month or $100 in 2 months. Then, after you notice the contradiction in their...
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    IBKR (Interactive Brokers) getting POUNDED!!!!!!!

    Good luck to you! I think I will try to bottom fish this one.
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    Anyone tested Classic TA patterns?

    Personally I find chart patterns too subjective to use in automated trading. The way to go IMO is carefully selected price patterns that reflect directly PA and have exact R:R levels otherwise you cannot delevelop a sound strategy to automate. It is even better if you in addition automate the...
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    trading foreign markets

    http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=exchanges Good luck. Make sure you undestand currency conversions and how much they can cost you.
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    Unsold Cars Around the World

    Disaaaaaster
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    How much to bet when you have an edge

    No system can "predict" anything. Systems can have only some varying rate of success. Prediction means nothing in trading. Only astrologers claim they can predict the future. You can be correct about direction and take a loss at the same time due to volatility swings. How in the world do you...
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    Paul Krugman is right on bank nationalization and the Austrians don't get it

    -Flat sales tax -No federal tax -No capital gains tax -No corporate tax and US of A will become again a financial and industrial superpower in a few years.
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    Question - what if we DIDN'T stimulate the economy???

    Why don't you take "c": Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy
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    Paul Krugman is right on bank nationalization and the Austrians don't get it

    No he isn't and he doesn't even believe it himself most probably but his boss told him to say so. He is no economist any longer, he is a showman and a politician and we all know how well these two go together.
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    Why favorable R:R?

    I think his approach is data mining and that is highly nonlinear way of finding systems.
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    your trading book

    He meant an options trade log:)
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    GE is a buy at 5 bucks

    It will also be a buy at 4 bucks or 3 bucks:)
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    Do You Think Trading is Gambling?

    The ultimate aim of trading is price discovery. Trading in any market is essential for proper valuations. Trading can be gambling for some people called impulsive or emotional traders. They too provide liquidity and money to the whole industry to function better. Gamblers are needed...
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    Duration of a bond.

    It is used for cash flow immunization and portfolio selection. The lower the duration the more liquid the portfolio is. Also, duration of a coupon bond is the equivalent maturity of a zero coupon bond with the same yield. So you can use duration to buy a zero coupon instead.
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    Effective Use of Leverage

    What's a pillar strategy? I know they make pyranids in Egypt.
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    CNBC: The "End" of Warren Buffett

    Accounting is dead
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    Newbie question: how to start trading FOREX?

    I'm forex fundamentalist...
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