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In plain english, what the OP is saying is that setup A is not very reliable so he takes a small position, if setup A fails, that is actually a signal, a signal that setup B has a very high probability of working, therefore he doubles his size on the 2nd trade. So he is basically betting more...

Marketsufer - for a stock like CROX are you willing to hold for a long period of time before the stock finally collapses? do you average down?

Selling USD -> USD depreciates To prevent USD from depreciating, you could raise interest rates - thus giving people an incentive to buy up USD (causing appreciation of USD) and invest it to earn the higher interest rate

Just remember, IQ and trading are uncorrelated ^_^

Nice - keep it up!

Anyone follow this index? "The Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, the first intellectual property index, represents a diversified portfolio of 300 companies that own valuable patents. The American Stock Exchange recognizes it as “the first major, broad-based market equity index to be launched...

Yes - lots of players don't bother studying because the company sponsored them for the exam - they don't take it seriously Level I - I studied about 2 hours a day for 2 months = 120 hours Of course if you wait until there is only 1 month left you'll probably have to put in at least 150...

Level I is a joke 36% passing rate is skewed On test day - 2 people sat next to me 1 of them finished the morning section in 2 hours - during break time I asked him how he finished so quickly He said his employer sponsored him for the exam - and he didn't bother studying - just tried...

Yes it can be done, but do you have the balls to take on enormous risk (risk of ruin)?

Defeats the whole purpose of TA TA's big advantage over FA is that you can trade instrument by identifying the setups fairly quickly Whereas it takes so much more time to do FA on every single stock

Haha not really, CFA was a joke for me 70% pass rate in level 3 I just wrote for the essays whatever and they gave me points

Why do you say it's hacked?

There was once a wise man, who lived in a certain small town and to whom many came for advice and information. One day a newcomer to the town went to the wise man and said: “What sort of people are they who live here?” The wise man replied by asking: “What sort of people were they in the...

Good luck on Friday, hope you can 'represent' ET - claim that $10k

I'm actually glad they don't post the portfolio values for the leader board In the hedge fund world, you don't know how other funds are doing on a daily basis - a little bit of realism in an otherwise unrealistic contest haha

Who are you to say he is never coming back to the markets again? If you read the Market Wizards, many of them came back from the brinks of despair to make it. Besides, success does NOT depend on whether you win or lose. Success is defined as going after what you want and having fun. A...

That doesn't sound cynical, that is just girl-talk. Girls are the ones who talk about HAVING. Having the money to buy LV handbags and show off to other girls Having the money to buy the dream home Having a husband who makes lots of money so she can show off how she got a 'great...

When one guy says he is an I-banker at Goldman, and then someone asks you what you do, do you proudly tell them you are an independent trader? Does seeing BIDU open at $50 and rocket up to $150 in 1 day, give you a bigger orgasm than 3P? Is Monday morning more exciting than Friday night...

Simple - buy stocks right before earnings release In this game, in order to live, you must be willing to die

That should instill confidence in your clients/family since you made a nice call