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I dunno why you guys are so busy fighting over who made 'the call' first. For all you know it could be wrong. The Dow could go up 400 pts tomorrow and keep going. I think the probability of us going down from here is high, but that's only a probability. Anything can happen.

I'm thinking this beast might tank...

and finally the nasdaq

And here's the S&P

Take a looky at the daily trend line on the dow

How about shorting the dollar on the spot forex market? that's decentralized, so it would never close. But what other currency would you pair it with?

Let's say terrorists set off a nuke in NYC. You are carrying a full load of longs when the market closes. You cannot exit. How do you hedge those positions?

I have one swing trading strategy that holds water-- seems to work now and backtests well since '97 (far back as I can go). I only want to trade high volume stocks, i.e. 800k shares a day minimum. I do this because I want the strategy to be scalable. I cannot find another strategy within...

Ok, I realize none of you are accountants, but just wanted your opinions. If someone makes about 10-20 swing trades a week, yet maintains another full-time job, can that person ever get out of the investor election with taxes?

For someone swing trading odd lots on IB with very liquid stocks, what is important to know about order routing? Is it best to just select smart order routing? Thanks.

You guys talk about trading like it's an Eastern philosophy akin to finding your chi or something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't profitable trading ultimately boil down to 1) either you do/don't have a positive expectancy strategy and 2) either you do/don't follow that strategy...

From a fundie perspective, I personally think Blockbuster and AOL (the internet part) have antiquated business models. Tivo technology + payperview = no need for physical rental stores. The only reason AOL ever took off was because people needed a dumbed-down interface when the net first...

Did you see the guy on CNBC yesterday talking about shorting QCOM? He was chief technical analyst for some company I'd never heard of. He basically said the same thing you did-- it's in a downtrend and didn't participate in the rally.

Concerning the premise of the original movie... Why, if computers have the power to enslave all human kind for exploitation, do they even bother humoring us with a false reality? Why not just let us suffer in those little energy harvesting pods? Are the computers so altruistic that they would...

QCOM's chart looks like the perfect short setup. The NASDAQ, on the other hand, doesn't. That would make me nervous.

What's the timeframe that trends the most? I guess the answer to this question changes over time. But how would you quantify the answer if you wanted to know today? For those who use trend-based systems, answering this question is essential.

Actually I'm clueless about futures in general... Could someone explain the follwoing to me?? I type in ed03z and the chart goes all the way back to '98 and is liquid the whole time. Why is that? I thought futures traded different contracts? Why is the '03z contract showing up on my chart...

Here's a metaphor: You own a casino. Only in your casino you can kick out people when they start to win (cut losses) and force people to stay when they lose (let winners run). In your casino you control how many people come in and out (pick when to trade). Your commissions, data feed, etc...

but are the futures and spot forex the same, from a backtesting perspective? for one, forex doesn't gap.

The question is, how the hell do you backtest on forex? Are wealthlab and esignal the only programs that can do it?