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Absolutely great news! A definite step in the right direction. Now, if only the supreme court will uphold the decision. Next step: get rid of the "In god we trust" on the money.

The roaring 00s? Don't you mean the roaring 90s?

What about Shortboy? My man short boy will kick all their butts! No one can hold a candle to shortboy!

cool it gato. 'twas but a joke.

Yep, that is simply inexcusable. I think it's high time we got the SEC in on this.

I agree with your comments about Wall St/Joe Public sentiment being a solid indicator (contrarian). I'm not sure we can statement with absolute certainty that bear markets slip quietly out the back door though. I don't really think we've had enough of them to make a judgement as to their...

Darkhorse, I may not always agree with you, but I've gotta hand it to ya - you're a master of the analogy.

I agree with you that after a trade is put on, the information the market provides is probably interpreted subjectively. However, I disagree that one cannot be without bias before putting on a trade. (I'm not sure you need to restrict that statement to just daytraders, it should apply equally...

Not sure what you mean by "Gordon Gekko" sydrome. Are you referring to the ET member or the movie character? I can definitely relate to giving away some profits, but I still maintain that trades, when presented (according to your style), simply have to be taken. Incidentally, if these...

Where's the "no bias" option?? For the record, probably 70% of my trades this year have been short, and, given the heavy selling we've seen, with good reason. I wouldn't say I have a "bias" though.

That's more India's problem. Pakistan can just lob one over to the other side of the country and let Bangladesh (another enemy) cop the fallout.

"Put it aside, don't risk it, save it for a rainy day, buy gold etc" are all decent bits of advice, and I can see the merit in them. My preference, though, is to trade it on a longer term (I'm a daytrader). If you just want to take a no-thinking-required buy and hold mutual fund approach...

Did you mean "rising unemployment"? Could be just me, but an "upturn in unemployment" sounds a bit ambiguous. The thing is, given the exact same data two economists can (and routinely do!) make diametrically opposed forecasts for the future. Like a curve-fit trading system, econometrics...

tom_p, yep. Thinking about it again now, I agree. There isn't a logical contradiction afterall.

MurreyMath eat your heart out! Does anyone whether these guys actually succeeded in their quest to "beat the markets" (whatever that means)? Although it spans about 8 years, unbelievably, the book doesn't even give an answer to this.

Darkhorse, where did Warren Buffet say this about the market? Do you have a link? Personally, I wouldn't put much stock in what Buffet says about the market's prospects. His record indicates that he most certainly does know something about markets, but I would question his motivation for...

I was just about to ask what the implications of a "chaotic" market would be. Your answer, for the most part, does a decent job of explaining that. I think I understand what you are trying to say with that last paragraph, and if so, I agree, but the way you've written it gives a less than...

Well, what I can say to that but Thank You Chas. :)

The results are the same, except system B saves you a couple of dollars on commissions. Put your average gain and average win in dollars/cents or points rather than absolute dollars. For example, for stocks, say average win is $2.75, average loss 80 cents, or 5.5 points win 2.25 points...

I was trying to be sarcastic dude (guess I falied). They guy was asking if the free trial was worth a look. Well, it's FREE ain't it???