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    Sad Sad Day for PALM,RIMM

    we are more comfortable starting to scale into a short than holding a long if we are going to hold it overnight we enter long positions 30dollar area and see with current news a good reason for the stock to test supports. I would personally only hold on a long position when the stock retest...
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    Sad Sad Day for PALM,RIMM

    based upon our indicators rimm is a short now 13550 area with a retractment to 134-13320 area before days end. w
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    Sad Sad Day for PALM,RIMM

    we are doing the same here, see rimm low 129-131 high 136-38 it should stay in this range until the announcement of the new blackberry shortly. we are not holding our long positions overnight at this price for safety but are trying to max our op's on each dollar or two moves. great premiums...
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    Sad Sad Day for PALM,RIMM

    these news breaks do one thing imo and that's give us swing traders a chance to make good money. this is momentum and short squeezing. great op's for shorts. rimm is about to release the new blackberry I understand new few days to week. aapl new phone has no history just hype providing great...
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    AAPL : Institutions driving down price today to get in cheap before MacWorld !!

    will be interesting to see where aapl is end of week. we are just starting a short swing trade as without real history this is a momentum and short squeeze. 96 with exit 93 should be safe, but will short and cover throughout for max op. of revenue. We are also starting long positions on rimm...
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    For those who trade RIMM ~ What am I missing?

    rimm is a great day traders dream. the management has stated several times they will buy on dips to maintain the value they believe the company is worth. they squeeze the shorts each day several times. you have to be patient, I personally scale into this stock because of its volitility and...
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    Broker for US Citizen outside the US

    there are several user friendly brokers here in Nassau who could accomodate his needs. some headquarters are out of the UK. w
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    Is it stupid to short the top % gainers of the day?

    nothing wrong with your idea as long as you can implement a strick risk management control we do it all the time here. cramers initial calls, stock reports and as you have mentioned it will be greed that causes it not to work ie if the stock ran 2dollars a fibo retracement swing trading...
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    Anyone getting Raped on NYSE Market orders?

    your're right I had to accept and evolve as you state. I have been doing your suggestion now for a while. I also find that I will exit the trade on a limit order a few cents above or below current bid/ask so there is usually??? no excuse depending upon my position. appreciate your response...
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    Anyone getting Raped on NYSE Market orders?

    nyse market orders they rape you on limit orders. it takes seconds if not at all to get filled It took almost ten (10) seconds to get filled on gm Many times I have had to call the IB when trying to cover a short in the Metals. The hold you and lock the market then move away and this is on...
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    Whats the minimum capital.....

    200k principal is much larger than most traders start with. the sec requires you maintain a balance of 25k for compliance giving you the ability to trade daily. it also comes down to your need to survive off generated profits.. if you don't need to generate funds initially to pay your monthly...
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    For all the old timers...

    actually I just tried to short the stock and IB's bulletin states it is unavailable for shorting to bad ...looks like a great swing op w
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    Are women better traders?

    Well gentlemen, what's your reference ..in real time.. I have found from real experiences in our office that women do make better traders.. Men tend to take their trades personal..the let their testostrone run and the use of adjective get limited to fourl etters very quickly.. they usually...
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    How many positions do you keep in your head?

    lol great response:D w
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    Bad news and market hardly budges....am I missing something?

    the market right now as many times in the past is being artificially supported.. all you have to do is look at the major holders of the stocks on the nyse or nasdaq .. you have barclay's uk holdings...(England) fidelity ? (USA) Goldman? Israel running the market long.. especially right...
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    anyones esignal losing connection this morning?

    we lose or get esignal comprise several times a day for several seconds. also have noticed esignal data lags more than usual with the broker bid/ask and or is inaccurate with true high/lows/volume for the day in some stocks w
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    Black THURSDAY For Rnvs - 75% One Day Loss!!!

    what is really said it why wasn't the stock halted.. what i personally find strange is some stocks get halted and others not. rmbs, rimm, palm, tasr, nvda over the past few years have all been halted..especially if the stock is looking to move more than 5percent the key no. where stocks can...
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    IB order error?

    I have had similar issues in the past, sometimes though if the stock has been volitile the price will adjust?.. an example I wrote an option and the price i received was different from the executed price and the price shown in the account window differed from the trading window. I verified my...
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    Sonofabitch. RIMM is up $22 in after hours trading...

    that would depend upon your commitment to the trade and if you believe rimm is overvalued and will fall. also what your position size will be.. writting puts limits your exposure and costs you money.. I personally prefer to write the calls...and if necessary use some of the premium to buy...
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    Sonofabitch. RIMM is up $22 in after hours trading...

    it's a bogus move...looking to hit high 105-6area? but then it will fall..they state that the earnings they are reporting are not accurate adn may need to be adjusted..as per options backdating etc.. this is the big boys cleaning out all the shorts ...if you noticed the volume that took the...
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