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I notice yields of government bonds of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Ireland and Italy all show similar long term trends: Portugal http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GSPT10YR:IND <img...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GBTPGR10:IND&n=y Italy 10 year government bond interest rate might be 5.271 %. <img src=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/chart?h=200&w=280&range=1y&type=gp_line&cfg=BQuoteComp_10.xml&ticks=GBTPGR10%3AIND&img=png \img>

I remember my laptop computer doing that years ago. I turned off the keyboard mouse and the problem disappeared.

This article is dated year 2003.

"Swing trading" is a vague term. I associate "swing trading" with long term changes in the business cycle as in "the economy swings from the bottom of a recession to the peak of economic recovery." A trader might buy a stock as the economy begins growing and stock price values increase...

Maybe it's time for some private enterprise to build space ships and a resort on the moon.

I am curious what a graph of blood pressure superimposed on the SP500 index graph looks like. Does anyone have such a graph?

You might try reseating the processors. I wonder if lockups happen if the computer is in safe mode (safe mode uses fewer drivers.)

Ziyan, are you daytrading?

I remember a neighbor telling me about his investment club. He said a broker was one of the directors and churned the account. He says they lost money.

How do your actual execution price values compare to the simulated trade price values?

"a new and alarming finance study finds spikes in options trading ahead of breaking news"

I notice the old people in my neighborhood go out to restaurants often. I do not think they spend much on healthcare (other than medicare payments) because The Government (medicare) pays their health care costs. They buy big screen TV's and talk on cell phones a lot. Some of them drink alcohol...

You might study the Long Term Capital Management story.

If you are trading $ 50 K equity and experiencing a $ 2000 loss ( 4 % risk? ) on an individual trade then your risk might be too big.

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I'm interested in this thread too.

Oil Swaps I'm not familiar with oil swaps. Other readers might not be familiar with oil swaps either. I do not find any results when I search elitetrader.com for oil swaps. I'm curious about oil swaps. This is what I find...

You might obtain some historic rate data and test out some ideas. For example, what happens if you enter when exchange rate is 3 % less than average value and exit when rate is 3 % greater than average value?

I remember holding a losing position once, a long time ago. I recall getting my first and only margin call and losing about 2/3 of my capital. I view the experience as part of my education: "don't hold on to a bad deal."