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Answers (forgive me for not repeating the questions, as others do without regard for space): 1- Pro traders use steady systems over time, but that is not to say that any system is without dry spells. 2- Weekdays, no Fridays, 0930-? 3- Long weekends every week. A few weeks a year away...

I was not, but you pre-market people were. The stock market was still open for a bit after the first attack, so what is your memory of how you and other traders were impacted by the news? Did you stop trading and watch the news?

It's Bush's fault.

Overseas where? It might speed your connection a bit to use of IB's overseas servers instead of calling home.

Agreed, but I doubt we've seen the end of the bailouts or the true bottom of the market. I do wish the government would just get out of the way and let the market correct itself.

You crude animal! How can you think of women in such ways? /sarcasm Get a yacht with TWO suites, and make sure the shower is 7 feet tall.

If my stategies stop working, I will just go back to the same place these came from. Me. I made them, and I can make more.

The Fed is based on loaning currency to the treasury AT INTEREST. Even if the discount rate is zero, the Fed still makes money on the taxpayers with its Monopoly money, and has since 1913.

Agreed. Government tampering in private business is tantamount to socialism. Right up Hussein's alley! So don't expect a change anytime soon.

Will do, Chief.

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Look, we all have (or had) jobs we cannot stand, with jerks we would just as soon throw in front of a bus than smile to, etc. But that is the price to pay, for now. In your field, is it possible to work a shift that does not interfere with market hours? Logically, yes, still crazy. One can...

Kudos on your history.

Same thing happens with penny stocks. Hint...

You are trading with money you cannot afford to lose. RED FLAG. Close all positions, cancel all orders, log off your platform, turn off the PC and go to work for a while. When you have your emotions and finances well in-hand, the market will be here waiting.

You have to copy and paste the link, not click, or it won't work.

If you need entertainment and provocative ideas about the market, buy a hundred subscriptions to newsletters, chat rooms, etc. You don't need any of them to make money. My nine kids give me plenty of entertainment.

Stock777, this is evidence but not proof.

Yes, it is crazy and foolish to give up solid money for maybe money. If you are GOOD at trading, work out a schedule for you to trade a few hours in the day. Nothing wrong with monitoring your positions at work. :) Some of us, regardless of our educations, Couldn't make this living and...

Glad that I manage my own pension funds and IRAs. :)