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That's just how index's work. Surviorship bias is the right term but I guess but maybe not the right context if that makes any sense because the index isn't made to look better because certain stocks have been left out. I mean yes the index's kick out the poor peformers but if you buy SPY or...

:cool: Those are great results. Would you mind sharing some additional stats such as: Share sizes/Capital per position, do you scale in or enter at only one price for each trade, max capital in use, max consecutive winners/losers, and what the avg hold time is. Also can you share...

Futures systems typically lend themselves to mechanical rules better than equites atleast historically from what i have seen and the testing i have done. The main benefit with the non equity stuff is you can trade a basket of them and they don't correlate like the equity stuff does. There...

The piece wasn't on trading or "real traders" it was on Jim Cramer. What do you expect a documentary...they have 10 min on the back end of the program to fill..... If they put Cohen, Drukenmiller or Okin on then 99% of the viewing audience would likely turn the channel. My next door...

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=60Sunday part of it but most of that clip didn't make the show.

Have to agree with that assesment. No offense to anyone that uses all that stuff but generally the more lines, circles, indicators, studies, etc I see on a guys monitor layout, the faster he's losing money when i get to know him. I've often thought about why, orginally thinking that they are...

someone post the latests coupon link please. :cool:

The chances it would get added to the DOW anytime soon are somewhere between zero and .000001 percent. It will get added to the S&P soon, its probably the next stock to get added to that index and many people were suprised it wasn't added a few months ago when a slot opened. The Nasdaq...

Sorry what were the other two? So your up 80% on the year trading OPM. Why the end of year distribution setup? Nobody wanted to pay your quarterly or did you set it up that way? nice results.

Yes! Very happy to see this thread with your CONSOLIDATED thoughts. :-P Cheers. :p :cool:

When would you have suggested he do it?

.....is it really necessary to start a new thread header everytime you want to express an opinion on the mkt? There are about a thousand of us that have to wade through these threads that you continue to start which have a life expectancy and relativity factor of about 3 hours. People...

Was thinking the EXACT same thing when i clicked on the Header. Can you ease up on giving your daily opinion on the state of the markett, a particular stock, the economy, what greenspan said, etc, etc. Everyone else that does this starts a JOURNAL, not a hundred plus threads that clog up the...

why would it be deleted? :confused:

With articles like this starting to pop up and wanting to cover when the the major mag's do their "is the consumer tapped" cover stories closer to christmas or the end of year: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/28/D8CTGEIO2.html "Overdue Credit Card Bills Hit Record High" What is...

Your expectations per trade will probably differ fairly dramatically however on a per share basis most intraday traders are only making 1-3 cents per share. I take that back....most "profitable" intraday traders make that. I'm sure someone will post that they make a lot more than that, but...

that sounds too optomistic, that was the number before volatility collapsed. on second thought....maybe that is right....the volatility contraction might be keeping people in the game a few months longer after all. :p

That was also my worst day ever.......the "black swan" got me. Have never been that heavy on one side of the market since then. I'm guessing you must have been on the opposite of some of my trades. You owe me some beers. :p

:confused: No mention of a gold stock in the aticle. I think the columnist made a good point....gold was up even with the dollar strong yet nobody came in to book profits with it being up nicely on the month. am i missing something? I don't follow the dollar or gold tick by tick each day...

Probably a better thread for the stocks forum but I'll chime in. IMO the increased cost in gasoline will soak up enough discretionary income elsewhere that walmart will likely guide down next quarter or slightly miss atleast on the top line which would more than mitigate whatever they take in...