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    Why can't I make money - when I know what do do?

    Well I actually am able to make some $ on them. The reason I lost big last year was really simple - and stupid. 1. I bought Fannie Mae...and Rode it from 13 to 6. lostlike 20k there. 2. I bought WaMu, on the day of the JPM buyout, when I came home shit was @ .20 cents....I "betted" they...
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    Why can't I make money - when I know what do do?

    Im 22 years old...that was my 4 years worth of savings, I doubt I will save that much again - for a while, especially in these crappy job market. Thanks for the opinion though, although I would prefer to trade. Now, I mostly trade ETF's like SRS / FAZ / stocks like RIMM and GS.
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    Why can't I make money - when I know what do do?

    Yes, thats exactly what I seem to be always griefing about. Coulda.Shoulda.Woulda. Every time I see trades that i was "placing in my head" do extremelly well, then the one time I do end up placing a trade, it goes the wrong way, I quickly cover my loss ( 100$ max downside I allow myself)...
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    Why can't I make money - when I know what do do?

    One thing I noticed is...I know what to do , but I still can't make money. I just got the IQ feed, and use 144 ticks , I trade mostly high volume ETF, like SRS FAS FAZ DIA DXD ...GS RIMM and POT. I mostly try to find simple patterns, like, HH/HL , LH/LL / Double bottom, double top, head...
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    I need help with QT

    I got the reply from Jerry, thanks guys.
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    I need help with QT

    I use TD AMeritrade, so it says I get TD Ameritrade data feed for free. Everything is real time, but the charts look plain retarded like youu see in my pictures.
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    I need help with QT

    Guys I need major help, the QT team is not answering my emails, and I'm stuck. I have been using QT for about 2 weeks now, and my problem is using it with tick charts especially, below you will see a picture of my chart window how it looks. I mostly trade stocks/etfs like you see, but the...
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    I got $90K from credit cards, where would you invest?

    Invest everything into Citibank, Bank of America, Fannie and Freddie.
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    Taking 320K to 3.5million by Year End 2009

    Neke, do you use minute charts or tick bars for your intra day trades?
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    TD ameritrade is garbage

    Original Poster, I had the same problem, Command Center is a complete piece of shiit, DO NOT USE IT. INSTEAD, use QuoteTracker ( its AWESOME !) , its better since its installed on your computer, not streamed with stupid Java software that lags, the charts are amazing and very...
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    I blew up , feels so bad

    I use TD Ameritrade ( 9.99$ / trade) , day trading margin is 3x account value
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    I blew up , feels so bad

    Yes I can short, I have margin ( 12k buying power).I mostly do 100 share trades now, options are too confusing, although i did see a thread of 1 guy, taking 2000 to 104,000 from august to november trading options only..pretty impressive. I want to get better at stocks, before I touch...
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    I blew up , feels so bad

    Right now My account is at about 4,000$, I decided not to add anym ore money, and just work from what I have now, back to where i was. I dont trade many stocks anymore, I trade mostly ETF's, like SPY SRS FAS FAZ DXD DIA , and RIMM GS AAPL POT. All i need basically. It just sucks...
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    I blew up , feels so bad

    Im 22 years old...started trading IN April 08, Had 39,000$ account...all my savings ( 4 years worth) ...by September I was down to 3k. I was mad/sad/depressed etc. but that shit didnt get me anywhere, I learned a big lesson the hard way, I felt more like I was gambling, I used to avg. down and...
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    Taking 320K to 3.5million by Year End 2009

    Neke, I have ameritrade also, do you use Command Center or Strategy Desk for your intra day trading ?
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    I'm confused the more charts I look at

    Ok, so' I am planing on Swing trading, but my problem is I dont know which charts / how many charts / which time intervals I am supposed to be looking at. When I have too many they start confusing the crap out of me...like 1day / 1 min or 5 days / 2 min etc... Whats the the best...
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