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    Which CNBC Hottie would you go Long?

    Leslie Laroche (not listed) and Liz Clayman.:D
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    90% traders don't make it???

    well... I can only say what works for me, currently. I use a stock screener to find hot sectors based on beating earnings estimates and select a few in the sector that have large trading volume and good volatility or movement, drill down from there. I trade a few stocks that I look at...
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    90% traders don't make it???

    I stopped trying to speculate on where a stock and the markets were going to go and started re-acting to what it actually did. I started evaluating my risk/reward ratio better, protecting my account principal. I protected my account principal by limiting the amount I was risking and getting out...
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    Good beginner trading book?

    I have to agree with the others on Toni Turner books, they are invaluable, and would provide what you need. - "a beginner's guide to day trading online", "a beginner's guide to short-term trading", and the new one she just published, "Short-Term Trading in the New Stock Market". All three...
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    Top picks?

    Please explain your position on KLAC. Long Swing? Intra-day volatility? Daily Trend? Can email response if you like. Thanks in advance.
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    90% traders don't make it???

    I still use Fidelity. I thought that $8.00 trades regardless of share quantity was on the low end of whats available? Of course there is still much I do not know, please share if you have a suggestion. My size varies by what I am trading. If I trade NFLX, for example, I will normally not...
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    90% traders don't make it???

    Interesting comment. I trade on 4 times margin, thats enough. I learned to control the greed, it was one key reason for being profitable now. I am taking off tommorow, so I can ramble a bit.
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    90% traders don't make it???

    I am going to assume you are referring to "Retail Day Traders", and that we are excluding "Investors". I started Trading Stocks 15 months ago when I parted company with the Large Conglomerate I had a management position with. I worked for this company for 25 years. I was familiar with the...
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    Big bad day, coming soon.....

    Well tommorow is indeed options expiration day and 4 Market moving reports as well will be coming in (Business Inventories, PPI, Industrial Production, and consumer Sentiment). Tommorow will be very volatile. The Naqdaq closed at a new year High, Dow closed at almost a 4 month high , S&P 500...
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