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  1. cafeole

    Trading Rooms?

    Start one. Slack is not a bad platform. You can manage the invites and discourse. The amount of messages are limited for the free version, but you can upgrade from there if that becomes an issue.
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    Programatically locating chart geometry

    You might look fractals and see if you can find out how they are implemented.
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    Market Play Back Service?

    Their simulator used to be called RapidSP. It was not very good. With their new website design I can't tell what, if anything, has changed. When I used them they stopped providing data around 2017.
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    America spends about twice as much on health care as other rich countries but has the highest infant

    I do not go through a GP and I do not wait weeks or months for a specialist. I don't know where you get your info. I agree costs here are higher than they need be, but I would not want healthcare anywhere in the world but here.
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    America spends about twice as much on health care as other rich countries but has the highest infant

    Stats like these are useless. You need to look into the living conditions, education, earnings, etc, of the population that is losing these babies. I can see a scenario where most of the deaths are coming from mothers who put their babies at risk during pregnancy. My guess is the healthcare...
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    In need of a mentor...

    Then by all means go for it. With the proper expectations in place trading can rewarding and enjoyable. If you are intent on trading futures, this is my recommendation - 1. Sim trade until you have a strategy that is profitable over time. 2. Live trade micros until you are profitable over...
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    In need of a mentor...

    IMO, you will not earn a living trading the market at this stage. As I said in my other post, learning to trade takes a long time, becoming profitable even longer (if ever). You most definitely need an income source while learning this stuff. DO NOT spend thousands of dollars on programs that...
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    In need of a mentor...

    I am really sorry about your disease. I hope you fully recover. The most important thing I would like you to know is this - trading is stressful and stress feeds cancer. Make sure you are 100% healthy before attempting to place a trade. You can read and learn, play with the software and get the...
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    Wealth disparities

    It all boils down to the concept of "fairness". This is a man made idea that holds no water in reality. There has never been a time in the history of the universe where things were "fair". We cannot legislate it, we cannot make it so in any way.
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    Amp or NinjaTrader

    The real bummer is you don't get OCO entries without paying for a lease or buy the platform for a lot of money.
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    Almost everyone is lying. Because there's no such...

    Well said. My engineering education did not make me a successful engineer. No class I took gave me an engineering AHA moment. Why should it be any different in trading.
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    Almost everyone is lying. Because there's no such...

    Absolutely spot on. I am a retired hardware engineer and software guy and this is the hardest thing I have ever tried. I am not there yet, but I think I am getting pretty close.
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    Life after death is clearly real. Why do people still ridicule it?

    All morality in Western civilization, for over 1000 years, is based on the Bible. Our laws and US Constitution is based on it. British laws and culture is based on it. There has never been a more moral time in the history of the world and it is based on Judea-Christian ethics. Rome fell because...
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    Life after death is clearly real. Why do people still ridicule it?

    Without God and life after death there is no reason for morality. Take what you can get anyway you can get it because there is nothing else. Don't like someone - take them out. No reason not to. There are no consequences. Want money - steal it. No reason not to. You couldn't stop me and your...
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    Is trading really hard work?

    BTW, I am not trying to win an argument. Most people do not work hard enough to be successful at trading. I agree. But I think it is more than that. We fear the risk more than we want the profit, IMO. That is partially because of survival instincts, partly learned.
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    Is trading really hard work?

    We will just have to disagree. I believe that you can know everything there is to know about trading and disregard risk you will fail. I believe it is the absolute most important thing to learn about trading there is. I took a course from a successful trader who said (paraphrasing) "You can take...
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    Is trading really hard work?

    My point exactly. Risk is the hardest to master and something every trader has to master before becoming successful. However, most people grow up avoiding risk. We tend to take the path of least resistance. In America today, we can do this and get away with it most of the time. In trading we...
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    Is trading really hard work?

    To be consistently profitable you HAVE to manage risk. Risk is inherent in all trading and it is the hardest thing to grasp for most people.
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    Is trading really hard work?

    In America today we live in a time where you can make a living and enjoy life with little or no risk. We grew up learning how to live risk free. Work hard in school, get decent grades, get a job. It was drilled into us in our formative years. 2+2 is always 4. Put that on a test and get an A...
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    Brokers requiring Wire Transfer with "To further credits to" memo?

    I had to do this last week to fund a broker account. I couldn't figure out how to do it online so I went to the bank and had them do it.
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