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    Do you pay Health Insurance out of your profits?

    I'm having some dificulty getting permanent health insurance in Texas. As my wife and I run a small business, we are able to get it through a purchasing coop. However, we apparently picked the wrong company (Aetna) who keeps finding reasons (that are incorrect) we are not a small business or...
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    Weds.,9/10 7 winners for $620 10 losers for -$760 Net -$140 A decent day until the OBL video came out, then I got whipsawed some. DS
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    idiots in washington

    Is Bunning Smoot or Hawley? DS
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    Tuesday, 9/9 3 Wins $1250 7 losses $260 Net $990 A day for 2 home runs and a lot of ground outs. I'll take it. Turns out one of my stocks announced some very positive news just after yesterday's close. Fortunately, I was long near the close and caught the move. Funny how some...
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    RIAA suing file swappers

    I think they've gone too far:
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    POLL: Who shall we liberate next?

    The people who pay their own medical insurance bills. DS
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    The dumbest things ever said in court

    From the transcript of the OJ trial: "THE CLERK: "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. In the matter of People of the State of California versus Orenthal James Simpson, case number BA097211. We, the jury, in the above-entitled action, find the Defendant, Orenthal James...
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    Jokes

    Texan jokes are always good, so here is another: Subject: Texas Baby A Texan buys a round of drinks for all the folks in a bar after announcing that his wife has just produced a "typical" Texas baby boy weighing 25 pounds. Congratulations are showered upon him from all around, and...
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    $1500 and it's doing well. Big difference over my old 1g Pentium 3 system. It would take about 20 minutes for Tradestation to load the 75 charts I use. Now it takes under 90 seconds. DS
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    Business and Investing Quotations

    Three from Warren Buffett on the topic of the Efficient Market Hypothesis: "I'd be a bum on the street with a tin cup if the markets were always efficient." "Investing in a market where people believe in efficiency is like playing bridge with someone who has been told it doesn't do any...
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    Yes, each stock has its own parameters. But, before I consider a stock it has to perform well using a set of standard parameters. Briefly, based on the standard parameters, it needs a Win% around 50%, less than 10% drawdown, a profit factor of 2:1 or better, and stable performance over the...
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    For stocks that I use 1 hour bars for, it means I hold around 20 market hours, or roughly 3.0 days. If I use 30 minute bars, then the average hold time is 10 hours or roughly 1.5 days. DS
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    Monday: 9/8/2003 A fairly nice day for the markets. Wins 8 for $780 Losses 4 for -$100 Net $680 Got my new computer running today and it is much much better than the old one. DS
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    Hardware Firewall

    I think you may be referring to me, as I started the thread. All of my software (XP, Norton AV) was updated the night before the attack. I also subscribe to Microsoft's security emails and update the same day I get one that is regarding a critical update. So the supposed security hole was...
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    How do I learn how to back test?

    I've not seen the book , but I tend to agree. TS provides manuals and tutorials and if you want to pay, seminars. IMO, this should be sufficient. DS
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    How not to get screwed by Health Insurance Companies..

    Do you have link to more info on this as I own a Condo in Fl and might be able to declare myself a resident and transfer my biz there. DS
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    How do I learn how to back test?

    I've not used any, but this one seems to get good reviews and comments from people that have it: http://www.traderspress.org/detail.asp?product_id=1494 DS
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    Doug's Little Stocks

    Friday, 9/5: Today was like the saying goes, "a waste of a clean shirt." 10 wins $700 12 losses -$720 All day at the computer to lose $20. I shoulda played golf. Nice weather from the north is finally filtering our way here in Houston. DS
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    How do I learn how to back test?

    You might take a look at Tradestation's tutorial. It, of course, is not completely up to date, but should give you an idea of what is involved. DS http://www.tradestationsupport.com/resources/tutorials/
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    How do I learn how to back test?

    My previous post had troubles and somehow part of it got left out. Wealth Lab and Tradestation are similar in that both are toolkits and do not do much unless you program them. However, they come with many preprogrammed studies that are useful and serve also as examples. I use...
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