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    Aphie's REAL Trading Journal

    PRICELESS!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :eek:
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    tax revolt

    yes the california property assement increases were limited to 2% annually, however, the municipalities just layer on direct assessments, so the revolt was not a 100% success. considering Mell-Roos, which allows municipalities to pile infrastructure costs on developers, who intend in-turn to...
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    Aphie's REAL Trading Journal

    maybe work a few hours over the weekend and head to walmart - i here there's a sale on shotguns. good luck - everybody has a first day...
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    Aphie's REAL Trading Journal

    good luck alphie... best wishes! ive taken you off ignore and looking forward to your posts.
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    Vocation, Vocation, Vocation

    i believe that a big part of it is a belief that you are right - you see something and it makes sense to you and you do it. not following the herd - maybe a little different... i never wanted to work in an office - my mom worked a union job most of her life, then the office closed and she...
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    TonySanDiego TRIES to trade

    maybe scaling out is a better way to stay in trades longer? but, "sometimes" we continue with habits we develope early on and they can be very hard to break - like you close your eyes and hold on and it turns out fine and our minds tend to focus on the times it works vs. the more frequent...
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    TonySanDiego TRIES to trade

    what was the rational for riding the 1/2 position of GS up to the next round number and then riding it all the way down past your original entry and then adding to a loser? was there some sort of R/S rationale? i scale out more than in, although i will add back. but, i try to take high...
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    Margo's Swing Journal

    margo, some nice set-ups on the wedges. are you using a scanning program or do you trade the same stocks over and over as the rattle around in the channel/wedge? or, do you just can charts or look for volume scans or pattern scans, i.e., doji? exit points: do you intend to exit 100% at...
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    Margo's Swing Journal

    margo, thanks for posting - are you looking for comments? i dont have TV and only read IBD. seems to help... need a real-time news source though... i was massively short on both inter-meeting rate cuts - looked like green rockets all across the board. didnt need the news that day to...
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    Trading with Market Profile

    if i change my user name, can we confimed this discussion to they, them and us?
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    Trading is a zero sum game

    once again - its not complicated. who lost the $100? somebody had to lose to have a ZSG. are we sure its zero sum game? could it be zero sum gain? im not posting anymore on this thread... its not about being righ - its about making money - this isnt gonna change my bottom line...
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    Trading is a zero sum game

    ZSG implies that there is a ZERO SUM..... the stock market is not ZSG. my example was fairly simple - who lost $100 - the answer is also very simple - NOBODY! Gum, cousins and all manner of confusion will not change that. if you believe you are correct, fine... this is really not gonna...
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    Trading is a zero sum game

    company is created with 10 shares at $10 bucks. 1 share is sold at $20. value of company = $200. if this is ZSG, then who lost the 100 bucks?
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    I'm looking for a new Flat monitor

    i think fryes had a flat panel on sale for like $450... i couldnt read the advert; a combo of too many hours in front of a monitor and vanity (i might not be able to see shit, but at least i dont wear glasses). LOL! BTW, im waiting until january for after-Xmas sales.
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    what to do when you're screwed

    gordon, you are 24 so im sure this will be lost on you. you have your health. be grateful. you didnt conquer the market just 6 years out of high school - big deal! i still work full-time and trade part-time, which is difficult. when i say part-time, ill trade only the mornings for a...
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    Home Builders

    in socal, homebuilders are raking it in. real estate values have skyrockected here in socal. the residential market, both MFD (apt) and SFRS(houses), have really been moving. in some areas, id say MFD projects have appreciated 15% or more since 5/02, and thats on top of +/-20% to 25% gains YOY...
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    Inca/isld

    "their own little world" - wasnt that the gripe with island and the ETFs?
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    if you are bored

    any women in the second half?:D
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    Holy Cr*p ISLD blocked from providing QQQ ,DIA, and SPY full book quotes

    well, the IRAQ issue is front and center. is the timing a coincidence? no enforcement on enron, wcom, tyco - but, lets get island!!!! who is working with pitt at the SEC: larry, moe and curly? as i said before, the curtain is open and we can see the wizard. they may get away with this crap...
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