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unsettled trade is what they are probably doing. What that means is that you sold some abc and then turned around and bought some xyz with that cash before the abc trade settled. Stock trades settle in 3 days. Technically any money from a stock trade can not be used or withdrawn until the...

We are traders, speculators, not investors. All that we care about is predictable movement (Predictable in the span of a few hours, or days). If the market goes down, short it, if it goes up, go long. It doesn't matter. We make money on volatility, not on price appreciation. This current market...

But you have to be very good. Each day, we see the markets move 1 or 2 % in one direction or the other. If you are a very sharp trader, and can catch those moves without too many losing trades, then sure, its doable. But, most folks wont be able to. No fear though, if you can average 50 basis...