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    Is it possible to join a Prop Firm if I make 1% a month?

    I assume you're talking about a true prop firm where you need a license and will get a boat load of leverage. If that's the case, I think a prop firm would be ok with that, especially since you must be very tight with your risk. As a matter of fact, a lot of leverage would probably be a great...
  2. J

    Scaling in to winning trades

    That book is the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of the thread. Best trading book I've read. And I've read dozens.
  3. J

    Hey Trader Are You Just Surviving Or Soaring High?

    There are no silly squiggly lines on my charts. Gave them up years ago.
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    what else do i need to learn before trading

    Agreed. You won't find any squiggly lines on my charts. Not even volume. (Except for relative volume in my scanner) They're totally naked.
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    what else do i need to learn before trading

    Ditch the RSI now rather than learning later on how unnecessary it is.
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    Bad Day

    I apologize. It wasn't a bad day. It was a horrible day. But must you feel so bad about yourself to make me feel even worse about my day. It's basic psychology. Those who hate themselves try to destroy others. I can understand if it happened in another thread where people are giving each...
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    Bad Day

    I don't know if you've been drinking, or if you're just a fucking moron. This wasn't a bad day. People lost loved ones in front of my eyes today. Please recognize the difference.
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    Bad Day

    I don't see any other option. I've been through plenty of tough times in my life. Time and strength seems to be the key. To everything.
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    Bad Day

    I know I've posted shit that makes me seem like a whiner, but today is different. I live in a small town, so everyone knows everyone. So when I came across a bad crash today with half a dozen squad cars and many ambulances and fire trucks, it got my attention. I asked an officer who I knew if...
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    Which prop firms allow stock trading ?

    Are you kidding? There are all kinds of them out there. Edit: Never mind. I thought you meant a real prop firm. I just looked up SurgeTrader. I hate it when these pay to play rackets call themselves prop firms. If you're any good, why not get your 57 and go with an actual pro firm? You're...
  11. J

    Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Receives NASDAQ Delisting Notice

    I remember trading that stock damn near every day in the late 90s. It was liquid and it was volatile.
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    I'm seriously thinking of giving up on technical patterns.

    Oh what the hell. What good is a thread if I don't at least explain a little bit of what I'm doing. I'm looking at how much a stock falls in one minute relative to its historical 15 minute volatility, which is provided by my scanner. The mean (to me, anyway) is a 50% retracement of that one...
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    I'm seriously thinking of giving up on technical patterns.

    I have my scanner set so that if the S&P falls a certain percentage in a short time, no alerts get triggered. I'm trading a very short time frame and I also use hard stops. Averaging in is a big no no in my trading world. Averaging is reserved for my roth world.
  14. J

    I'm really f...ing tired of winter

    Aaand the weather roller coaster continues...
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    I'm really f...ing tired of winter

    Dear Mother Nature, Please stop being a bitch. Sincerely, A guy who lives where the average high on April 12th is 56 degrees Edit: Brandon, I think we have you beat today.
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    I'm really f...ing tired of winter

    Yep, we're worried about that. My brother is an airline pilot, but he does some crop farming in the summer with a partner who stays local and takes care of things when he's on the road. And I know they don't drill fresh seed every year. They may have to this year. We also have about ten fruit...
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    I'm really f...ing tired of winter

    Well, Wednesday will be almost 30 degrees above normal and 45 degrees warmer than last Wednesday. But at least we had a nice bonus of 25 mph winds when it was cold last week. There will definitely be some grillin and chillin over the next few days.
  18. J

    I'm seriously thinking of giving up on technical patterns.

    I also have enough negativity. We all do. That's why you're now on ignore.
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    I'm seriously thinking of giving up on technical patterns.

    Don't mind at all. I was usually working odd jobs for the first 10 years. And up until a few years ago, I would be a seasonal driver for UPS just to take a break from the trading grind (a grind which sometimes involve not making much money). But honestly, after I quit drinking is when the ideas...
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