Ron, Its a good thing that you dont have the desire to debate politics in this forum because you obviously dont have the intellect.
Hope you do better at trading.
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If my comment had been pro war then you would'nt mind me crossing the line.
I am not a pacifist. In an earlier thread I complained about our soldiers being forced to fight this war with their hands tied behind their backs and I stand behind that comment.
I've...
Off to Iraq to kill women and children.................why not stay at home instead of invading another country?
It's Vietnam all over again.............stupid war,stupid politics and when its all over, nothing worthwhile will have been achieved.
Your friend has a far better chance of making money if he only trades from the long side but the big question is how will he allocate his funds?
If he's trading stocks then he cant afford to place more than 10% of his capital in any one share. Why not tell him to trade one s&p mini from the...
Truth is we are fighting this war with our hands tied behind our backs. I mean we can't have civillians being injured so the Iraqi's change into civillian clothes or hide behind women and children.
Got a US General on Bioomberg at the moment telling me that we are safeguarding the oilfields...
Frequently one has "agreed" trades eg a spread trade where one party would for example be selling 1000 march futures contracts and simultaneously buying 1000 june. Obviously there must be a counter party to such a trade so you would see the 1000 lot go thru without it having any effect on the price.
The odds are pretty good that this guy will never make anything from the markets.So considering this, the advice that the best way to make money in the market was never to get into the market is excellent.
Yeah I know its great to dream but a healthy dose of realism/skepticism/cynicism is a...
Firstly, there are predictions being made in posts on this thread. Maybe not by you but others have made them.
Your observations are technical and whilst you say that you were "just playing around with the chart and the possibilities" most people would conclude that the interpretation of...
my strategy is discretionary, based on patterns and basic technical analysis eg support/resistance, bull/bear flags etc.
Never use indicators , find them too difficult