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    we don't have too much time left to trade, another 25 years that is all

    is global warming proven ? no. Is it likely, based on the observable evidence ? yes. ok: other posters have observed that the marketing of global warming has been designed to : 1) get us to "invest" in non-proven, expensive to market, alternative energy schemes 2) get us to pay...
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    Three Pervasive Myths in the Trading World

    i do not agree with the source, on a couple of points: what use is an edge, if you do not have staying power ? The ability to stick to a properly researched method and trade by your rules, instead of emotions, is paramount in trading. Failing to exercise discipline, is a recipe for...
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    What are some good career choices for those over 40?

    absolutely not ! No entitlements. check... but ... no truth, either. after all, that would inconvenience all those who made their money fairly, like roosevelt, or rockefeller, or morgan, or carnegie, or bache, or ... etc etc etc. why should we have decent health care, say, when we...
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    What's your favorite trading quote of all time?

    "He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all." --James Graham, Marquis of Montrose and “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” -- Woody Allen
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    Where does everyone live/trade and how old.

    i live in the mountains of NC and i am 42. i have been trading exclusively screen for 5 years, did 11 years in the grains and metals pits before that. Now, i trade the es and er2 indexes
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    Is trading Gambling or not .."What say You" Vote here.

    i do not believe that trading is gambling, in that you can make a reasonable study of the arguments, then extrapolate forward on the expectancy. trading is simply an exercise in statistics. this is utterly unlike gambling, in that future performance can be predicted, with an acceptable...
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    I saw with my own eyes

    mr. grant, i applaud you. Simple, elegant, witty hypocrisy such as yours is truly rare. sincerely sir, top hole. Do tell me, why do you and yours speak English, rather than, say, German, or Russian, or ... French ? The elites of England (and the rest of "civilized" Europe) have always...
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    I don't miss office politics.

    i believe all of you are more in symmetry than you know: since it is psychological type which determines an individual' s relative happiness in the corporate world. given an acceptable level of intelligence: if you are of extroverted type, you will love corporate america; if, however, you...
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    Are women better traders?

    how do you become a "protected class" in trading ? either you are good, or you are gone. where is the threat ? i have traded profitably for 13 years, now. No one i work with cares about my sex, just my results. as it should be.
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    Rumsfeld Resigns

    i am sick to death of people calling the rape of iraq a "war." it was no more a war than the one the poles fought against army group B. Simply disgusting ! History will not be kind.
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    Trading on congressional legislation?

    what is the point ? Those who will listen have already heard. Those who can be persuaded have already bailed. All that are left are the soma addicts. What, exactly, do you hope to change ? The thing that saddens me, is that i lost over half my family last time. I hoped that "never again"...
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    The Chronicles of Rennick

    i had been trading for 7 days on black monday. nice comeback, mr rennick
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    Effect of children on your trading

    i have 4. my husband and i trade together and homeschool our children. it works, but it is not easy. we started together after our 2nd child was born and have been doing it now for about 6 years. we are successful ... and still happily married ... lol good luck to you. if you want...
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    What is your single biggest fear in life?

    1): alzheimer' s. or a stroke which induces a similar condition: imagine living the rest of your life as a zombie, without being aware of the damage you cause to all around you ... a truly living death. dreadful ! nothing else bothers me a whit, except for the paranoid fear of being long...
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    Trader Myers-Briggs Personality Type

    interesting. trading must now join the physical sciences as the last refuge of the int. i am an inxp, myself rare for a woman ... fewer than 1 / 100000. oh, well. i am distinguished at last.
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    Anyone ever try to explain their trading career choice to family?

    it was the toast of the Marquis of Montrose: "He either fears his fate too much; else his deserts are small; who will not put it to the touch; to win or lose it all" the essence of trading is risk. if you will not dream big ... what hope is there for you to succeed ?
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    Midnight rally

    i have actually taken the time to read all of this. having done so, i'll nibble. this is for real ? as i understand it, the rules of this trade are: wait for a 2 day decline in the ym, or any significant intraday low. then buy 30 min before the close, and the "overnight crew" will...
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    IB Suggestions & Improvements

    extremely helpful. thank you very much !
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    IB Suggestions & Improvements

    The only improvement I would like is to have the facility to buy or sell at market using the booktrader. Several competitors / software add-ons exist that have this facility -- TT as an example of the former, TradeMaven as an example of the latter --2 buttons, allowing one to buy @ market or...
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    IQ and trading

    thank you for letting me know about how to post clips :)) ... i rarely post here, but this topic interests me. i have found, as our friend the engineer posted earlier, that those with high eq tend to do better in life than those with hi iq ... i am smart, yes, but, i am also deranged ... lol
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