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I don't think we are. I would've thought that it would be a major big deal by now, with everyone discussing the impact/non-impact on this and that. Myself, I think a raise in rates is a definite -- but I find I am very much in the minority. (And then, it cracks me up when the market does its...

Ohferchrisakes.

No one challenges your bibliographic skills.

Oh hell, man! Every time I've tried to scalp in the last ....5+ years? I've lost money. What's to show? "Red ink." Before that? I was a bread-n-butter ES scalper for years. Psychologists call this "projection" -- where (it's been a while, but I'm paraphrasing from wayyyy back) we see the world...

Maybe. And maybe not. Sure, it makes us all feel warm and fuzzy with regard to the Efficient Market Hypothesis that lets us make sense of the world. But in practice? In harsh, repeatable, ugly reality? Go inspect the SPX options bid-ask spreads. Check out the weekly(s); check out the...

GTFO. Re-capitalize. You are not in a place (mentally or financially) to accept the risk exposure necessary to garner the reward you seek. Your ability to push mouse buttons is not a license to trade. You must bring a set of skills to the market that, like the profile of a key in a lock, pushes...

Two valleys are situated on either side of a mountain ridge. In one valley, the farmers are highly mechanized, and have been for years, and have harvested a rich crop for years. In the other valley, the farmers are just learning about rotation, efficient fertilizer deployment, no-till plantings...

You are setting yourself up for a *ferocious* Bad Day. "Repent! Repent, Sinner! While there's yet time!" And all that and more......

A little food for thought: (Fresh-cooked from a noon-time scrape.)

That's your response? The thread was started by someone who correctly observed that the definition, as had been used for decades, has been borrowed, morphed, and lost its original intent. (Reminds me of "peruse" actually -- which seems oh-so appropo.) My first reflection to you was that in...

You first wrote with an interest of reducing confusion, but then cite investopedia -- whose business model is based on selling pablum to those (earnestly?) seeking first-level knowledge. They will publish crap like this and will not take it down, despite a relative *campaign* of folks trying to...

Chapter One: Sometimes, if you get in a fix, and get worried, you have to buy yourself some time. But mostly, you just want to sell it. The end.

Ohfergawdsakes -- don't ever quote investopedia. It just shoots any credibility you're hoping for, all to hell.

While I agree with your definition, a couple of points: -- the magic phrase now seems to be "tick-" scalping. I don't care for it, exactly, but it's safer in conversation. On the other hand, and to your point, those day-traders just can put themselves up to writing "I am a week-scalper." Meh...

In light of observable history of half-a-dozen events in the last few years... Two questions: #1) what would make the VIX jack from 11 to 25? #2) is the answer to #1 predictable. Are we done yet? No?? #3) what happens to my account, *when* the events cited in #1 come to "actuation"?? (answer...

BTW, and not to add confusion to your mix but, while you are aware that the clock is ticking on your short future contract, THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT futures available. Thus, into your mix, you can roll this Mar17, (lengthening the time to a solution OR to further losses) OR you can buy a Jun17...

I really hate to write this, but I'm going to disagree. Without going into sordid details, the actual *operation* of a fund is available to anyone with a desktop. "Operations" can be done by one person; "Trading" can be done by 2-3-4 others; "Research" can also be done by 2-3-4 more. And all of...

Irrelevant. Every lottery has a winner. The *relevant* question is: is my risk commensurate with my sought reward. That is *it*. If you can reframe your market question in terms of risk and reward, you'll be getting somewhere. If you leave it as "doesn't every up market have some downsides"...

Totally with ya. I wish there were greater depth/detail on *OPRA* I'd pay for that! But whole days go by that I don't hit a non-options page. The execution of it will be key. Like, how much money do we wish to spend to keep annoying BRIGHT YELLOW DATA FIELDS off of the screens we have to stare...

You're the one smiling, brainiac. None-the-less,