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    Is active trading a viable job for an individual?

    Beware of this statement. A lot of newbies may think they are super smart or talented but in reality are unaware of what their competitions are like.
  2. J

    Is active trading a viable job for an individual?

    Okay Fortune Favors the Bold but Not the Stupid. Is that better?
  3. J

    Is active trading a viable job for an individual?

    Sometimes, it's better not to know what the odds are. It's a distraction that can make you second guess yourself. Fortune Favors the Bold. Hehe.
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    Is active trading a viable job for an individual?

    You should ask a member here named "vincentnyc" as he is both a trader and in IT. And is also your age and works in NYC. So there is a chance you and him can become buddies. He says he is a super successful trader and it took him less then a year to become profitable. Hehe.
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    Daytrading & Divorce.....

    I don't think it's where you married that the law applies to. It's where you filed for divorce I believe.
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    Old Timer's Advice On Trading This Market

    Wrong Star Trek episode. I was referencing this scene: Hehe.
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    Old Timer's Advice On Trading This Market

    You guys are old. I suspect it's a reference to Star Trek.
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    Daytrading & Divorce.....

    It doesn't matter if you marry a hot girl vs an average girl. You would think the average girl would be less crazy. My uncle married both type. I would even say the average one was more on the side of ugly then average. But both type were equally crazy.
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    Flash Crash Trader has severe case of Asperger's Syndrome

    Normally chess is kind of boring. But can be interesting when you add 1 min time limits. 5 min time limits is just as good. Chess is a game where the best defense is often times not doing anything. It's a game where every time you advance but at the cost of weakening your defense. Reason why...
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    Which users' posts have benefited you the most?

    Damn ET...
  11. J

    Which users' posts have benefited you the most?

    You didn't catch my analogy. It's not just the diet and exercise that counts. It's how you do the diet and exercise that matters. Hehe.
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    Which users' posts have benefited you the most?

    Trading is a lot like losing weight. No matter how much research that says you need to diet and exercise. People always want to believe there is some magical shortcut to winning instead of doing the actual hard work that is necessary. Hehe.
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    Why does Volume matter? Isn't non-involvement from institutional buyers itself a signal?

    Also, I'm more like a bomber. I prefer to wait for someone to step on the Mine and then hit the PUSH button. Hehe.
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    Why does Volume matter? Isn't non-involvement from institutional buyers itself a signal?

    It's not the frequency of posts that concern me. It's the overall length of posts that does. Hehe.
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    Why does Volume matter? Isn't non-involvement from institutional buyers itself a signal?

    I sometimes wonder with all these "talks" during market hours, if anyone on ET really trade at all. post: 4637727
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    # of Daily HODL Comments on Reddit over Time

    I've lurk around at their reddit page from time to time. These Bitcoin "investors" are like the ultimate newbies. The Newbs of the Newbs.
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    "Hit Their Stocks": Chinese Press Warns Of "Ample Weapons" To Win US Trade War

    It said so in the article: That said, China has no less than five options how to escalate, the problem being however that all five are what some have dubbed "nuclear" choices, and include: A Currency Depreciation. A sharp, one-time yuan devaluation, like the one Beijing unexpectedly carried...
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    10,000 hours to learn trading - Who wrote this rule?

    Is that what they told you? Doesn't a Prop Firm make money from the commission they charge newbs? Hehe
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    Vote here if you think this is the beginning of a bear market of 2018?

    Still grammatically incorrect. Should be 'DO' you think this is the beginning of 'THE' bear market of 2018?
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    10,000 hours to learn trading - Who wrote this rule?

    Agreed. Trading can really "dumb" you down. Hehe.
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