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Actually, its rather distressing that they are throwing around the terms "stress testing of assets" - you NEVER hear S&P or Moodys talk about this area of valuation in a public statement about Wall Street players (or anyone for that matter) until WELL after the fact. What's coming down the pike...

Thanks for the post Brandon, that was a great look into that side of the business.

You might be of better service if you just post their catalog of courses on your site - the have wonderfully descriptive sections on each course they offer. I'm sure NYIF will appreciate the free publicity:p :p :p

I would consider the following concept: Ask yourself if you just unwittingly imprinted a horrible psychological trading flaw: "I don't have to pull the trigger and take my loss....if I just hold on long enough....the market will let me out at breakeven or better"

If the strategy works on stock index....why wouldn't it work on any other product or market? Just making an observation, that's all.:cool:

I was thinking other futures markets ie commodities, bonds, etc.

Great journal Anek, awesome contribution to ET Just curious if you trade various products and markets, or do you stick to stock index only?

Hey guys, don't kill what is a very interesting thread. Here's a paraphrased quote that "IAM" might respond to, and it's by a modern day man: "You have it all wrong.....you think you are a human being having a spiritual experience. You're not.....its completely opposite to that.....you...

Good evening, America. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those...

Easy pickings for what.....for the government to come in on a big white horse to save the day by further subjegating the masses via more intrusion, more curtailing of individual freedoms, enacting martial law...."don't worry, big brother knows how to fix all of this, just do what we say"........

My thoughts EXACTLY - I typed my first response before seeing yours, nice post.

Just another way for the Fed to try and calm the markets out of panic mode. You can be sure that Bernanke made the call to the heads of these banks and said "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a potential crisis at hand, and we need your help to alleviate the situation". I cannot recall a time that...

Question on trade exits. I see a lot of people here using Profit Targets in their trading plan - just looking for information here, not a debate on the merits of scaling out. What do you see as the specific meaning of your profit target levels - are you expecting to hit resistance/support...

I agree, this is definitely a huge opportunity for a trade like this. The problem is, the disparity could last for quite some time given the mess in the fixed income markets. There are futures that should cover this idea very easily, both fed funds and tbill related. Great idea, any other...

Adding in to the mix - I just got a notice that they were also increasing their late payment fees, and it was taking effect within 30 days.

A little commentary on the rate cut......the Fed cutting the discount rate has no real world implications for turning the ship around in regards to the unwinding of trades my money managers, and has absolutely zero effect on the slowing economy. It will not "save" any type of mortgage lender or...

Another opportunity might be oil - its retracing to an attractive level as a position trade, and we are heading into hurricane season.

I've seen my share of turmoil over the years, and its never exactly the same. But man, the bear market action is dead on - brief rallies followed by fast, violent downmoves. Today's one of those violent downmoves :eek: Those old market truisms exist for a reason, one that comes to mind...

I swear I remember one fund bucking the 2 and 20 fee structure and doing something crazy like 4 and 40 - hey, no one puts a gun to the buyers' heads:p

Totall agree about price action, and I am not by any means suggesting NOW :p When the dust settles, there's going to be a window of opportunity to seize the day. Real estate wise, the first thing that comes to mind is Apartment REITS. On the personal side, I am investigating the...