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Money moving (relatively speaking) out of junk bonds and into investment grade bonds. Flight to quality within the bond market. Look at the JNK / BND ratio for instance. Nice drop over the last week, while the stock market was climbing to new highs. Why, if everything is as good as it...

If you enter a market order (or a marketable limit order), and you get a complete fill at the current best bid oder offer, you are paying only the spread. If your order cannot be filled completely at the current best bid or offer (because it is too large) and/or the market is moving away from...

However, there a some slight warning signs... Hint: Look at junk vs. investment grade bonds. Maybe it means nothing, but...

Is there an online petition for deportation of Harkin and DeFazio to Venezuela or Cuba yet? :D

Seems that Surf's 1000 point target in the YM will is coming. Very nice trade...

Surfer, at least you look better today than you did then. :D

It's not only about noob 'traders' who lose. Think about those investing in mutual funds, etfs etc, but entering and leaving the market regularly at the worst possible time. Also think about those who do not simply lose, but just underperform. There are a lot more ways to 'lose' in the...

'Independent trader' is not a career. Yes, some can make a living out of it and very few even a very good one. However, most don't and even if you are successful for several years you should never take it for granted. Markets change and they may change in a way which renders your trading...

First rule of a profitable trading system: You do not talk about the trading system. Second rule of a profitable trading system: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE TRADING SYSTEM. :D

Surf, congratulations on your trade. Seems to work now.

You can simply buy another 50 shares. Look up the line "buying power" inside your account window. You will have no cash remaining, but you will see that you still have buying power remaining. That's what counts in this case. The formula for calculation of "buying power" can be found on the IB...

Thanks, but I prefer to trade based on probabilities, not conviction. :cool: Happy New Year too!

But i suppose that you have some level where you bail?

And I thought I were paranoid. It's extremely unlikely that an OS X system is compromised the first time you visit a suspicous site. To my knowledge, all OS X malware out there in the wild are trojans, and they can not install by themselves without user interaction (confirmation). And there's...

Grumpy cat was right. Damn, should have faded Surf.

Surf: http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3sd6rc/ :D

Your entry is based (at least partly) on break of a specific price level? Looks like technical trading to me. :D

IMHO there is one probem with daily...monthly...yearly targets: They just don't work. In the markets, one can seize opportunities, but sometimes there are simply none, at least not in the markets one trades or not exploitable by the methods used. (Yes, AFTERWARDS one will always see...

Wasn't that 'Respect the chemistry" (Walter White...)? :D

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