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Mecro, of course I do not have sex with my brother. Yes, the sex thing was included in part to entertain the troops, but also because sex comes up frequently in the aneurysm articles (after heavy lifting), consider it a public service announcement. From what I have read and heard, as in my...

Ha ha.

Why should Angelina Jolie hold a monopoly on brotherly affection? :) Gotta take it easy though. Still feel like too much joking around will jynx things.

Did you have to battle depression afterwards? PM me when you have time (after the markets close maybe?). Sadly no, to the stop loss. I do not yet use them religiously. I've been bounced out on volatility in the past but I guess this is the lesson I needed.

It started during sex. He had a sudden and severe “kicked in the head” headache. The next day he went to a walk-in clinic. They prescribed him 50 percosets without batting an eye, gave him a little pat on the head and sent him home. Three days later he went to emergency, where they...

If you mean me, you're right.:)

My husband never wants to me to sell losing stocks. I have ended up holding losers (banks too) for far too long then blaming him. Truth is, when I finally sold them, I didn't ask him. I had control all along, it's just easier for me to blame someone else. And the losing money thing -- I'm...

Hi Andy -- Just wanted to say thanks for your posts. I'm really enjoying them.

Is that Michael Phelps in the background?

OP, what you are talking about sounds like delayed gratification. The closer the gratification to the triggering event, the stronger the reinforcement -- Psych 101 stuff. I'm curious, how are you relating this to trading?

Admittedly I'm a sample size of 1, but maybe the rest of the herd feels like I do. When the stock market started selling off I wanted to get my money out of the hands of my long only managers and started looking for hedge funds, or better yet, a fund of funds. Two weeks after making my...

IB does not have it available as a short.

As a quintessentially amateurish trader, my larger concern is how long does it take to change, and what do I have to do to overcome the urge to trade against the trend? As to why I have continually traded against the trend, unless there is news out on the industry or the stock, it feels to...

Sophie, thanks for the encouragement. I'm not accustomed to failure, and I'm not giving up just yet, but it's within the realm of possibility that I'm not cut out for trading. Great to hear that you made it though. Kudos.

I am feeling a bit like shark bait to be frank. I should let you guys know that I live in Canada and would not feel comfortable handing over money without visiting the office in person at this point in time. (Thank you to those of you that took the time to email me though). I’ve got the...

Thanks so much Makloda, ProfitTakgFool and Nazzdack for taking time out of your trading day to respond. I will follow up on your suggestions. Nazzdack, you’re going to have to hook me up with these investment cocktail parties though!

I have been diligently studying and live trading with a small amount of money for a few months now but seem to have a knack for being exquisitely wrong. If it weren’t so humiliating I would start a thread listing my current trades so you guys could fade me. I’m not going to give up yet but...

Why has trade not stopped if it has reached limit up?

What does this statement mean? I am greener than green, and can only parrot the Canadian talking heads, but everyone seemed awfully quiet about the surge in oil on BNN today too. They have been warning us retailers to get the heck out of the TSX for the last couple weeks. Then a little...

You're welcome. I contributed another $506 this week to the traders' kitty, despite staying out of the markets most of the week. Even lost money paper trading (doesn't everyone make money paper trading?).