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    Whats the fastest way to lose your money?

    buy, sell, buy, sell, as fast as you can click.
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    safest govt. debt?

    No security is riskless. Swiss Bonds may be less risky than US.
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    7 tips to be a good trader

    O.K., maybe you don't understand french? Bouillabaisse = french fish soup. Baisse = Bear market. Hausse = Bull market. Bouillahausse = ...
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    7 tips to be a good trader

    :D :D :D :D :D
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    7 tips to be a good trader

    Je aime votre fromage camembert et bouillabaisse. But bouillahausse would be even better! :D
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    Xyh06

    Does this fool really believe he can close his mistrade cheap selling even more? :mad:
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    No/Low risk, low return option strategies?

    Low stakes... and put the rest of your capital in low risk securities.
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    Limited partnership units

    Recently when I searched for stocks within a small sector, it often seems that an unit of a LP looks better (chart, dividend yield) than many stocks. But are there any important legal disadvantages?
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    $600 Trillion??

    Maybe the annual volume? :confused:
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    Volatility and Trend

    At the beginning of a new (long-term) trend the volatility is low, and the older the trend growths, the higher the volatility increases. Just my 2 cents.
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    Do Platinum Prices always follow Gold Prices?

    Platinum is not only a precious metal, but has also industrial demand (catalysts). Important Platinum miners are AAPTY, IMPUY, LMI. You will find more informations on www.kitco.com .
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    Government Intervention in Stock Market is Detailed by New Report

    Woe to you, oh bull and bear, for the devil sends the ppt with wrath, because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath statistical knowledge reckon the number of the days without a sp500 loss of 2% or more for it is a human number, this number is 581.
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    What's the real inflation rate?

    http://www.gloomboomdoom.com/marketcoms/indexmarketcoms.htm Despite the headline, Marc Faber wrote not only about housing, but also about real inflation in one of his last comments.
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    Tear apart my (book's) swing trading system

    Volume goes with the trend. You should only enter the market when the volume is growing, otherwise you try trendfollowing during a correction.
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    Volatility

    I don't try to predict the HV(250 days) with the IV, rather I take the HV(very long period, at least 4000 days) of an asset-class as a "fair value". Maybe you know that the P/E of any stock is 14 on the average in the long run. When the HV of single stocks is 32% on the average in the long run...
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    Volatility

    Does anybody actually use historical volatility in option trading? It seems to me that all the emphasis is on implied volatility, and I've looked but see nowhere anybody is actually using HV, although there is a lot of stuff about how to calculate it. :confused: When the implied volatility...
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    Volatility Index Futures

    http://www.cboe.com/products/indexopts/vixfutures_spec.aspx
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    Volatility Index Futures

    http://www.futuresource.com/quotes/quotes.jsp?s=VIX
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    How to determine the strength of a trend

    The ratio between high, low and time compared with the typical (long term average) volatility of the market. Examples for a single stock: high 135, low 100, time between high and low: 12 month -> average trend; high 150 -> overbought; high 120 -> correction.
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    Are Woman better traders/investors then Men?

    I think women are better long-term-investors. With a good intuition, they can successful wait out drawdowns in stocks and even options. But that isn't possible at short-term trading futures, there you have to switch off your feelings and comply with your stops. Scalping futures is men's work.
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