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    Hardest and Most Valuable Things In Trading

    Too many items to list. There are somethings in life that can't be taught, they can only be experienced. Someone can teach you how to shoot a jump shot, but until you get on the court and practice you will not be a good shooter no matter how much information you have about shooting jump shots.
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    Stops - do you want them?

    Test and see what works for you with real money. Experience is the best teacher.
  3. J

    Why you should average up, NEVER down

    Yes, the people that never win.
  4. J

    GOP waits for Obama to tell them how to cut spending

    They let the black guy become president after the country was broke. LOL
  5. J

    Why you should average up, NEVER down

    There are may blow ups where people don't average down. Hence, if you are thinking of how you can blow up and thinking you are covered because some guru told you that all people that blow up average down you are wrong.
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    Tired of people downplaying averaging down

    A lot fresh new traders here on this site and it will take some years before they get to the point of understanding the value of your statement. In the beginning it's all about theory, back testing, and the magic setup. After a couple years you learn that the edges are in position...
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    6 days ago the DOW was under 9700 today 10363

    Corporate profits are at the highest level in history, don't think we have saw that in double dip before. Intel said this was their best quarter ever. How did they do that with the Obama policies?
  8. J

    Why you should average up, NEVER down

    Please keep an open mind. I could give many examples of people blowing up that don't average down also. I know all the books teach to not average down, but many great traders average down (aka scale in around support and resistance levels) The key is still to keep the total average risk...
  9. J

    Why you should average up, NEVER down

    Depends on your entry technique. If you have a range of support or resistance very close or you have a strong weekly level and you are looking to swing it with the daily trend then I would average into the trade up to the last level. I don't think you can randomly average in, and if you can't...
  10. J

    Weekly Poll: The Three Month Anniversary Of Cramer's "6 months to Prosperity Call"

    If the market goes up he will say he was right and if it goes down he will say the Obama administration is anti stocks.
  11. J

    THey were right, the Death Cross never fails

    Need to be losing 700k jobs a month and big banks going under at a high rate to get back to 666. When everyone is bearish it will be the start of the next leg up. When everyone is bullish it will be the start of the next leg down.
  12. J

    This really is starting to feel like 1932

    I think we were on the gold standard in 1932.
  13. J

    What books shaped your trading mind?

    psycho cybernetics -- teaches you how to hypnotize yourself with your self image.
  14. J

    Stops - do you want them?

    Preparation is the key. Sounds like you are on top of it. There are a millions ways to make a million bucks. I wish you much luck and continued success going forward.
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    Stops - do you want them?

    Run some forward test and see what you find.
  16. J

    Stops - do you want them?

    Most of the consistently profitable trades don't use stops. Lescor and Don Miller both don't use stops. They manage the trade with size. The also average down aka scale into their trades. In trading what seems right is usually wrong and what seems wrong is usually right.
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    indicators that preceed ES

    support and resistance
  18. J

    jobs report seemed solid to me

    Looks like we did not count the 500k census jobs when they were created now the market will count them when they are gone.
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    why people bad mouth mean reversion strategies?

    Some of the most consistent traders use RTM. Good to always have a trend following and a RTM system. RTM is not about entering in the middle of no where. Once you see price outside of something like bollinger bands you don't enter unless you have a strong level to enter against. Some very...
  20. J

    Hard Stops vs Mental Stops

    A lot of good traders like Lescor and Don Miller don't use hard stops. If you can average down and work your way out that would be ideal. You have to really know the range of support or resistance in order to work out of the trade with averaging out. Can do it if there is a confluence of...
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