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Hi. I think this thread could be informative for all. I am seriously contemplating setting up a hedge fund. The problem is that I don't know where to start at all. I am most likely going to thestreet.com hedge fund seminar in las vegas in a few months. I was wondering if anyone has any first...

Baron- Are you thinking of adding more books to the recommended reading section? I think you should add: Liar's poker From the pit to the pc and a few others I can't remember, is there a place that we can enter additional answers?

I gotta agree with you somewhat. Lately, at least half of the threads have been about the same 2 things. Either how to use ib software (look at archives, I'm confident that most is there, or upgrade to a better platform) or people complaining about the new margin rules. I agree it sux for many...

Tharp, you missed it on tues, I took 40c on almost 20k of f. That bugger is gettin volatile lately. But I asume that once it settles down a bit, it'll be useless. At 20 a share, the intraday ranges will be too small. I think kkd is a goodie, but you have to practice. I found one paculiar thing...

I think that scalping on the nyse is very possible. You may have more success with less liquid names. May I suggest kkd. I think that you can make 3+ pts a day on 500 or so shares. I tried it for 2 days and had good success with under a k shares, but once I tried to pull 3-5k shares, I moved it...

Sometimes a company will announce a large buyback, but their bids are way below the market. I think it is more important to await news of the completion of the buyback. If in a few months you see a pr that says that they bought 15% of the common outstanding at a said price, that's usually a good...

Trade off your "gut feels". If you've sat in front of a computer screen every hour of every trading day for more than 2 dozen months, you'll just get these gut feels. For me, they are almost always correct. When I have a gut feel on something, I take a double or tripple position. I trade almost...

Good work Baron. I wish I could have been there with you.

I have been asking everyone I know about it too. If you look at the fundamentals, they really look like ass. I then figured that it was a short squeeze, but only 6% of the float is short interest. Someone has to be buying it (it sure ain't me). Sometimes, there's just no rationalle for something...

where is this expo at?

I'd love to manage a fund. I have a decent record of return. I'm not sure if you're looking for someone from this board to offer his services or not, but if so, email me at hkuppy@aol.com

20-from long island. Currently studying Roman History at tulane university. I trade mainly the Great New Pattern type of trade.

As for what I do, my grandma still thinks I'm a gambler, and she always tells me the story of how my uncle lost his savings on the ponnies.

candletrader is right, capitalization is the number one cause of failure. Most of trading is just common sense. You need the ability to loose a large chunck of your portfolio while still staying in the game.

The move on thurs was large qqq call buying by some fund. He was taking large large size, and it gave the tape a lift. Funny thing is that he punted all those calls for a nice loss into friday's open, hence the tankage we saw. As an added thought, it have also been a hedge on that pmcs add. A...

You've been in my room for a while. Give me an example from this week, and I'll disect it.

I read the columnist conversation pieces, gary b. and todd harrisons stuff. He's been hot lately. I also like James cramer, and herb greenberg.

I really like cyber. Commish gets rough when you start doin a few mil shares a month though. Get in their priority access group though. Those guys are amazing at fixing all problems fast.

I like tradingmarkets.com, but you really need to develop a style of your own, and stay out of rooms. They always make things too crowded. If you want something interesting, you can try my elitetradinginaction on yahoochat. It is best to just find a few people who trade like you though, and just...

In all honesty, I wish I had something to show you. I am one of the most prolific posters here, but my computer knowlege is VERY limited. I use one laptop with a p3 chip, and 1024 ram. Besides that, I don't have anything special enough to post. I use cybertrader, and in that screen is just 4 l2...