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    How many of you go short and also long

    I trade short or long. I prefer long because the reward is potentially unlimited. Short sales have a maximum reward because price can not decrease below zero.
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    what has been you "tuition fee" to become successful?

    Your losses might not be a mistake. Your losses might actually mean you are trading correctly. Your backtesting can show you if you are trading with sound trading rules. Losing can be the way to win. For example, if I consider playing a coin toss game where I bet 1 dollar, if I lose then I...
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    Quotes by famous traders~

    "Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market" - Ed Seykota
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    Self-sabotage. Why do we suffer and how to eliminate it.

    "Self sabotage" is an opinion not a feeling. When I get strong feelings I spend time experiencing them and "get into them even more." I figure feelings are there for a reason and I stop and experience them. Sometimes I breathe in and out for a while and/or meditate. I also live in the moment...
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    Congresspeople watching TV news

    I am reading an interview with Rupert Murdock in Time Magazine dated 16 October 2006, page 8. Mr. Murdock reports that he visits Congress and observes "Democrats are 100 % CNN" and "Republicans, and they're 100 % Fox." The Time Magazine interviewer reports Fox is the only news channel in the...
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    Lets play Diablo Saturday 1 pm EDST 28 October 2006

    I can not decide whether to get the expansion pack or get Warcraft. It is like trying to decide to go fishing or take a nap. Wait! I can do both! Wow today is my lucky day.
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    Historical Intraday data?

    http://www.livecharts.co.uk/historicaldata.php
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    How to gain confidence letting profit ride?

    I remember when I started writing computer programs to test trading methods lots of my problems disappeared.
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    RSI 90+ on DIA

    Are people on TV or in newspapers or magazines calling this a "bull market"? I don't pay attention to the media.
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    How to kick trading / stock market addiction?

    It might help to sit down face to face with another recovering addict of any kind and both of you share your feelings.
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    Bot

    BOT price is in record high territory on high volume. Company is the Chicago Board Of Trade. I don't own the stock.
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    ETers, what do you do with your pennies?

    I mind my pennies and the dollars take care of themselves.
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    Lets play Diablo Saturday 1 pm EDST 28 October 2006

    I don't have the Diablo expansion pack or Warcraft. Maybe we can have multiple games going. If the expansion pack is installed can you make a new non-expansion character?
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    SWHC, ANF, MO, MOT, HAL...Good long opportunities?

    One trading system using MO stock shows about 21 percent annual growth rate and greatest draw down is about 5 percent. Another trading system using HAL shows only about 14 percent and greatest drawdown is about 18 percent. There is a cash balance in the trading account much of the time and I...
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    SWHC, ANF, MO, MOT, HAL...Good long opportunities?

    HAL tests profitably using a Zweig trading system. I test using daily price data from 13 October 1986 to 13 October 2006, same time period as used above. These are the rules: 1) Buy when price increases 20 % from the recent low price. 2) Sell when price decreases 20 % from the recent high...
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    Rvbd - Riverbed

    I see RVBD shows only a five week trading history at bigcharts.com. It is not possible for me to develop a trading system if there is little data to analyze. I feel like I am putting a coin in a slot machine in a casino when I buy unproven new or newer stocks. It's just gambling. Am I wrong?
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    Lets play Diablo Saturday 1 pm EDST 28 October 2006

    Lets play Diablo Saturday 1 pm EDST 28 October 2006. We start new characters. Name of game EliteTrader or similar.
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    Sara Evans Files For Divorce

    She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin out on the line.
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    The Rally

    I believe the behavior of prices is unfigureoutable. I don't even try to make sense of price changes.
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    Just fired. Should I give it a try?

    Plan A: You dont get laid off until 31 December 2006. That gives you about three months to try trading. Observe if you can make money by trading. I doubt that your office is dedicated to getting work done now. You might have time to sit at a computer and trade. Plan B: You might want to send...
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