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    The legal difference: Stock promotion vs. Pump and dump?

    I was wondering what the exact difference is between legal stock promotion (as occurs often in the financial world) and what the now closed awesomepennystocks.com subscription service did? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-17/bugatti-driving-26-year-old-tied-to-penny-stock-website.html
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    Hedge 1 oz physical gold with GLD options?

    Is this at all possible? If not, would options on futures be a possibility?
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    16 yo actress star Rachel Fox, day trading guru?

    link please...
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    Trading with $0 commissions -- "Robinhood"

    Question is, how in the world did they get funded? Seriously...
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    Robinhood.io no commission stock trades?

    robinhood.io http://www.bloomberg.com/video/robinhood-a-zero-commission-stock-brokerage-8S6UsobeQGi7oTm~Z8TNFg.html One of the guys interviewed mentioned that they were focusing on building long-term clients and then making money on margin and equity interest. I see several problems...
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    Tim Sykes CNTO trade question

    That does not answer my question at all.
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    Tim Sykes CNTO trade question

    http://profit.ly/1MoPU1?aff=12 Tim Sykes posted recently that he made a $67,563 gain on CNTO He entered at 2.06 and exited at 1.22 This means that he must have positioned around $114,081 short CNTO on Feb 10th. For the next 2 weeks that stock had no volume and no trade activity at all...
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    Doji, hammer or stars occur 70%+ on high/low of SP mini

    At 44:00 this educator states that that at highs and lows on a 15 minute mini SP chart, a doji, hammer or star will occur about 70% - 77% of the time. He states that he is the first in the world to do this, but I do not understand the statistical significance of this. Of course these candle...
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    Current price range of trading seminars/classes

    Thank you for your contribution. My question really stems from wanting to know how teachers value/price their sessions. Could somebody please provide the name of some vendors? OTA is obviously the best known.
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    Current price range of trading seminars/classes

    What is the current range of prices that most trading seminars charge? If you could please include the name of the company offering them.
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    Meet The 24-Year-Old Running A $115 Million Hedge Fund

    Please do not mention the naked volatility seller Vic. Nothing genius about selling short premium. If he were really that smart, he would have known that a blow-up was inevitable. The guy gambled, plain and simple. Yet, he is a god to many just like Madoff was.
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    Starting a fund / raising capital

    Well, it would be sustainable if your were trading illiquid markets/strategies, but then again you would not be able to scale this into a money management business.
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    Starting a fund / raising capital

    The sweet spot is around 20%. That is where you will find the most high net worth capital. The market average of 10% is (was during good times) too close to medium grade corp debt returns to attract any serious capital (this may have changed due to low interest rates).
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    Starting a fund / raising capital

    I think what you have explained above is at the core of the fund raising issue. It seems as you stated, the bulk of your returns come from longer term positions. The fact that you have a diversified portfolio of 60 names. (Btw, after diversifying to about 12 names, the additional benefit to risk...
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    Meet The 24-Year-Old Running A $115 Million Hedge Fund

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    FUTURES Magazine: worth the time?

    I have been receiving FUTURES magazine for a few months now and can't help wondering if there is anything worthwhile to be gleaned from it. It almost seems to me that the articles in it are kept intentionally vague and that the purpose it just to sell advertisements for brokers, seminars, etc...
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    Meet The Teen Traders Trying To Take Over The Finance World

    Over what time period? 3 months? How about they are not actually trading with a lot of equity.
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    Meet The Teen Traders Trying To Take Over The Finance World

    Looks like this one is actually making it: http://www.ouranosmarkettiming.com/trading-performance.html
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    16 yo actress star Rachel Fox, day trading guru?

    Reminds me of the short volatility gal... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cXy9HoWX0es" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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    16 yo actress star Rachel Fox, day trading guru?

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EqsE1y7Z2Cc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_G._Fox <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Cuiu8WM1xp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe...
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