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it is easy...I am no scholar. i graduated college with a 2.2. I passed the 7 with an 88. the fail rate is nowhere near 90%.

the closest youll get is straight up arbitrage. for a retail clients...this is not practical. but...for example. if a security is trading for two prices on two different exchanges at the same time, you can simultaneously buy and sell at different prices. but that is not risk free...you...

In the past, i have generally been scaling into positions and selling all at once. i swing trade with 3-10 day holds generally in both stocks and options (purely directional). I am profitable...up around 50% or so on the year (average around 35%+ per year). My goal is 100% yoy (realatively...

i think success in ANYTHING all boils down to discipline. 95% of people are a failure at business or the corporate world too. How many people WANT to be rich and how many actually are? why? they dont do the work or dont prepare suficiently to achive success...other things take...

if you dig a little deeper..you will find several threads on this subject already on this site...

Wanted: "Partner in San Francisco area to show me the ups and the downs, to be there during the good times and the bad. we would examen our positions every day, and know when to go for it! My forte? to not have any attachments at the end of the day" -toddles!

entering a bull cycle on higher interst rates...my vote. DOWN.

1.30 2. 21..but had several years of on and off..maybe 5 years total actual trading experience...last 2 quite seriously. 3.part-time-5%+ per month on average (actual account size has grown significantly recently, and $ number would not be accurate guage, so % is better indicator) 4. Never, I...

"The sooner an investor accepts that there absolutely are no absolutes to stocks, the quicker their portfolio results will be in the black, not red." - Gregory M. Drahuschak from "the kirk report"..for stock trader.

1. I disagree 100% with this...i say they are each useless if not used together, keep in mind FA also includes funadmental economic data like interest rates and such. increase the cost of borrowing, and iti s more difficult for the company to make money. you often see the results of FA before...

longer term (2 weeks+)...bear all the way. I agree with head and shoulders and lower highs and lower lows. short term (this week), oversold on a few different indicatiors...AND there is heavy support at the 130 level. I went pretty healvily long at the open (about 70% of the portfolio)...

I had a similar situation several years ago... I opened a headhunting firm with a business partner. His wife was VERY conservative, hated the idea, and thought he should get a "stable" job. she was an accountant by the way. well...the money didnt come often...but when it came..it was...

a couple things are key here... 1. If they dont like it....dont talk to them about it. change the subject...keep things amiable. My father in law is a minimalist and thinks it is stipid that i have 3 cars (only one is family type car..the others are toys really)...and a racecar. I think...

mixed emotions.... the great depression was caused by the following 1. Poor distribution of wealth (not happening now) 2. massive stock market speculation..without short selling as an instrument (without short selling the market is like a ponzi scheme really) 3. few checcks and...

agreed short term...i sold my puts... and see the same resistence and oversold ondicators at the 130 level. I am going to buy some August 130 calls if there is a small bounce Monday. I dont see any more than about 10 points max in the trade though.

I swear it has to be hanging on to winners long enough. It is easy to screen, It is easy to study charts patterns It is easy to cut losers short (for me at least...never had a problem with the 1% rule..just program the stop) It is easy to do the studying part...the information is there. i...

I think over time you may discover some things. 1. Day trading profitably is very difficult 2. Big profitable moves happen over time 3. Most of the big pros dont exclusively daytrade, dont close yourself off to holding a position for a few days, weeks, or months if it is working out for you.

I hate fiction, which reduces my list significantly. the book that has effected me the most... Market wizards I..form there it was just a chain reaction. Although there are few truly great books...all of them have at least something to offer.

There is a difference between trading foreign stocks...and trading foreign exchanges. there are TONS of foreign stocks that we trade regularly in the US NT-nortel networks...Canada BP-british petroleum..obvious Astrazeneca-AZ...switzerland the list goes on and on. as Far as trading...

It is the best game in the world. After several years, I have never gotten bored (and I get bored very easily). It is something that will never go away..it isnt a fad. Career wise it is very rewarding financially if you can compete. If you truly learn how to trade consistenly and well...