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    Things to do during the trading day dulldrums

    Whatever you do, don't get your preparation H and your compound W mixed up.
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    Things to do during the trading day dulldrums

    Read books. Ruminate about the market. Share experiences and viewpoints with others. Watch a few advertisements on cable TV.
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    Is it possible for a new trader to survive in this market

    It's might be necessary to Learn in order to survive, and this seems to be a good time to learn.
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    Trading Books

    The End of An Age By John Lukacs It's NEW!! Not specific to trading but might be useful to some. Who knows? Some subjects covered, The limits of knowledge, limits of objectivity, of definitions, mathematics, the inevitability of relationships, how statistical data is often not very useful...
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    trading--Gamble or Serious Job

    Yes.
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    MER fined 100million-postage cost last year 349 million

    A book could be written about this. What the broker did was wrong. I think the regulators should send some accountants in, determine the amount of profit the company made last year, and fine them 100% of that figure. That way the company would still be in business, people would still have their...
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    best strategy for small accounts?

    19,000 at 25%/mo. for 12 months. 19000* (1.25)^12 = $276,486/year . 19000* (1.25)^24 = $4,023,406/2years 19000* (1.25)^36 = $58,548,270/3years If you're for real and can keep the same profit margin you have a gold mine. Don't change a thing. The main danger is probably psychological, fear...
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    A Catastrophe Plan

    Go neutral till I see the bottom, then load up.
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    Upping position size/# of positions

    Depends on the timeframe. It would be difficult to manage ten dime scalps but easy to manage ten long term investements. On short-term trades never risk more than .25% to 2% of your account.
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    Pop Up Ads

    I've had a popup every morning for six days now when I boot up and open my home page (Elite)in the morning. It only happens once a day, the first time I use my browser. Maybe something I got from a link posted here. It looks like someone has put an automatic banner ad link on MY system which is...
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    Joe Schitt the ragmans trading journal:

    It's not good to make fun of someone just because they can't afford TP.:p
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    does anyone know how to play brcd

    Brocade's one of those stocks that "everybody knows about" so every beginner ends up trying their hand at it. I think the MM's who specialize in it probably have pointy ears, green skin, heads the size of water mellons and are fond of saying "That is illogical".
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    Looking for FUNDING/only serious/split profits

    I send you this private email with regards to which you may be able to help me liquidate funds curretly in Nigerian escrow account established under my husband, the late Phillip Mohutu, industrial finance minister for the undersecretary of industrial affairs E.C.O. . .......................:D :D
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    does anyone know how to play brcd

    I've found it one of the hardest. I leave it alone now.
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    Home alone vs office

    Hooray for our friends the Brits for going into harms way in Afghanistan. They are a brave nation.
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    something different?

    It's working fine here finally, after 4-5 slow days. Looks like the problem is fixed.
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    the start of the new BULL ???

    New bull market? You mean those three tiny little up bars on the bottom right side of the two year graph?:p
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    Wine - long/short?

    Oh that Mad Dog. I drank pint ONE time in college and woke up in someones flower bed in the fog and 150 miles from home at 3:30am with no car. Oh, what fun! Have pretty good luck now with merlots and zinfindels. Find some surprisingly good ones for $10-$15 a bottle.
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    Recent Gaps

    On the general tone. If I am mistaken I am sure I can count on my beloved trading bretheren to set me straight, or at least to ponder it on their own.
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    Recent Gaps

    There seems to be a new crocodile, the gap, lurking in the shallow, muddy waters of the market lately. One that likes to rear it's ugly head from time to time and remove a leg or some other valuable body part. It really seems to like to go for the cojones (like all good markets do! LOL) and I'm...
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