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I would go with the 64 bits version, it is the future and you can have much more ram. Here is a humble suggestion: spend 100 dollars or so more and buy a new hard drive; uninstall your current hard drive with xp and install the new one; then, install windows 7 on the new hard drive and keep the...

Thanks kinggy! Sometimes we call things right, sometimes the market punches our noses hard. :p

out for now at 1.84

Don't worry man, it happens; I mean, it's tough, but it is the price of learning. my humble 2 cents for you: take some days off trading. Then, implement the steps you mentioned above, or implement just the following steP: Decide an maximum amount that you are willing to lose in a daily and...

Bought put spy 110 Nov 20 at 1.38 stop: all premium paid target: play by ear This is the first of a possible 3 lots that I will buy on spy puts I scalped ES today and did good. I have become more interested on positions (ex: not scalping) since this "fed bubble" reached 1050 on the SPX...

out at 1.56.

Bought back at 1.65

out for now, at 1.87

Yeah, when I buy options I have implicit inside me the possibility of staying multi-day

Yes, in many cases. I like options because they are "hard stopped", that is, you really know how much you can lose, no matter what kind of black swan crosses your path. So that is great for multi-day, as stops don't quite work outside of RTH. It is riskier too, due to the time value decay.

Also, that is for "position" plays. I mostly scalp the ES and SPY in a daily basis

I am pretty much a discretionary trader, although I use everything in my analysis, like technicals, fundamentals, news plays, tape reading, etc. I am not comfortable talking about the size of my positions. regarding the trade I posted, it can be multi-day or not, but I feel it can be a winner...

Bought spy put option 110 strike Nov 20 at $1.57 Stop: none (all premium paid is at risk) target: play by ear

out at 1066 Have a great weekend everyone

Exactly. GS and others who dominate this market (if anybody else, at this point) need counterparts. So, normally they go against the biggest amount of volume they can find. it would be very useful to know what were the days that GS lost in the market in the last 2 quarters... that could be...

Great posting Pekelo! Thank you for posting this, it is very interesting.:cool:

Short es 1062.50 stop 1072.50 target play by ear

Bad call, out at 1045 in AH

I will hold overnight. Same stop

Short ES 1035 stop 1045 target: 1025 or closing price