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Your top goal is to find a mentor/ trader who has made money for years and his ideas and risk control make sense. Or much harder, find a newer guy with "secret sauce" It is not enough this fellow used to be a big winner- he must be doing something that works now. Offer to be his...

There are two secrets to making big money trading: 1. Do not share all of your secrets

You already know it matters in a big way. I will check back to see what are the better places to trade through as I know there will be a few good suggestions.

All the top hedge funds with proprietary edges that make billions give there secrets away for free to anyone who asks. Mmm... maybe I got that backwards.

The Short BABA long YAHOO trade Long time ago some funds put this trade on hoping for a tax free spin off of BABA. The spin never happened so of course the trade is in the red. A few funds have kept the position hoping YAHOO finds a timely way to tax efficiently return the value of their BABA...

The one I remember showed each stock as a colored bar standing side by side. What free chart service is it that allows me, after market close, to: Set 10 stocks up next to each other and see how they did percentage wise over different time frames- 1 day, 5 day, 0 day, 30 day, etc.

If I incur 3,000 in realized loses in a year and receive 3,000 in stock dividends that year, is there any tax liability? I know realized losses cancel realized gains, but how about dividends?

If I incur 3,000 in realized loses in a year and receive 3,000 in stock dividends that year, is there any tax liability? I know realized losses cancel realized gains, but how about dividends?

Options are not a zero sum game. In a zero sum game all money is returned to the players and it is not possible for more money to be lost by the losing players than is won by the winning players. In some options trades it is possible for both buyer and seller to have a disadvantage do to...

Ideas on trading fast breaking News Events..?

Ideas on trading fast breaking News Events..?

Ideas on trading fast breaking News Events..?

Ideas on trading fast breaking News Events..?

On slow moving pairs, I know traders who place many times their account on the trade. However, with super volatile naked positions they take much smaller positions... THOUGHTS on how much of a highly leveraged trader should place on different trades. The key factors to consider when thinking...

On slow moving pairs, I know traders who place many times their account on the trade. However, with super volatile naked positions they take much smaller positions... THOUGHTS on how much of a highly leveraged prop-account a trader should place on different trades. The key factors to...

What is the story with ISO Orders? How much difference will they make? Will remote traders use them? "There will be a brand new order type introduced called the "Inter Market Sweep Order" (ISO). ISO Order types guarantee the possibility of price improvement, whether you specify that...

What is the story? How much difference will they make? Will remote traders use them? "There will be a brand new order type introduced called the "Inter Market Sweep Order" (ISO). ISO Order types guarantee the possibility of price improvement, whether you specify that objective or not...

Are there ANY significant rules that differ between the AMEX and NYSE? Hybrid rules, market order rules, Limit On Open rules, etc.. ?

Are there ANY significant rules that differ between the AMEX and NYSE? Hybrid rules, market order rules, Limit On Open rules, etc.. ?

Mike is a great trader and a fabulous teacher.