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Quadrupled my size and tripled my buying power since Jan 1. Februrary was my breakout month and not looking back.

A good trade (for at least a couple points) pm'd to you in real-time, no guarantees :)

Can anyone name the company that was just recently added to S&P 500 (announced, not actually added yet) in the past 2 weeks or so -- maker of lubricants, based in maryland, ceo by the name of Wang or Hwang?

My wedding cost about $30k or so for a half day of "ehh" . . .

What they want to "debase" is all the debt we owe. Even if everything costs twice as much tomorrow, we get paid twice as much, and your debt is cut in half. Voila.

What happens if they get caught playing that game? I don't mean by the authorities, I mean if somone's shows a huge bid or offer and gets swiped for it all unexpectedly? I can't see that they'd have to cover in panic, if it was goldman sachs they'd probably come back with double the size lol.

I know it's not legal, but how difficult is it for 2 people on completely different platforms in different parts of the country to arrange purchases and sales to color the tape? Isn't this something the boys at goldman sachs do all day long? :)

I would think it's easy money by now, he gets a nice 8 second intro before his mouth even opens. Good for cleaning out the weak shorts if anything.

Yeah and when you get it you know you really don't want it lol.

This is all just conjecture for now, I was just putting up an example to see where opinions are. Honestly, right now I'm comfortable with leaving around 50K as deposit for at least 20:1, with no rush to change anything. I just wanted to get my bearings in case they came to me with another...

Put it this way: the best way to learn how to trade is not necessarily the one that loses the least amount of money.

I think you just answered your own question there :) They are fairly conservative with the leverage (which I suppose is a good thing), so a "little money" won't get me that much buying power. I suppose the question here is, at what point does it make sense for a trader to go a "true"...

Say you are currently trading at 500K bp, 100% payout -- what percentage of your profits would you give up in exchange for nearly all the BP you can use, say around 5MM for your particular method? What if this included 0 deposit and flexibility on drawdowns?

I saw somewhere in brooklyn they are selling slices at $4 apiece.

I don't believe this is true -- not anymore. If you know how to make money, really know, the execution is simple, and pulling the trigger or even holding through a drawdown is not painful at all. Sure it takes getting used to, but eventually it becomes routine. There should be no mental...

Do you guys really want the secret to short-term trading?? Never, ever trust the market, it is nearly always wrong and wrong on purpose. This is the last time these words will ever cross my keyboard, and I won't explain anything. So there you go, go out and make your fortunes.

Starting a thread on ET that supports your positions is always the best signal to liquidate :D

That's the thing, I think most guys here have around a 3K position size maximum, but their p/l's are far less volatile. Being on top or bottom is more a reflection of the traders in my office, they seem to avg + or - 1k or less everyday. It's true I wasn't at the bottom of the pile too many...

I agree on both points, the latter especially. You can take the attitude that the market is always right; or, you can assume the market is the biggest "crowd" in the world, always right during the middle of the moves, and wrong at the turns. Maximizing profits is all about identifying when...

Today I ended up a little over 10k, they raised my shares to 600 max/position. I am up a little over 60k this month, one losing day at -3k, biggest drawdown has been -5k intraday. I know one month does not mean alot, but wondering how do these numbers stack up, especially with a 600 share...