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Don't forget the mighty NDX-100(QQQ) and at least consider the DIA - the NDX-100 has been leading this bull the last few years and the DIA has been the second best index since Aug 2017. If you want high growth you have to follow it.

I don't know if I am going to be right about direction so how can I know if I'm going to be correct when I have my maximum size on? That is done by entering your positions in layers. Instead of going all in at once you break up your entry into several smaller positions - only adding on when...

I was sneaking in some trades at this place I worked. My co-workers started peeking over my shoulder - a year later the office looked like a full-on prop shop. The shop of 5 was trading like crazy, we would rotate one person to answer phones for an hour. I quit a few months later- declaring...

Some of us spend more time at the beach than we do sitting in front of our screen. I sure did not get into trading to become a hermit - far from it, I did not ever want to miss a day on the ocean when the surf was up. That's the beauty of trading - you can spend as little or as much time as you...

If you happy with mediocre performance then stay with the weaker index - I sure don't give a F*ck what you do. The NDX and Dow stomped on the SPX in 2017 - that is a hard fact, not B.S.. I sure aim to maximize my returns. When the getting is good, get all you can. I can guarantee you no self...

so you say people rotate out of SPX which caused SPX to spike 20%? The SPX had a nice year sure. :) But the Dow and NDX had a better year which was due to their leadership roles, a direct result of rotation. The NDX outperformed the SPY by about 50% and the DJI beat the SPX by about 30% -...

The thread is titled "Where is the volatility for SPX". Not momentum, not NDX, not DJI. O.k. - let me explain. The stock indexes do not operate in a vacume.Trump winning caused a big rotation out of the SPX & into the other indexes - mainly the DJI & NDX, and to a lesser degree into the...

Expanding range and volatility in reverse are the very conditions where enter and hold INVESTORS thrive. You have momentum readings on the NDX & DJI not seen for 18 years. We have stocks like Amazon with momentum way stronger than it was in 1999. An old saying 'If you can't make $ in a bull...

Get real, you are not a genius that has cracked Matrix. If anyone could forecast the market with 75% or better accuracy. Governments, universities, & well capitalized firms with teams of PHD mathematicians have tried for many decades to forecast the market - all with dismal results no better...

It's called a bull market - a breakout market. Range is expanding on the upside - volatility in reverse which leads to huge profits - these are the very conditions traders should thrive in.

Trump is the only president stupid enough to take credit for the stock market he had called 'a big fat ugly bubble' before he was elected. CEO's and former presidents are smart enough to know that nobody can control the business cycle, they do not gloat over the stock market - only Trump is...

The late 90's last leg of the bull market was of a much larger velocity -trend line going to the sun. On most days many of the high-tech & biotech stocks were up 10%. And nobody was trading the S&P500 (ES/SPY). The real big $ was made in IPO's on the dot.com stocks - first day was typically...

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. Lao Tzu The markets have always had many Casandra's that believed they could predict the market. History has shown none to date were any more accurate than flipping a coin. Most traders cant even predict what...

Here is a look at how your more passive investors did in 2017. Gen-X is rockin! About two-thirds of Americans have saved very little or nothing at all. Looks like Gen X is on track to not fall into that trap. According to Fidelity Investments, the average 401k balance increased to $99,900...

TD as a broker seems solid. The TD bank is a different story. They were facilitating by ignorance, the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Other banks were more critical, asked the right questions and would not do business with these Ponzi swindlers. TDA as a broker is solid - I only trade a Roth...

Dead Head here - even lived in the Haight in my 20's which was their home. Lots of concerts. Went to Gerry's funeral at the GG park - super cool. This was the sticker on the back of my V.W. van. And yea, I did well over a hundred acid trips in my youth. Steve Jobs and many other of the...

TradeStation is good - powerful platform, good fills, customer service, and the much more reasonable futures margin rates. https://www.tradestation.com/pricing/futures-margin-requirements/

Personally I will not train any friends - I may recommend the Market Wizards (original) if they seem really motivated and keep pestering me. Besides they may do a lot better on their own - I sure can't buffer them from the hard won & expensive lessons required to make it in this game. My X...

Predictions are one thing - hard data is another: The EUR/USD has established its annual low or high in January about 80% of all years in recent decades.

The more savvy traders these days diversify through various holding frequencies and across many domestic & foreign trading instruments. This goes contrary to the group think - the one trick pony's parroting the trading techniques that don't stand the test of time. For example when the market...