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    "Scaling out" is inferior behavior

    dumb thread. look, there is no one RIGHT WAY. also, it depends on the instrument you trade, your risk parameters, your target parameters, your time frame, etc. etc. etc. i trade futures. i make my income doing so. 90% of my futures trade volume is intraday scalps. i never...
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    Good poker player = good trader?

    and you can also make money at both making money at poker is not very difficult.
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    Good poker player = good trader?

    Dax,i play TAG @ cash (ring) as well. i just don't play as much ring, as i do tournaments. just to make sure we are on the same page, I would define the "T" part of TAG as seeing under 30% of flops when playing @ 10 player table
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    Good poker player = good trader?

    i don't think the edges are necessarily smaller online, just different the online tels are betting patterns, sometimes the speed of the instacall, etc. but more importantly, in online pker you can monitor a table for an hour or two and/or compile detailed stats on your opponents that is...
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    Good poker player = good trader?

    the analysis vis a vis TAG vs. LAG's is simplistic and not correct. many players have a skewed sense of perspective because they see on TV final tables of tournaments. the plays that are positive EV in that case are not necessarily reflective of the play that GOT those players are TAG's...
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    Good poker player = good trader?

    the analysis vis a vis TAG vs. LAG's is simplistic and not correct. many players have a skewed sense of perspective because they see on TV final tables of tournaments. the plays that are positive EV in that case are not necessarily reflective of the play that GOT those players are TAG's...
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    1680x1050 VS. 1600x1200 resolution (20"-21" monitors)

    the unusual resolution *usually referred to as widescreen* is not industry standard. most graphic cards and programs will work with it fine, but especially when using multiple monitor combos - why risk it? i would go with the standard resolution (1600*1200) for peace of mind vis a vis...
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    Convincing Atheist

    atheism and theism are BOTH leaps of faith agnosticism is not we are here. that much is certain. why, and if there was or wasn't a prime mover - to believe there was, or wasn't is an act of faith to state you do not know is not atheism is a belief system based on a leap of faith...
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    More Ann Coulter

    coulter is an over the top polemicist she is offensive in the same way that lenny bruce was offensive she is what she is. i think her comments about the widows were disgusting
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    More Ann Coulter

    anne is purposefully overthetop, histrionic, combative, and confrontational . that's her schtick she's like a right wing michael moore, except far more intelligent than him. (she may say some wildass thangs, but she is undeniably exceptionally intelligent). it's a SCHTICK she does...
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    Michelle Wie Comes Agonizingly Close To Qualifying For US Open

    when will men be allowed to compete in the LPGA double standard much? of course
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    More Ann Coulter

    many civilian victim's families in IRAQ get US govt. compensation btw., many people do not know this. the military personnel even have a form they give out for people to get compensation for innocents killed or injured
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    Straight UP PABST ASS.....HOW come canadian intelligence were able to catch the terri

    "Hey pabst straight up your ass. How come canadian intelligence was able to catch this group, the entire group without resorting to unconsitutional and unlawful tactics. " that statement is nonsensical no actions in canada can be "unconstitutional" canada does not HAVE constitutional...
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    political correctness at the Times

    should read "bends over backwards NOT to acknowledge they are muslims"
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    political correctness at the Times

    Is it any surprise that when over a dozen muslim terrorists are arrested in a huge bomb plot in canada, that the media (mainstream) bends over backwards to acknowledge that they are MUSLIM..? these are islamic terrorists, and in yet another familiar bombing plot of course not (article...
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    Day trading Future for a living ES YM NQ

    generally speaking, this would work the YM and index track each other relatively closely. because when they get too out of sync - then arb'ers step in and capitalize on the difference, which realigns them
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    NW Traders

    hey guys. i missed the meeting because i was in california. surfing, getting sunburned, and saying 'doooooooooooooooooood' a lot hope the meeting went well
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    Tick versus Time based bars....

    fwiw, i use both i trade YM they have different utility tick chart is very nice for incorporating the overnight session. on a time chart, the overnight session is kind of meaningless, but on a tick chart it makes much more sense. the reasons are obvious (extremely light volume...
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    How Can Americans Support Baby Killers?

    i never said they'd get the death sentence. where did i say that? frankly, i have no idea. i said if found guilty, they would be punished
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    How Can Americans Support Baby Killers?

    unlike the scumbag islamofascists, we prosecute warcrimes if and when it is proven that these marines committed warcrimes, they will be punished that's because WE are the civilized society and we have the rule of law. the title of this post is a strawman, because i don't know any...
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