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Golf carts are street legal in Arizona. They must be registered and have the proper insurance, and are restricted to a maximum speed of 25 mph and only on roads with a speed limit of 35 mph or less. You also need a valid driver’s license to operate a golf cart in Arizona.

I have a zero commission broker. I use mainly market orders. A lot of time I get filled between the bid and the ask. I use market orders because I want to get filled immediately. Too many times I miss a buy or a sell trying to save a penny or two with a limit order.

You probably have to be with a full service broker. If you don't have millions and you are offered shares then it's probably a good move to refuse them. It means the big boys aren't interested.

The one thing I recommend each trader do is have a written plan. For whatever reason you are more likely to follow a written plan than if you just have a plan in your head. I call it an operators manual and it should answer the question "What do I do now?" My checklist has all the criteria that...

If you follow your plan there are no bad trades, only good trades with a bad outcome.

Might I suggest you ignore the PnL and focus on following your plan. As soon as you deviate from the plan close all trades and quit for the day.

LOL :D:D:D You sound like a broker. I'm amost positive you're not but: Brokers lose money and encourage others to trade as often as they can. The best way for a broker to make money is to get you to trade. Trade often. Win or lose keep trading. Every trade, win or lose, the broker makes a...

Focus on your process rather than your P&L. Are you following your plan? If not, why not?

I can see how you would do this from the résumés you sent to prospective employers. As for a discussion on glitch trading, I'd say start a thread and see what happens. Showing an example of how you traded, how you would take a small account to a large account trade by trade would probably be of...

The book didn't live up to the hype. According to Amazon "The insider’s guide to the secretive and lucrative world of professional trading. Journey with David Hale on his rollercoaster ride of a career as he reveals the rules that give the pros an edge and the secrets they don’t want you to...

LOL Thank the lord that self driving cars are just around the corner. Get an EV!

That doesn't answer my question about the rule applying anywhere else in the world. It doesn't apply in Canada except if you are trading with IB. I'm always suspicious when some regulator is looking after me. I suspect there are other reasons besides my welfare for the rule. Probably to...

Make sure you paper trade with the same amount of money that you plan to start trading with. If you are in the US, you'll need 25K to start day trading. (Pattern daytrading rule)

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Does the Pattern Daytrading rule apply anywhere else in the world or is it just Americans who have to be protected from themselves?

I'd still like someone to quantify Risk Tolerance.

People were lining up to invest with Madoff who was returning 12% a year. If you can show a track record of 100% per year you can charge hedgefund fees of 2/20 2% AUM and 20% above a benchmark.

Started reading last night. Sounds like an exiting life. Will get back to you when I finish with comments and questions.

He's posting his trades and making his mistakes. You never know he might learn something. It's called forward testing with some skin in the game. Much faster way to learn.

What is loading up? What percentage of your portfolio do you consider loaded up?