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  1. Scataphagos

    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    Disagree. It all comes down to "your position being in tune with the market" as best you can manage. The market couldn't care less about "your profile" or "your psychology". When your trades are very much in tune with the market, you make a lot of money with low risk. But if "your...
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    Senate GOP Decides to Keep Obamacare

    Just like the Tea Party Republicans. Campaigned on one set of promises but turned into something else once they got to Washington. Shame on all of us for trusting their lying spew. :(
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    This market does not even resemble that of 10-15 years ago

    No kidding. Years ago, a -20% decline in the market was just "noise". Now days, it's called a bear market.
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    Watch: Clueless Anti-Trump Protesters Applaud Speech That Consists Of Nothing But Hitler Quotes

    America's "Liberal Left" is much akin to Hitler's Nazis. Of course if we described them as such, they'd freak... not because it isn't true... but because they wouldn't like being called in public what they are.
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    Not the most likely. If you're consistent about "fading rallies or buying the dip".. and you're getting lots of stop-outs, it's most likely because your market direction bias analysis is wrong.
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    If your trading seems "death by a thousand cuts", I suggest your bias is wrong.
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    While stops are crucial to overall success, their placement is an art.... whether your put them in the right or wrong place. Sometimes a tight stop serves you best. Sometimes a loose one. You only "know" in hindsight... which, of course, is useless.
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    All the "good HFT quants on ET" should take notice of this. /sarc "Profit targets" for the rest of us are subjective and inappropriate if you want to maximize your effort. (You know, "let your profits run" as best you can?) The time to take profits is when the market tells you (either...
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    You've convinced me. ON IGNORE!! You hate it, don't you? I saw right through your BS and called you on it.
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    So far, you're not convincing me that you're not just TALKING OUT YOUR ASS! (Easy to do on the internet, of course.)
  11. Scataphagos

    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    Pardon me if I call BULLSHIT on this. Highly unlikely. You're claiming your profit/loss ration is 10:1. You should already own the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD! I get the impression you're spewing from your fanciful imagination rather than actual results. Apology in advance if what you say is true...
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    That statement alone says, "I trade with tight/very tight stops". If so, you always know what your loss potential is. Otherwise, I smell BULLSHIT!
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    HOGWASH! You ALWAYS know how much a losing trade will cost... it's called a "STOP". You NEVER know how much a winning trade will bring... unless you're naive enough to use "targets". And no, you don't need to have >50% winners if your wins are bigger than your losses. But wouldn't it be...
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    Trading has more "stumbling blocks" than Carter has little liver pills. (You probably have to be old to get that reference.) :)
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    Why is hard to make money? Find trend, stops above previous/high low, TP @ next highs/lows

    Why is hard to make money? The biggest reason is that trading is more of a 50-50 proposition than you've come to believe. For every transaction... buyer is convinced enough to put money on it, the price is going up. Seller is equally convinced, the price is going down. Has to be that way or...
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    Watch: Clueless Anti-Trump Protesters Applaud Speech That Consists Of Nothing But Hitler Quotes

    "...Everyone in the so called “resistance” movement against Donald Trump thinks that they’re fighting a rising tide of fascism in America. What they don’t realize however, is that they are the biggest authoritarians of all. They’re the ones who love big government, and have a habit of shutting...
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    Warren Buffett Says America Is "So Rich" It Can Afford Single Payer

    He's made it plain to the world what he's "up to". And Nighthawk is apparently an advocate.
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    Warren Buffett Says America Is "So Rich" It Can Afford Single Payer

    After all Soros has done and said, why would you want to hear any more of his bilge? (Same goes for Obama, BTW.)
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    Warren Buffett Says America Is "So Rich" It Can Afford Single Payer

    I searched your email posts and "read" that you are a newsletter receiver of George Soros. Enough said. Not interested in anything you have to say. ON IGNORE!!
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    Options Noob... 1st 100 trades completed

    Everybody's money needs "looking after". Somebody needs to do it... preferably the investor himself. But most people don't/can't, so there is a market for those to "look out for them".... a significant part of my financial services career. I always told people, "if you can't do it yourself...
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