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Viewing Nasdaq 100 Futures vs Nasdaq Composite. Two different animals.

It's a guess. That's what stops are for.

Of course. A box is a consolidation, usually sideways... a period of indecision. When price breaks out of the box, it shows it's no longer uncertain. (Doesn't mean the breakout will stick or lead to anything big... just that the psycho has changed for now. That's all you can know at the...

"...Austria’s capital “is dirtier, poorer and increasingly crime-ridden since migrants began living there”..." Janos Lazar, Chief of Staff of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, posted a controversial video about Austria’s capital on his Facebook. He states that “immigrant communities have...

I don't know the exact percentage...80/20 sounds reasonable... but what usually happens is that when you catch a good "pop"... maybe 5x or more of your usual profit... it occurs (1) infrequently, and (2) quickly in time. The rest of the time you're "in the grind" hoping to be there for the...

If a trader isn't smart enough to avoid a "50% drawdown", how likely is it that he's smart enough to make a "+100%" gain? OP is inferring, "I'll take 50% drawdowns as common, cost of doing business"... but I'll "make 100% just as easily and make up for it". I'll take the under.

More HOGWASH! Not comparing B&H investing to trading.

Only a FOOL would accept this as "normal". OP "recons he can make 100%"?. I'll take the under.

That's just hogwash! IMV... if you CAN take a 50% drawdown, you should NOT be trading. It's just a matter of time before you're busted.

In reality the only one having been "hurt" for decades has been the US.... taking it in the shorts to the tune of $80Bn/month. Trump wants to end America being the world's trade bitch. Sure, anyone on the surplus side of world trade is going to feel "hurt" when his gravy train gets slowed...

Yeah, but if you're on the "take it" end of ~$1T/year, it's pretty obvious who the big loser is regardless of how the nickels and dimes are shuffled.

Ditto that! (Long overdue, actually.)

Call me simple-minded, but isn't that what we've been doing for decades... being the world's "trade bitch"... running a big trade deficit with EVERYBODY? Trump says, "Let's put an end to this unfairness and strive for more balance"... and the world cries like a little girl that their advantage...

Let me pipe in with some theoretical unpleasantness.... 1. OP "went live" after 2016 low... arguably THE MOST BULLISH market behavior seen in generations. 2. OP claimed "35%-ish gain for January, -4% loss for February". Good as January was, February sould have been MUCH, MUCH better in any...

Serves Delta right!

All I can say is "Good Luck". From what you've told us, I think you're going to need it. (IOW... I wouldn't be trading "all of your mother's money" with an approach which is so cavalier about risk/drawdowns.)

I like your initiative and enthusiasm, but I can't see you being successful with such large and regular drawdowns. Hope for your sake that you prove my skepticism wrong. :)

Doesn't seem like there would be much skill in Cribbage. You can only play the cards you have. When you play 1st, it's just a guess which of your cards to play. But I can still remember being frustrated that Grandpa almost always seemed to have the card for "15-2" and "31" no matter what card I...

Played a game nearly exactly the same in college, without the "pigs". There was always a game going in the student center. Game started every morning by 7:00 even though the first classes didn't start until 7:30 or 8:00. Take off to go to class, and someone was waiting to take your seat...

Geez. If Buffet ate a decent diet, he might outlive Methuselah.