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    So I’m working on a project

    %% SOUNDS fine with me; i collect some ETFs dividends +dividends off some money market in Roth IRA. NOT likely they they get 25-35% in a down\trending bear market. Maybe fine , unless one buys an ''oversold '' bargain like what Larry ''Mint'' Hite calls a '' buggy whip co'' LOL:D:D OOPS\ dont...
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    SPY vs VOO vs IVV

    %% SPY=liquidity leader+ some times beats VOO- %. but very little difference. Especially since for ''realized gain'' have to buy + sell it . Your numbers dont reflect real buys +sellin' but that's ok, normal measure. I mainly do SPY, all my charts are SPY+ i have enough change in markets LOL...
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    Hedging, yes or no?

    %% Sure . Its used in 2 main ways, finance ; 1] Stocks[ETFs........ benchmarks like SPY.....] are a hedge against inflation 2] An offset, like an inverse or short against long position, but could lose on both. 777] Selling plan works well, take profits , let profits run+ cut losses. Some times...
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    All traders are trend traders :)

    %% Good + good questions; but unless its inverse[short ETFs profits, i seldom try to guess'' how long a long makes its long profit ''. An exception, SPY usually sells\SEPT, so it can vary. [But a counter trend is a trend, +i call a range a sideways trend, so keep it simple + skilled .
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    Sell in May and go away

    %% Good points; but many + plenty of reasons to take profits sometimes. 1]UP trends are not predictions, nor would any experienced trader-investors pretend they are. LOL 2] I cut a small loss on a start positionTECH-type ETF, because SPY related was doing some better ; but even more so it...
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    Does anyone use logarithmic charts when trading?

    %% I have used both, same data; different pictures. But in Micky's example$ i tend to avoid the one that cuts out #50, too little data for me:caution::caution:[ Delayed edit both use %, so no %problem there on both ]
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    Sell in May and go away

    %% THAT 's one 2024 bottom; + many other QQQ timeframes .Same with SPY. Someone that takes off a whole month of May-hey, must not like thier repeating pattern work LOL:D:D
  8. M

    What are you presently reading?

    %% 10] Ten Laws for Success , by Dr. Pat Robertson; re-reading Steve Cohen-- Trading Room, Jack Schwager interview:caution::caution:
  9. M

    Wonderful Christian Songs

    %% Amen and amen....................................................................
  10. M

    The long overdue thread on...Timothy Sykes!

    %% I got some things a out of his hedge fund book; but it, or any business is not about predictions.:caution::caution:
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    Sell in May and go away

    %% I AGREE\ someone that takes off a whole month of May must hate his or her work:D:D Good . Temperature rise / higher + higher; on fire\ like a sweet song of a choir\ Lord Almighty I feel my temperature rise\ Burning Love\ ElVis P anti global cooling Song >77,777,777 video views volume
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    Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead

    %% For BA whistleblowers seems like a death spiral\ both the stock + whistle blowers. MORE dangerous than gov heath care............................+ medical -industrial complex:caution::caution:
  13. M

    What's the maximum amount of leverage a trader should use?

    %% SOUNDS right; may want to use more when younger\a blow up account then maybe can be replaced.:caution::caution:
  14. M

    Sales down? No problemo. Do a Buyback. Increase Div.

    % MOST likely a renter, but for sure he likes to whine:D:D
  15. M

    Did shorts get squeezed this afternoon by Carvana??

    %% IF you dont know used cars\ know your used car dealer\ -used car dealer ad \LOL:D:D What could possibly go wrong with a Wall Street used car dealer ??
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    Sales down? No problemo. Do a Buyback. Increase Div.

    %% THIS may not apply to AAPL. But the old joke question with a grain of truth, when ,oh when is AMZN going to turn around?? Answer, right after you sell[exit] it LOL:D:D. 2] If only it was that simple, sell everything + then get long.
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    AMZN - Insider information?

    %% NOT that I'm aware of :D:D. 1] That AMZN move does look bit strange. But that could be a thousand different things. 2 ] AMZN was staying above 50dma\but APR 19-25, looks terrible below 50dma then\above average sell volume then . So there was clear selling that period. Maybe they wanted...
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    NYSE vs Nasdaq

    %% There is a more up to date video here; IBM [retired] specialist noted he prefers something better than MSFT for intraday .[Something like finding some thing better than taking 00.50 out of MSFT @ $330]:D:D So yes , but other ways to do it also, even though one averages less slippage. I...
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    Did shorts get squeezed this afternoon by Carvana??

    %% USING Peter Lynch[Fidelity Magellan] principle , those are not my buys on CVNA chart= I never ever even saw a CVNA dealership:D:D Good way to get your gamestopped , so to speak, ignore a stampede. When I do inverse trades[aka short profits I like about 500 or 100@a time , ETFs, out by...
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    One Gap closed on the ETF OIL tracker

    %% LOL the cure for Hi prices \is high prices . Even XOM admitted ''unwanted $20 spec premium in oil'' Bottom line, is many were not buying the hype = '' some ...... writers are newbies'' .:D:D
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