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    Meditation: Does it Help Your Trading?

    %% Good also; I had a Ford pick up with 4 on the floor--after a while I could shift it with out lookin @ stick shift/LOL. Its a lot like hunting also; best game moves are early + late + some @ noon.:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
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    Fixes for Trading Problems... share yours here?

    %% Problem; some good trading rules tend to contradict one another , maybe not exactly but close to it. 1] let the profits ride. 2] NEVER let a profit turn into a loss. Its toughest when you first get in/first week in a trade , or the etf does not trend as well as you figured. SO discretion...
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    If AAPL moves 1% how much does The Nasdaq 100 Index move?

    %% That sounds about right; not that all the other stocks have no volume/impossible, most likely. The AAPL AUG stock split most likely hurts the DOW. Too bad perhaps; AUG/SEPT tend to be a bit bearish for dow/spy. NOT a prediction/not long the dow or BA
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    NASDAQ ~120% pop

    %% LOL-- that is true for the main trend/QQQ.Short term trend is easy up or down anytime. ONE...…. of my cash tech etfs is still doing nice uptrends; but that is the one that is ''long online/short stores[100% long/ 50% short thru a bank swap/etf]'' DOW/SPY tend to be down a bit in AUG/SEPT...
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    Nasdaq Trading

    %% Most likely make money; have some tech cash etfs + sqqq. But my sqqq plan is trade several times,maybe more in AUG/SEPT. LOW or no commissions help. SPY + DOW tend to be down in AUG/SEPT I got in + out sqqq earlier this month because TQQQ went down so much; thought sqq may do well--it...
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    Meditation: Does it Help Your Trading?

    %% 1% sounds like a daily or weekly goal. Maybe should shoot for more than that on weekly/swing or position trade,because of losses. I like the trading illustration of high risk activity , the UK fund manager told Jack schwager. UK fund manager said '' save some bullets+money '' IF you don't...
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    Mark Minervini

    %% In the book he mentioned 10%; but he favored exceptional stocks...……...And actually @ that interview time commissions were a bigger factor. Slippage still matters/depends on the market also. Cut a 4% loss on SDOW; 10%stop is a waste of money; except if it makes 30% weekly --thats...
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    Mark Minervini

    %% Most any good library; public or private/ top trader books. Don't remember if it was MW/or NMW/New Market Wizards...………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. SINCE [IBD system noted 7or 8% max stop loss to make $24; then no way is $7 or 7or 8% anything but an average max stop]
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    TQQQ. How much higher can it go?

    %% I woke up one morning; huge green gain% /etf split; but actually it was a broker mistake. I still have the chart some where ;URE went from about $300 to $30 or $3+ UP A BIT. No wonder-- average volume has gone down more than price. TQQQ/sqqq has real good volume, like spy or...
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    Food for Thought and Life

    %% I would like to see women handle guns as naturally [wisely] as they naturally handle babies. :caution::caution::caution::caution::caution::caution::caution:Annie Moses Oakly
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    Help with VWAP parameters

    %% That depends; + closing price is among the most useful.But I record the opening price/IBD never does. NOT likely the 100 year HELPS YOU @ ALL/lol. But I've found 200+ year charts helpful- but not vwap.Most of vwap is used by people that get paid ''aum''
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    TQQQ. How much higher can it go?

    %% I like qqq/tqqq…...; but i'm in more cash tech etfs for summer. May or may not buy a bit of tqqq or sqqq in Aug.Summer rallies are usually weak/weakest. Leveraged stuff like that i like sometimes; sqqq has had some good moves--even though I've made more over the years with tqqq/tech etfs...
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    From "Flatten the Curve" to "Lockdowns Until Vaccine"

    %% Good map; wow-hong kong is king kong in deaths/as% of population. ASSUME THOSE #s are correct. Franlky fake Fauci is wrong so much I try to avoid that socialized med employee. Private sector is much more accurate/helpful/health/healing experienced. I remember chi-coms also had a big problem...
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    US ETF - S & P 500 - A rookie mistake

    %% Ask IB in ''Trading forum/here'' They may answer there quicker???
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    From "Flatten the Curve" to "Lockdowns Until Vaccine"

    %% Exactly. IF the gov doc Redford is right us kill rate is closer to 00.01 %/so many have mild symptions. So many in usa counties have zero deaths; but I wear a mask in WMT/requirement.
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    From "Flatten the Curve" to "Lockdowns Until Vaccine"

    %% Most common kill rate in usa =1%; 11% in Italy.Plenty of places have no/zero deaths. Southern state of MS/usa has gone up/kill rate= up. But its a miracle they did not out run Italy in kill rate; MS is ''#1 in obesity''...……………………………………………………………………...
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    Why might I be getting losing fills on my sell shorts and winning fills on my sell longs?

    %% QQQ is in an uptrending bull market until proved otherwise; many use a 200 day moving average/me 2. Also since summer tends to sell off in spy/dow; looks like we are still over due for a good correction AUG/SEPT. Good points. NOT a prediction...…………………………………………...
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    Tariffs on Canadian Aluminum back on

    %% Many do understand; like KY US Senator+DR R Paul remarked with a rebuke ''a tariff is a tax'' DR/Senator R Paul also rebuked fake Fauci, explaining the flu killed more in KY than the virus.Ive told my US Senators + Pres Trump ''don't tariff...
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    Bailout by Executive order mulls WH

    %% Tax cuts are good idea anytime.Some of those ''federal fixes'' on student loans/just delay the payments, but interest keeps piling up[……………………………………………………………………………..
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    Meditation: Does it Help Your Trading?

    %% ALL that helps...…………………………………………………………………………………………...Meditation on charts will help, or time/sales, if one likes numbers in a row.[ Prefer candle charts myself] Meditation on charts works for the same reason to reread jack schwager/get more out of reading more. DOW just turned positive/15...
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