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    Food for Thought and Life

    The market is not an annuity. Unknown Market.......-Jack Schwager Book
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    The State of Battery Tech in 2024

    %% Good battery replaced on my gasoline TM, sub zero cold finished it off last week........
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    Elon Musk says Chinese EV makers will ‘pretty much demolish’ most competitors without trade barriers

    %% MOST anytime lately, when they lose. By the way, 1st amendment was created for offensive speech ,not the fun stuff . Harry Solomon Truman NEVER had that problem ,nor did ex dem Gov R Reagan LOL.:D:D The good news is we found out in time, how weak EVs are in winter, in CA, in...
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    What's the Biggest Reason Why Traders Fail?

    %% 20% must not be easy, any amount of money; so few long term , beat a benchmark like SPY, which averages 11-12%, depending on start date. But quite a few businesses do better than 12 %,or 20%, but thats among the 20% that stay in business. But if you are one of those that cant stand to...
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    How to maximize profits on a winning position?

    %% GOOD keys. Trade, invest, do business ....... BUT since we cant really predict ,takes some profit some times , which will NOT max profits; but who wants to hold QQQ on $120peak to valley of below $20 for 3 year bear?? NOT me . ALSO realize, some can get deer with a bow + arrow, done that...
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    Volume spikes

    %% Good practical plan. Volume mostly means not much; but i still want to know above average 50dma volume, liquidity levels, buyer-seller interest . Plenty of fake volume intraday = a days volume on hourly chart usually is fake LOL:D:D Also if you watched or traded-invested SPY much, volume...
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    Is average consistent 3 R profit per month realistic?

    %% NO wonder ,that's a gambling measure; not saying it's totally useless LOL.:D:D I use something i gambled with, as pool hall teen. If you think business is the same as gambling/ try winning in Vegas + see how far you DONT get, not funny. As far as 4% risk, seems excessive ; but 4%may not...
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    After hours stock trading...

    %% 100% chance in the long run, NOT as liquid; day by day could vary. Sounds like there is a good reason RealTic called it ''irregular hours.'' LOL:D:D SCHW charges the same, no charge +starts about 3:05 CST; but as I noted ,100% chance in the long run, not as liquid. Sometimes may get a...
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    After hours stock trading...

    %% Yes IBD website [investors.com] has , say on SPY@ 3;05CST after hours prices, no volume just last price. Like PH11, noted\ may not be much liquidity or much meaning . A TQQQ order this week went unfilled, even though it was not lowest price; blessing in disguise. WE cant promise you a fill...
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    It's time to celebrate! - inflation's back under 2%.

    %% YES we celebrate dont live in a socialist or commie mess with those numbers LOL. One lady said ''dont tell me worry does no good, most of the things i worry about never happened '' :D:DLOL
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    Trading is like business, not math, physics, engineering or science

    IBD books do a good job of that, W Tailz, mostly single stocks; but i use ETFs+ money markets instead. Amazing how much USa bridges last + hold up isnt it?? Also interesting a bird + beaver builds a home + beaver dam without math; also amazing just how sturdy+ difficult to bust a beaver dam is...
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    Smelter closure to wipe nearly 30% of US aluminum capacity

    %% AMEN Hunting + Fishin & Loving Every Day; that's the prayer a country boy prays.=Luke Bryan Dirt Rich song. >>3,077,777 video views I changed the pattern a bit; like a part time real skilled, real skilled commerial fisherman said; ''if i want to eat fish i get [or buy] some canned tuna...
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    The main reason why doing business with these get-funded programs is a bad idea...

    %% Good points; regulatory risk, you may be right on, but not likely in an election year LOL:D:D CAN learn some stuff from them; even if dont trade with them; Bright Daytrading Co pays 2 times per month. HOLD Bros has some good stuff on thier website; not that i would have inspected thier office...
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    RobinHood gives 5% interest on uninvested cash!

    %% LOW price for a stock\ that far from an IPO, maybe get bought out. barchart.com has 56% buy on IBKR \ HOOD; 72% on SCHW. But SCHW+ IBKR are nice on price. NOT a stock tip or hoodlum or Big hoodie fan:D:D
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    Smelter closure to wipe nearly 30% of US aluminum capacity

    %% I should do a lot more research; but since copper + yellow brass+ red brass pays more pays [YESterdays closeLOL], this will have to do. Looks like you maybe long that metal anyway/ speaking of long on that metal /good long term UPtrend. In US$ price should hold or uptrend a about $1/ and...
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    Trading is like business, not math, physics, engineering or science

    %% REALLY its more like an art; even though 2nd law of thermo, hot cools, summer turns in to winter. J Merriweather did real well Long Term ; until he hit about 66.6 years old, not an exact age .I could not find out about the books he collects as of today, so just guessed those numbers...
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    Looking for a graph or chart of short interest

    %% IBD has had one ; in the past newspapers.50dma about as good .....................................
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    So is $Trillion Market Cap the Next Trendy Thing?

    %% Good points, new highs; nothing like a good trend/ uptrend. Glorious. Good thing for the bulls /most are better run companies than BA. NOt a prediction or a timing comment. :D:D
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    So this is why stocks are driving higher ?

    %% I see your points, + big bank points. But not expecting FED to do, what the FED has always done, manage money supply + regulate banks...HUH?? One of my pet peeves is the talking snake media pretending all smaller banks [somewhat]; are as poorly run as SVB so customers pile into big banks...
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    Down to about $90k, where would you park it if your trading skills were trash?

    %% Good ; get rich quick so seldom works, I enjoy passing up ''get rich quick setups'' . Adding to the complexity/, most all would consider any American already rich ,sorry i missed the pet rock $ million, thats life LOL. :D:D
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