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I use Camtasia. I like that software. How big the files are: depends on: 1) How big of a screen area you want to capture and the resolution. 2) How long each recording is. To give you some idea: I don't capture any audio. I only capture the screen displays (some charts). I have...

It was mentioned in several posts upthread, that "Trade Management" and "Money Management" (or "Risk Management") are the real edges. Be honest I am not entirely sure. I agree that they are the necessary elements of being profitable and trading well. (The basics) For if they are...

The question is: What is an "edge". To me: an edge is an advantage you have (and that the majority doesn't), and you can exploit it and fully utilize it to beat your opponent (the market), more often times than not. Definitely not 50-50. Not even 60-40. Maybe 70-30, 80-20, 90-10 over...

NoD: Note - 1) Trend line is a subjective entity. Everybody draws trendlines differently. It's not even a matter of time periodicity used. 2 people looking at the same 1-minute chart, they can draw different trend lines. So a "break" of the trendline would be only be a break in the eye...

I have re-read and re-read again the original post on the very first page. It seems that the key of discussion is (or should be) around the "Edge". And from this post: I agree with #1 trade what you see not what you think. #5 I personally use many indicators, but I respect those who...

Congratulations! From my calculations: if I assume only 50 work weeks in a year. a simple 8% a week will mean about 400% a year. a compounded 8% a week will mean about 4690% a year. If you compound this, and start off with only a moderate $10000 capital, you can make 1 billion...

Hi bluebird: that Samsung monitor 23" looks impressive. Did you buy yours online (where) or a brick-and-mortar retailer? Thanks!

I use 2 Compaq Presario SR5610F Desktop PCs for my trading. I don't do any of the strategy back-testing stuff. Just front-end showing TradeStation charts in real time. Each PC drives 6 monitors, and typically has about 10 to 20 charts, some of which are tick charts. Both bought at Fry's...

My first trading station: The Wall Street Journal stock price page. Bought 200 shares of Netcom (NETC) in 1994 at $20 1/2. A few days later, checked WSJ... it went $26 1/2. Easy profits! I was hooked ever since...

Back off people! :) fisho is an intelligent being. He (assumed) has done his due diligence. He has money to risk. This is the real deal. What more do you want? You can drool but you shouldn't stand between him and his $13k free money every month!

Is there such a thing? "Money not at risk"? Even if you put the money in a matress, you have the risk of inflation. (And the recent case where the daughter threw away her mom's matress which was stuffed with a million dollar.) If you put the money in some of the "safest" investment to...

Pandora... Not until they shuffle a lot of "where the hell did this song come from" (probably testing the market) music first. I listened with delight first. But got tired of it very quickly. I don't need this. I have bought the songs I like to hear.

My trading idol is David Nassar. In 2001, I took a trading class from MarketWise school (unfortunately now defunct). It was Dave's associate who taught the class, but Dave came in one day before the market opened and gave us some pointers and showed us how he traded for about an hour. As...

If you buy/sell 100k shares in ONE TRADE..... I assume this is on penny stocks because something like GS - 100k will cause you 14 million dollars in buying power... you should have a broker that allow you enter a fractional penny on the limit price. e.g. 0.3012 instead of 0.30

There are >10000 tradable equities in the US markets. How big is your trading universe for "bought every gap up at the open"? And how do you divide your 100k among all gap-up stocks?

Excuse me? The webpage referenced was about The Turtles, a rock band. We are talking about The Turtles, equities/futures traders.

Listen to "Dust In The Wind" by Kansas. Makes the big losing trades easier to swallow. All we are is dust in the wind...

I don't understand it. Right there. As soon as 2004 Q4 closed out, you need to roughly estimate your income tax liability for 2004, and withdraw enough money to cover the taxes. You need to send in the estimated tax payment Q4-2004 by Janurary 15 of 2005. The fact that you leave the...

Hey people... What is the spirit of this thread here? Showing our "trading station", right? Did it say we must be a profitable trader to enter? I didn't see that. So if someone uses inherited money to set up a nice trading room, or uses the real job's money to set up the trading room...

From my own experience (I have bought over a dozen LCD monitors and use them primarily for trading). Ranking: (Most favorite at top): Envision ViewSonic Samsung Acer AMW The one brand that I don't like is LG. I took it to a trip one time. Probably the bag handlers tossed the...