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What's your problem with XIV?

That's an assumption that's generally correct. I include myself.

Actually, if you trade for family and friends, eventually you'll need...new family and friends.

Common technical indicators are a crutch for traders on training wheels. (Sorry for the mixed metaphor) Assuming you are on a short term time frame - hours to a day or two - you don't need anything more than price related to what happened yesterday, or at most the day before. What were the...

The way to make, as you say, "Buy and hold more efficient", is simply to buy and hold. When looking at your charts, I am struck by the strong uptrend they all exhibit, which makes perfect sense given your testing time frame. So it would be unusual NOT to have a system that trades from the...

Tim Smith is correct. Simplify, simplify. In 15 years my watch list has gone from 500 symbols to 3. You might want to take a lesson in that.

If you are short UVXY or TVIX, you are leveraged short the VIX. That's a very dangerous place to be - especially overnight - if and when the VIX explodes.

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Blame ETFs. I'm thinking that the game may be undergoing a long-term adjustment.

Placement of stops is first of all dependent on your strategy. Which you haven't addressed.

PRICE VOLUME TIME = MOMENTUM

Letting profits run is one of the biggest challenges in trading, and IMO the number one reason that so many traders fail to stay in the game. But you need to master it if you have any hope at all of long term success. The next time you're tempted to pull the trigger early, just get away...

I've always seen my primary residence as an investment, and made my financing plans accordingly. (Love that tax free 500K every couple years!) Thus for me, I would be thinking about the value of the renovations as an investment. How long do I plan to stay in the home? Is there a...

If you've read information that has been published, as it has in this case, by definition it is not "inside" information. On the other hand, if the author of the article had contacted you to privately share the same information prior to publishing, and if he had expectations of you both...

Be aware of a potential problem in trying to integrate one time frame with another. Specifically, much of your success in swing trading is likely due to having your attention drawn away from the markets while involved in other activities. Day trading will draw you into all the market...

Gosh darn, I know the feeling.

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Look into "Small Dogs of the Dow"

I don't expect my house to burn down often, so it is worth the small cost of insurance. But trying to protect a stock portfolio with puts requires spending serious money on a regular basis, and betting that X will happen during Y period of time. No thanks. Been there and done that.